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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12261

24 May 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 3 / 19
INSTITUTIONAL / Ep2019
Main European successes of 2014-2019 legislature
Brussels, 23/05/2019 (Agence Europe)

Between 2014 and 2019, the vast majority of the legislative texts proposed by the Juncker Commission successfully completed the European legislative process. Overview of the texts that have marked the news.

Migration. The successive strengthening of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (ex-Frontex) is a success of European migration policy. The Agency has undergone two reforms in three years, the first in 2016 (see EUROPE B11588A1) and the second in 2018 (see EUROPE B12238A10).

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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