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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12295

13 July 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 19 / 27
NEWS BRIEFS / Budget
Commissioner Oettinger to visit Finland to discuss negotiations on 2021-2027 financial framework

12/07/2019 (Agence Europe) – European Budget Commissioner Günther Oettinger will visit Finland on Monday 15 July to discuss "the roadmap" towards an autumn agreement on the EU's multiannual financial framework (MFF) for the period 2021-2027 (see EUROPE B12292A2). In Helsinki, Mr Oettinger will meet Prime Minister Antti Rinne, Minister for European Affairs Tytti Tuppurainen and State Secretary Kimmo Tiilikainen at the Ministry of Finance. Mr Oettinger said he was "very glad" that the...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
PARLIAMENTARY PLENARY: vote on Presidency of European Commission, humanitarian situation in Mediterranean and Venezuela on European Parliament agenda
PARLIAMENT: overview of political group coordinators by committee
PARLIAMENT: MEPs of Social Affairs Committee meet on Monday 15 July to elect their Chair
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: Mr Juncker validates candidacies of Mr Mircea Pașcu and Ms Simson without assigning them a portfolio
FUTURE OF EU: young people have greatly boosted turnout in European elections
INSTITUTIONAL: Commission notes a fall in number of reasoned opinions of national parliaments in 2018
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENT: an ambitious circular economy policy would serve climate and biodiversity, according to EU ministers
AGRICULTURE: sugar report shows differences between countries on coupled support and neonicotinoids
AGRICULTURE: Italy is required to comply with Court's judgment on recovery of amounts due by its milk producers
AGRICULTURE: EU conditionally accepts an extension of International Sugar Agreement
COHESION: convergence of views between Younous Omarjee and highest representatives of Committee of Regions
CONSUMERS: Commission ensures that Airbnb complies with EU law and improves presentation of its prices
EXTERNAL ACTION
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Iran, Iraq, CAR, Turkey, migration and Moldova on agenda of Foreign Affairs Council
UNITED STATES: Mutual Recognition Agreement on pharmaceutical inspections finalised
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
MONEY LAUNDERING: possibility of a European 'grey' list of high-risk non-Member States is being considered
FINANCE: financial technology, ESMA does not recommend any changes to European regulations at this stage
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
AGRICULTURE: EU General Court confirms ban on use of hormones to raise panga in organic aquaculture
COMPETITION: General Court of EU confirms a Commission decision on a cartel concerning optical disk drives
NEWS BRIEFS
BUDGET: Commissioner Oettinger to visit Finland to discuss negotiations on 2021-2027 financial framework
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: Italian government chooses close relative of Matteo Salvini as future European Commissioner
SPACE: ESA and Arianespace set up a commission of inquiry following failure to launch of Vega
MERCOSUR: EU-Mercosur trade agreement will be published before summer break
DIGITAL: ZTE also opens a cybersecurity centre in Brussels
PARLIAMENT: Antonio Tajani to Chair European Parliament Conference of Committee Chairs
The B-word: Agence Europe’s newsletter on Brexit
THE B-WORD: No deal gets real
CALENDAR
Main activities of the European Institutions: from 15/07 to 21/07/2019
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other Events: until 28 July 2019