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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12288

4 July 2019
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INSTITUTIONAL / Gue/ngl
Elected representatives of La France insoumise to European Parliament are advancing their 'twelve battles' for next 5 years
Brussels, 03/07/2019 (Agence Europe)

On behalf of the delegation of La France insoumise (LFI) to the European Parliament, Manon Aubry presented, on Tuesday 2 July in Strasbourg, her "twelve battles" for the legislative mandate that is opening up at European level. This series of strategic axes was submitted to the European Parliament's GUE/NGL group on Monday 1 July, which should adopt them later this week.

Thus, among the most emblematic proposals are the strengthening of the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) by obliging...

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