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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12282
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Pakistan

Signing of new strategic engagement plan

The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, and Pakistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, signed the new EU-Pakistan Strategic Engagement Plan on Tuesday 25 June in Brussels.

This agreement was concluded last March, during a visit of Mrs Mogherini to Islamabad (see EUROPE B12221A17).

"It is a new, forward-looking and ambitious political framework that will further deepen our relations, increase the level of bilateral...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
COHESION: EU Member States are considering what form strengthening link between European Semester and cohesion policy will take
ENERGY: EU Council adopts conclusions on future of energy systems
ENERGY: energy union is a priority of future Finnish Presidency of Council of the EU
ENERGY/CLIMATE: Miguel Arias Cañete calls on Member States to be more ambitious in their draft national plans
ENVIRONMENT: Austria advocates an 8th action programme linked to EU's long-term strategy on climate and SDGs
FISHERIES: Indian Ocean Tuna Commission restricts use of fish aggregating devices
TRANSPORT: European Court of Auditors points to shortcomings in allocation of funds for air traffic management modernisation
INTERNAL MARKET: European Commission launches call for tenders to develop price composition indicator in agri-food sector
SECURITY - DEFENCE
NATO: INF Treaty, Defence Ministers should discuss response to Russia
EXTERNAL ACTION
MERCOSUR: trade negotiations reach a new milestone when ministerial meeting is called
VIETNAM: EU-Vietnam trade agreements will be signed on 30 June
PAKISTAN: signing of new strategic engagement plan
SWITZERLAND: Commission confirms that it is moving towards non-renewal of equivalence for Swiss stock exchange
INSTITUTIONAL
PARLIAMENT: MEPs will elect their President on Wednesday 3 July
RENEW EUROPE: inexperience of group is a challenge, says Federley
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: Member States are in favour of a minimum harmonization on crowdfunding
FINANCE: taxonomy on sustainable finance - Romanian EU Council Presidency concludes its work with a progress report
ECONOMY: European Fiscal Board recommends a neutral fiscal stance at euro area level in 2020, but differentiated by country
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: return of Russians to parliamentary assembly has not yet been recorded
NEWS BRIEFS
MONEY LAUNDERING: ECOFIN Council will not discuss European list of high-risk non-Member States in July
EFDD: if Eurosceptic group disappears, MEPs of Five-star Movement will maybe have to sit with non-attached members
ITALY: Commission will reconsider a possible recommendation to open an excessive deficit procedure on 2 July
JUSTICE: EU Council adopts recast of Brussels IIA regulation
MAURITANIA: EU calls for calm and restraint pending final results of presidential election
MOLDOVA: European Parliament willing to assist Moldovan Parliament through Jean Monnet Dialogue
ACCOUNTING STANDARDS: Jean-Paul Gauzès reappointed EFRAG Board President
GMO: EFSA guidance to help companies correctly submit their application for renewal of authorisation
FISHERIES: Council of the EU endorses legislative acts on new EU-Gambia Fisheries Agreement