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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12288
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INSTITUTIONAL / European parliament

Social Democrat David Maria Sassoli elected to European Parliament seat for two and a half years

It only took two ballots for MEPs to elect Italian Social Democrat David Maria Sassoli as head of the European Parliament on Wednesday morning, 3 July.

After a first round of voting against Ska Keller, Greens/EFA candidate, Sira Rego, GUE/NGL candidate, and Jan Zahradil, ECR group, the Italian candidate obtained an absolute majority of votes, with 345 votes in favour (the majority was set at 334), followed by the Czech Conservative, with 160 votes, then the German Greens/EFA, with 119 votes...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Social Democrat David Maria Sassoli elected to European Parliament seat for two and a half years
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: discussions between political groups on strategic agenda in disarray
RENEW EUROPE: European Parliament liberal group supports idea of a conference on future of Europe starting in 2020
GUE/NGL: elected representatives of La France insoumise to European Parliament are advancing their 'twelve battles' for next 5 years
GERMANY: Ursula von der Leyen’s skills and scandals
COMMISSION: Estonia and Romania want to replace Commissioners who have left for European Parliament
COMMISSION: Commission adopts rules to assist future Commissioners to take office
BUDGET: ECOFIN Council to discuss new revenue for 2021-2027 EU budget on 9 July
CITIZENSHIP: three new European Citizens' Initiatives deemed legally admissible
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ITALY: Rome (again) avoids recommendation to open an excessive deficit procedure
FINANCE: ESMA launches inquiry on multiple withholding tax reclaim 'CumEx' schemes
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: GUE/NGL Group will call for creation of a 'climate emergency' committee in European Parliament
ENVIRONMENT: Austria has not notified Commission of its intention to ban glyphosate on its territory
AGRICULTURE: Commission expects European exports of meat and dairy products to increase in 2019
FISHERIES: Commission launches consultation to review State aid rules in sector
MIGRATION: two NGOs have called, from the European Parliament, to stop criminalizing rescues of migrants at sea
EXTERNAL ACTION
MOLDOVA: new government is committed to fighting corruption
IRAN: Tehran ignores European demand to respect JCPOA
LIBYA: EU condemns shelling of a migrant centre in Tripoli and calls for an investigation
NORTH AFRICA: Commission allocates €61.5 million for migration management programmes
MERCOSUR: trade agreement is result of “an openness without naivety”, according to President Macron
NEWS BRIEFS
ALBANIA: Commission rejects Dutch request to suspend visa-free regime in Tirana
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Russia resumes payments
GEORGIA: EU denounces restrictions imposed by Russia
INSTITUTIONAL: green light from Member States to adjust so-called ‘yellow card’ procedure
JUSTICE: For Mr Ciolos, appointing Ms Kövesi as Head of the European Public Prosecutor's Office would allow a geographical rebalancing of senior posts
JUSTICE: Hague Convention on Recognition of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters adopted