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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12262

25 May 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 8 / 31
SECTORAL POLICIES / Agriculture
An EU/Mercosur trade agreement would be a dead end, says Copa-Cogeca
Brussels, 24/05/2019 (Agence Europe)

A modernised EU-Mercosur free trade agreement would represent a dead end for EU farmers and citizens, EU agricultural organisations and cooperatives (Copa-Cogeca) said on Friday 24 May. 

An update on the status of these talks will take place on Monday 27th in Brussels at the ‘Trade’ Council (see other news). 

Copa-Cogeca is concerned about recent statements by Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström, who believes that a trade agreement between the parties can be reached in the coming...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: Theresa May resigns and will step down on 7 June
ROMANIA: two-pronged election day for governing coalition
SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT: Member States give green light to text on exchange of electronic information in freight
TRANSPORT: Commission adopts rules to secure UAV traffic
COMPETITIVENESS: future of industry, internal market and space policy on ministerial agenda
DIGITAL: Sino-American negotiations will address Huawei case
AGRICULTURE: Commission will soon pay €50 million in aid to Irish beef producers
AGRICULTURE: an EU/Mercosur trade agreement would be a dead end, says Copa-Cogeca
GMOs: some 40 NGOs ask Commission not to authorise a dozen GMOs that have not been sufficiently assessed
FISHERIES: EU Council will adopt multiannual fisheries management plan for Mediterranean on 6 June
EXTERNAL ACTION
ARMENIA: EU and Member States underline their support for thorough reform of the justice system
TRADE: status quo with United States, small steps with Mercosur and Vietnam, on agenda of an unambitious Council meeting
WTO: Fifty-nine countries commit to negotiate on Services Domestic Regulation
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: OECD takes concrete action on international tax reforms
ACCOUNTING STANDARDS: with European Corporate Reporting Lab, EFRAG contributes to implementation of European Sustainable Finance Action Plan
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Laurent Berger elected President of European Trade Union Confederation
SOCIAL: information rights of officials, Commission and trade unions plead their own case in Luxembourg
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
GREECE: dismissed action against ECB by private investors who suffered losses during restructuring of Greek debt in 2012
PARLIAMENT: Mrs Le Pen's appeal against reimbursement of 300,000 euros for a fictitious assistant’s position is dismissed
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: creation of a far-right group rejected
NEWS BRIEFS
ASIA/OCEANIA: EU congratulates Mr Modi, Mr Widodo and Mr Morrison on being re-elected in India, Indonesia and Australia
HUMAN RIGHTS: EU confirms its commitment to combat scourge of sexual violence in humanitarian crises
FINANCE: Facebook cryptocurrency could be launched in 2020
DIGITAL: confidentiality - EDPB plans to look at connected cars
EP2019: Polish PiS keeps door open to alliance with Lega or Vox in future European Parliament
EP2019: common call to ensure parity in European decision-making positions
CIVIL DEFENCE: EU supports Israel in fighting forest fires
RESEARCH: 470 million euros of new funding to support 1,800 doctoral candidates
The B-word: Agence Europe’s newsletter on Brexit
THE B-WORD: The end of the beginning
CALENDAR
Main activities of European Institutions: from 27/05 to 02/06/2019
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other Events: until 9 June 2019