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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12258
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INSTITUTIONAL / General affairs

Sensitive ministerial debate on Tuesday 21 May on post-2020 budgetary instruments for external action

Under the chairmanship of George Ciamba, Romania's Deputy Minister for European Affairs, the General Affairs Council will hold a policy debate on Tuesday 21 May in Brussels on the external action aspect of the proposals on the European Union's multiannual financial framework (MFF) for 2021-2027. It will also examine the draft agenda for the European Council meeting on 20 and 21 June 2019, which will focus in particular on the next MFF. 

MFF 2021-2027. European Affairs Ministers will...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: EU Member States are moving towards a stricter Return Directive
TRANSPORT: EU and China sign two aviation agreements
TRANSPORT: no political agreement a priori in view in EU Council on use of vehicles hired without drivers for carriage of goods
TRANSPORT: progress reports to EU Council on road infrastructure charges and rail passengers’ rights
ENVIRONMENT: behavioural changes and innovative technologies, are essential for a carbon-neutral European economy, according to ministers
AGRICULTURE: Commission provides an overview of EU's feed supply
CONSUMERS: Seven BEUC member organisations launch citizens' initiative calling for simplified nutrition labelling in EU
HEALTH: maximum levels of exposure to electromagnetic fields resulting from 5G need not be reviewed, Commission considers
DIGITAL: Google and several chip manufacturers break off their relationship with Huawei
INDUSTRY: France Industrie makes a series of recommendations for an ambitious European policy
ENERGY: EU Council to adopt legislative package strengthening European electricity market on Tuesday 21 May
EXTERNAL ACTION
NORTH MACEDONIA: Hahn stresses need to open EU accession negotiations
SWITZERLAND: European satisfaction after positive messages sent to EU on taxation and firearms control
UNITED STATES: EU has six months to convince Washington to forget its car sanctions
WTO: little progress in discussions on fisheries subsidies
EDUCATION
EDUCATION: two studies confirm added value of Erasmus+ programme
INSTITUTIONAL
GENERAL AFFAIRS: sensitive ministerial debate on Tuesday 21 May on post-2020 budgetary instruments for external action
EP2019: Far right gathering in Milan, plagued by Austrian scandal
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: coming weeks will be crucial in resolving crisis with Russian Federation
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: green light for extension of a Portuguese state guarantee on EIB loans
HORN OF AFRICA: Ms Mogherini on an African tour to strengthen cooperation
WTO: new EU/Japan/US meeting on organisation’s reform
UKRAINE: after announcement of dissolution of Rada, EU calls for maintaining momentum of reforms
VENEZUELA: international contact group would like all Venezuelan parties to be more involved in finding a solution to crisis