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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12291
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INSTITUTIONAL / Poland

Issue of Rule of law will return to ministers' agenda on 18 July

On 18 July, the ‘General Affairs’ Council will again address the issue of the Rule of law, in this case in Poland, with a new review of the situation on the ministers' agenda. For Hungary, no review is planned for 18 July, but a hearing could be scheduled for September, even if the final format were still to be defined by the Finnish Presidency of the EU Council.

At the end of 2017, the European Commission initiated the so-called Article 7 procedure against Poland, which subsequently led...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: it would take 'a political miracle' for Greens in European Parliament to vote for nominee Mrs von der Leyen, according to Philippe Lamberts
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: identity of next Belgian member of Commission linked to negotiations on formation of national and regional governments
POLAND: issue of Rule of law will return to ministers' agenda on 18 July
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ITALY: Eurogroup satisfied but cautious about the Commission's decision not to open an excessive Italian deficit procedure
ECOFIN: new revenues for EU budget, ECB Presidency and priorities of Finnish EU Council Presidency on ministerial agenda
TAXATION: EESC study warns against negative impact of corporate tax on economic growth
EXTERNAL ACTION
UKRAINE: European Commission announces a package of support measures worth €119 million
CENTRAL ASIA: EU and Central Asian countries reaffirm their commitment to forging a strong partnership
LIBYA: EU welcomes UN mission on detention centre attack
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: EU and its Member States must play a leading role in implementation of SDGs, stresses EU Council
WTO: EU is preparing for plurilateral negotiations on Investment Facilitation for Development
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: ministers reflect on outlines of a European 'economy of well-being'
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: Agriculture Council will debate on 15 July on green architecture of post-2020 CAP
AGRICULTURE: livestock sector in five EU countries calls for rejection of free trade agreement with Mercosur
AGRICULTURE: global demand for agricultural products will increase by 15% over next ten years
MIGRATION: Commission calls on Member States to develop temporary arrangements for disembarkation of migrants after arrival of new vessels
JUSTICE: British Airways faces a £183 million fine for breach of GDPR Regulation
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
EU LAW: Belgium ordered to pay €5,000 per day for failure to notify measures transposing a directive
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: administrative burden of CAP has increased by 2% for farmers since 2013 reform
STATE AID: green light for Dutch measure to support modal shift in transport
TRADE: EU closes anti-dumping investigation on imports of Chinese hot-rolled steel sheet piling
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: Member States refuse not to replace Commissioners elected to European Parliament
COMPETITION: conditional green light for acquisition of Flybe, Propius and Stobart Air by Connect Airways
ENVIRONMENT: EEA issues a satisfecit on European E-PRTR register of data on industrial pollutants
JUSTICE: Věra Jourová in Chile and Argentina to review data protection after agreement with Mercosur
KYRGYZSTAN: initialling of cooperation and enhanced partnership agreement
DIGITAL: Hungary co-signs two declarations of cooperation
FISHERIES: EU Council gives green light to negotiate a new EU/Mauritania fisheries agreement
REGIONS: European Commission to open votes for RegioStars Awards 2019 public prize
TRANSPORT: EU Council confirms objection to delegated act on deployment of cooperative intelligent transport systems
TURKMENISTAN: EU to open a delegation in Ashgabat
TURKEY: Ms Mogherini calls on Ankara to abandon a new drilling operation