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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12264

28 May 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 19 / 29
EXTERNAL ACTION / Vietnam
Trade agreements to be signed at end of June, despite reluctance of some Member States
Brussels, 27/05/2019 (Agence Europe)

European Trade Ministers were informed on Monday 27 May of the adoption and signature, before the end of June, of the Free Trade and Investment Protection Agreements between the European Union and Vietnam (see EUROPE B12050A20). 

While Member States are generally satisfied with Hanoi's progress in ratifying International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions, some Member States have still expressed some reluctance to move forward. 

These countries, including Belgium and Spain,...

Contents

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
DEMOCRACY: more than €20 million have been invested in 3 months on Facebook for political advertising
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
WTO: Trade Council adopts EU's additional mandate on electronic commerce
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
POLAND: Dunja Mijatović alerts on amendments to Polish Criminal Code