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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12261
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NEWS BRIEFS / Mercosur

France remains hostile to terms of trade agreement between South American bloc and EU

23/05/2019 (Agence Europe) – Didier Guillaume, French Minister of Agriculture, insisted on "reiterating" France's position on the ongoing negotiations between the EU and the South American Common Market (see EUROPE B12250A17) in a press release issued on Thursday 23 May. Putting an end to rumours circulating within the European institutions about a reversal of the French position, Mr Guillaume reaffirmed “France's clear and firm position" on these talks. Paris "will not ratify any...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: British kick off European elections in a very troubled context
HUNGARY: Viktor Orbán's Party expected to broadly win the European elections in Hungary again
EP2019: main European successes of 2014-2019 legislature
EP2019: main European legislative failures of 2014-2019 legislature
DEMOCRACY: e-commerce directive is part of a ministerial debate on disinformation
ECONOMY - FINANCE
TAXATION: first compromise text on financial transaction tax based on French model
FINANCE: “putting a price on nature to save it” is not right solution, according to Green Finance Observatory
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: Poland ready to challenge Copyright Directive before Court
AGRICULTURE: EU Agriculture Ministers will not be able to agree on post-2020 CAP in June
ENVIRONMENT: glyphosate, Greens in European Parliament are waiting for transmission of toxicity studies by EFSA on 24 May
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CSDP: Ms Mogherini wants to strengthen maritime security cooperation with Djibouti
CYBERSECURITY: NATO wants to strengthen its deterrence capabilities in digital field
NATO: Chiefs of Defence agree on new military strategy
EXTERNAL ACTION
ACP: ACP and EU countries ready to negotiate regional pillars of post-2020 Partnership Agreement
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
JUSTICE: certificates of inheritance issued by notaries in Poland are not decisions on matters of succession, but authentic instruments
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Dunja Mijatović urges German Parliament to amend draft law on expulsion of migrants
NEWS BRIEFS
PATENTS: SUEPO calls for a strike at European Patent Office
MERCOSUR: France remains hostile to terms of trade agreement between South American bloc and EU
WTO: United States, Japan and European Union recall their shared commitment to WTO reform