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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12283

27 June 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 4 / 29
INSTITUTIONAL / Gue/ngl
Martin Schirdewan elected interim president of radical left group
Brussels, 26/06/2019 (Agence Europe)

The members of the GUE/NGL group decided in favour of a temporary collective leadership composed of the Portuguese Marisa Matias (Bloco de Esquerda) and Joao Ferreira (Partido Comunista Portugues - PCP), the Danish Nikolaj Villumsen (Enhedslisten - de rød-grønne) and the German Martin Schirdewan (Die Linke), after a group meeting on Wednesday 26 June.

Martin Schirdewan will be the interim president until a final election on 16 July, several sources confirm. Greek Dimitrios...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
EU2019FI: Antti Rinne advocates a limited budget for euro area supporting investment
EU2019FI: respect for values, climate, and economics of well-being at heart of priorities for upcoming Finnish Presidency of Council of the EU
FUTURE OF EU: for Mr Lambertz, only an election on basis of a European constituency can make Spitzenkandidaten process 'valid and definitive'
GUE/NGL: Martin Schirdewan elected interim president of radical left group
EPP: Manfred Weber in Berlin to review his candidacy for presidency of European Commission on eve of Osaka G20
COMMISSION: Commission says updated Code of Conduct for Commissioners is positive
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CYBERSECURITY: new rules become effective
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: expert group makes specific recommendations for ethical artificial intelligence
ENVIRONMENT: Council of the EU adopts its position on Regulation on reuse of reclaimed water for agricultural irrigation
ENVIRONMENT: EU Council asks Commission for a comprehensive and ambitious strategy to reduce exposure to chemicals
CLIMATE: Netherlands will ask Commission to legislate for taxation of air sector
CLIMATE: climate ambition an absolute priority for incoming Finnish Presidency in order to strengthen leadership of EU
ENERGY: EU internal and external policies must remain coherent, according to EU ministers
MIGRATION: refugee protection must be extended to countries surrounding Libya, according to UNHCR Special Envoy
EXTERNAL ACTION
SWITZERLAND: link between institutional agreement and equivalence for Swiss stock exchange generally supported by Member States, despite reservations
TUNISIA: EU signs four new aid programmes worth €150 million
JORDAN: EU signs new €20 million financial agreement
TURKEY: EU stresses importance of presumption of innocence
SOCIAL - EDUCATION - YOUTH
EDUCATION: launch of “European universities” pilot project of as part of Erasmus+ programme
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPETITION: Commission opens investigation into Broadcom's exclusive practices and imposes provisional measures
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: GRECO calls on States to remain vigilant against corruption
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
ENVIRONMENT: national authorities are competent to control choice of location of air quality monitoring stations, confirms Court
CONSUMERS: airlines are not required to compensate passengers for delays due to gasoline spills on take-off runway, according to Court
NEWS BRIEFS
COMMISSION: Commission appoints new Head of Representation in Croatia and an Adviser for preparation of its EU Council Presidency
FINANCE: EU Council is ready to negotiate with European Parliament on regulation to facilitate crowdfunding
JUSTICE: Facebook commits to cooperating with French judiciary on online hate speech
JUSTICE: Eurojust announces arrest of six people involved in a large-scale Bitcoin theft
TRANSPORT: Member States' ambassadors will vote on delegated act ‘Deployment of cooperative intelligent transport systems’ on 4 July
UNRWA: EU to mobilise an additional €21 million to support UN agency