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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12257

18 May 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 23 / 32
NEWS BRIEFS / Space
ESA wants to increase load capacity and reduce Ariane 6's costs

17/05/2019 (Agence Europe) – On 14 May, the European Space Agency (ESA) commissioned ArianeGroup and MT Aerospace to develop a prototype called Phoebus ( for 'Prototype of a Highly Optimized Black Upper Stage') to improve the upper stage of the future European Ariane 6 rocket, according to the specialized site Space News, in an article published on Wednesday, 15 May. The objective: to replace the aluminium structure with carbon composite materials in order to increase the payload to be put...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: Romania takes three legislative texts on excise duties hostage
TAXATION: EU Member States agree to discuss, but not necessarily coordinate, on negotiation of tax reforms at OECD
TAXATION: European ‘black’ list now includes 12 non-cooperative non-Member States
TAXATION: VAT carousel fraud, Eugen Teodorovici returns the ball to European Commission
FINANCE: France, Germany and Netherlands take initiative to relaunch Capital Markets Union
EUROGROUP: no significant progress on fiscal capacity for euro area until a decisive meeting in June
GREECE: Eurogroup attentive to budgetary impact of socio-economic measures recently announced by Mr Tspiras
ECONOMY: annual inflation up to 1.7% in euro area in April
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CYBERSECURITY: EU adopts sanctions regime for cyberattacks
INSTITUTIONAL
DEMOCRACY: fight against disinformation, EU rather confident on eve of European elections
EXTERNAL ACTION
TUNISIA: EU announces €60 million in assistance for Tunisian youth
CIVIL DEFENCE: in Geneva, Christos Stylianides calls for investments that integrate disaster risk
UNITED STATES: penalties against Airbus, American agri-food industry could prevail
TRADE: 93 anti-dumping measures and 14 countervailing measures in force by end of the first quarter of 2019
SECTORAL POLICIES
JHA: partial agreement expected on 7 June in EU Council on Internal Security Fund after 2020
ENVIRONMENT: innovation for climate neutrality, biodiversity and water on agenda of European ministers on 20 and 21 May
ENERGY: Commission provides guidance for EU countries on how to implement revised provisions on the renovation of buildings
ENERGY: WindEurope fears a future European Parliament that may be less favourable to renewable energies
SOCIAL - EDUCATION - CULTURE - YOUTH - SPORT
SOCIAL: OSHA strongly recommends that use of AI be supervised
SOCIAL: trade unions launch an appeal to protect European space sector from international competition
EYCS: during election campaign, EU ministers to address issue of disinformation
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: an important step has been taken towards an exit from Russian crisis
NEWS BRIEFS
SPACE: ESA wants to increase load capacity and reduce Ariane 6's costs
DIGITAL: Copyright Directive published in Official Journal of the EU
CIVIL DEFENCE: forest fires in Tenerife, EU provides Spain with satellite maps
SOCIAL: IndustriALL sounds alarm about dismantling of European steel sector
SYRIA: EU extends its sanctions for 1 year
TURKEY: EU has already allocated €4.2 billion of €6 billion pledged under European Refugee Facility
TRANSPORT: trade unions call on candidates in European elections to support Ryanair staff
The B-word: Agence Europe’s newsletter on Brexit
THE B-WORD: Does anyone care?
CALENDAR
Main activities of European Institutions: from 20/05 to 26/05/2019
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other Events: until 2 June 2019