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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12280
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SOCIAL AFFAIRS / Social

European Council's strategic agenda welcomed by European trade unions

The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) welcomes the strategic programme adopted by the European Council on Thursday 20 June on the next institutional cycle (2019-2024), while indicating that it would have expected even greater ambition. 

The said strategic framework is structured around four priorities, one of which is to "build a climate-neutral, green, fair and social Europe". This paragraph refers in particular to the European Pillar of Social Rights, adopted at the end of 2017...

Contents

EUROPEAN COUNCIL
EMU: Euro Summit invites Eurogroup to continue its work
FUTURE OF EU: there is no majority for Spitzenkandidaten of the three main European political parties, confirm several EU leaders
UNITED KINGDOM: Twenty-Seven hope to work in good cooperation with future British Prime Minister
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENT: political agreement on reuse of wastewater for agricultural irrigation expected from European ministers on 26 June
SPACE: Eurospace proposes an ambitious budget of €16 billion ahead of Ministerial Council of the European Space Agency
EXTERNAL ACTION
MERCOSUR: 20 years later, seven Member States call for the conclusion of negotiations on a 'historic' trade agreement
G20: in Osaka, EU will once again take on role of saviour of multilateralism
GULF: European leaders concerned about rising tensions
SECURITY - DEFENCE
UNITED STATES: Mr Cooper calls for discussion on PESCO and the Defence Fund
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
PAYMENTS: EBA is flexible on implementation of technical security standards for payment services
FINANCE: A BETTER FINANCE study shows a negative correlation between the costs of a retail financial product and its profitability
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: European Council's strategic agenda welcomed by European trade unions
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
MOLDOVA: dissolution of Moldovan Parliament was unconstitutional, according to Venice Commission
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: green light for French measure to support farmers with poultry contaminated with Fipronil
PATENTS:  European Patent Office awards five inventors for their work
COMMISSION: Luxembourger Nicolas Schmit would like to become the future Commissioner for Social Affairs
IRAN: Joint Commission to meet on 28 June
MOLDOVA: European Parliament delegation on site on 24 June
CALENDAR
Main activities of the European Institutions: from 24/06 to 30/06/2019
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other Events: until 7 July 2019