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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12278

20 June 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 25 / 28
NEWS BRIEFS / Catalonia
Mr Puigdemont made an official request to join Greens/EFA group in European Parliament

19/06/2019 (Agence Europe) – During a press conference at the European Parliament (see EUROPE B12277A16) on Tuesday 18 June, former Catalan separatist president Carles Puigdemont explained that he had submitted only one request to join a group in the European Parliament: the Greens/EFA via their regional component. However, he acknowledged that he had informal contacts with other political groups in the European Parliament. According to two sources, he met members of the 5-star Movement in...

Contents

EUROPEAN COUNCIL
FUTURE OF EU: Tusk hopes to reach agreement on appointments to senior European positions by early July
FUTURE OF EU: Germany aims for Twenty-Eight 'consensus' on President of the European Commission by 2 July
CLIMATE: climate neutrality, leaders will confirm EU's commitment to adopt a long-term strategy in early 2020
EMU: EU leaders will encourage the Eurogroup to continue work on fiscal capacity of euro area
BUDGET: European Council will intensify debate in Autumn on multiannual financial framework 2021-2027
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: leaders should support Cyprus in face of illegal Turkish drilling
UNITED KINGDOM: Twenty-Seven will remind future British Prime Minister that Withdrawal Agreement is immutable
DEMOCRACY: cybersecurity also on agenda of European summit
INSTITUTIONAL
RENEW EUROPE: Dacian Cioloș elected president of liberal group at European Parliament
ECR: Ryszard Legutko and Raffaele Fitto to co-chair conservative group in European Parliament
GUE/NGL: radical left group in European Parliament is growing, but still does not have a president
S&D: nine vice-presidents of Social Democratic Group in European Parliament are known
TRANSPARENCY: six Member States want greater transparency in inter-institutional negotiations
EXTERNAL ACTION
MERCOSUR: agenda for next rounds of trade negotiations is taking shape in a tense context
ENLARGEMENT: Ankara criticises Council’s conclusions - Skopje and Tirana remain optimistic
IRAN: US sanctions have a negative impact on humanitarian aid, worries European diplomat
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: content of Franco-German proposal to pool national revenues generated by FTT
STATE AID: go-ahead given for German measures to support cleaner urban transport
FINANCE: initial reactions rather positive from stakeholders to three reports on sustainable finance
SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: launch of negotiations on transatlantic agreement on access to e-evidence
JUSTICE: Facebook's cryptocurrency already worrying European Data Protection Supervisor
MIGRATION: European Commission defends its actions on eve of World Refugee Day
ENERGY/CLIMATE: WindEurope welcomes Commission's call for increase in ambition in draft national plans
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
STATE AID: confirmation of Commission's decision on German State aid to Nürburgring
NEWS BRIEFS
CATALONIA: Mr Puigdemont made an official request to join Greens/EFA group in European Parliament
COURT OF JUSTICE: Court confirms invalidity of Adidas EU trademark of its three-stripe motif
JUSTICE: Commission confirms that it will launch a thorough review on telecoms data retention
CITIES: climate, cities and regions ask to be consulted on development of national plans