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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12265
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Food safety

Launch of procedure to renew half of EFSA Management Board

The European Commission has launched the selection procedure to replace 7 of the 14 members of the Management Board of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), whose term of office expires on 30 June 2020. 

EFSA is the central body for food safety in the EU, competent for risk assessment and the provision of scientific advice to guide the decisions of risk managers (European Commission and Member States). 

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Contents

EUROPEAN COUNCIL
EP2019: EU leaders reaffirm their prerogatives on appointment to senior posts
EP2019: apart from liberals, pro-European political forces in the EP are calling for Spitzenkandidaten process to be respected
EPP:  Christian Democrats defend their candidate, Manfred Weber, for President of European Commission
ALDE: for Liberals, content of work programme is more important than people in key positions
INSTITUTIONAL
EP2019: Marine Le Pen in Brussels to work on setting up a group of at least 77 MEPs
EP2019: for Conference of Presidents, increasing participation is a sign of vibrant European democracy
DEMOCRACY: there is a need to improve cohesion of national processes for European elections, according to Election-Watch.EU
SECTORAL POLICIES
SPACE: ESA and EU are making further progress in deepening their cooperation
DIGITAL: Finland unveils its priorities for next 6 months
JUSTICE: Member states will decide on 6 June on mandatory nature of digitalisation of judicial cooperation
JUSTICE: second progress report to EU Council on law applicable to third-party effects of assignments of claims
AGRICULTURE: post-2020 CAP should be discussed at informal EU Council meeting in Bucharest
FOOD SAFETY: launch of procedure to renew half of EFSA Management Board
EXTERNAL ACTION
VENEZUELA: Enrique Iglesias appointed Special Adviser for Venezuela by Ms Mogherini
SYRIA: for Dunja Mijatović, Council of Europe member states should urgently repatriate their minor nationals
TRADE: EU's trade defence policy audited by Court of Auditors
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: end of unanimity in Council of the EU could undermine European integration, says Friedrich Heinemann
NEWS BRIEFS
AUSTRIA: Vice-Chancellor and Minister of Finance Hartwig Löger appointed interim Chancellor
TRADE: European market for sustainable products is growing strongly, confirms a study
EDUCATION: unchanged conditions in the UK for European students in 2020/2021
WTO: EU requests a panel to rule on measures imposed by United States on Spanish olives
EP2019: European Parliament’s latest projections on its future composition
EP2019: four Liberals are running for presidency of ALDE&R group in European Parliament at this stage
UNITED KINGDOM: Leo Varadkar fears that a change of Prime Minister in United Kingdom will increase risks of leaving without an agreement