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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12264
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Agriculture

Study commissioned by Commission considers agricultural climate measures to be rather positive

Overall, the climate measures of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) are considered “consistent with the objectives of sustainable management of natural resources, sustainable food production and balanced spatial development”, according to a study commissioned by the European Commission (DG AGRI) on the impact of the CAP on climate change and greenhouse gas emissions, published on Monday 27 May. 

The study shows that the greening measures of the first pillar of the CAP (direct aid)...

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European elections - EP2019
EP2019: start of major manoeuvres for Presidency of the European Commission
EP2019: EPP strengthens its status as first group in European Parliament, ALDE group continues to climb
EP2019: five European Commissioners join European Parliament
EP2019: Commission welcomes rising voter turnout in elections
EP2019: atmosphere of European elections around and within Parliament
UNITED KINGDOM: Nigel Farage's Brexit Party prevails and claims a place in discussions with EU
GERMANY: Germans are struggling to rally behind Christian Democratic Spitzenkandidat Manfred Weber
ROMANIA: ruling coalition in a bad position after European elections
INSTITUTIONAL
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SECTORAL POLICIES
COMPETITIVENESS: taxation is part of debate on future of internal market and industry
AGRICULTURE: study commissioned by Commission considers agricultural climate measures to be rather positive
FISHERIES: Commission proposes a technical modification of certain fishing quotas for 2019
CLIMATE: NGOs call for a broad alliance of parties in European Parliament to respond to climate emergency
ENVIRONMENT: EEA launches an initiative mobilising citizens to measure air pollution near schools
EXTERNAL ACTION
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WTO: faced with urgency, Member States shall instruct Commission to work on a plan B to save Appellate Body
UNITED STATES: Washington considering a 10% increase in its customs duties on European cars
TRADE: several Member States call for a better inclusion of climate dimension in trade policy
VIETNAM: trade agreements to be signed at end of June, despite reluctance of some Member States
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
JHA: for lack of sufficient independence from executive branch, German prosecutors' offices cannot issue a European arrest warrant
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: Commission calls on Member States to take advantage of new technologies
STATE AID: green light for extension of an Italian measure to support banking sector
STATE AID: green light for extension of an Irish credit union restructuring scheme
AUSTRIA: Chancellor Sebastien Kurz ousted by Parliament
MALAWI: EU welcomes strong turnout in peaceful elections, despite shortcomings
EP2019: Volt, a pan-European citizen movement, wins its first seat in Parliament
EP2019: Turkish Cypriot MEP elected for the very first time
EP2019: Spitzenkandidat of European Spring, Yanis Varoufakis, will not sit in European Parliament
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