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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12301
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INSTITUTIONAL / Parliament

Updated list of political group coordinators in European Parliament’s parliamentary committees

The European Parliament's political groups have appointed almost all their coordinators, who are responsible in particular for guiding the political line that will be defended within the parliamentary committees on which the groups sit.

EUROPE has updated a first list published on 13 July (see EUROPE B12295A2).

Foreign Affairs (AFET). The coordinators of this 71-member committee are: EPP - Michael Gahler (Germany) and Željana Zovko (Croatia) as Vice-Coordinator. S&D - Tonino Picula...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
PARLIAMENT: updated list of political group coordinators in European Parliament’s parliamentary committees
BUDGET: European Parliament Committee examines four amending budgets for 2019
COUNCIL OF THE EU:  European Ombudsman opens inquiry into commercial sponsorships of EU Council Presidencies
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: new attempts in Paris to rally as many Member States as possible around a temporary disembarkation scheme
TERRORISM: Commission welcomes transatlantic cooperation in terrorist finance tracking
CONSUMERS: guidance document on EU rules on unfair terms in ‘B to C’ contracts
CIVIL DEFENCE: EU has provided satellite maps to Portugal to help it fight forest fires
ENVIRONMENT: air pollution - a new EEA report confirms slight increase in emissions in 2017
AGRICULTURE: EU agri-food exports continue to grow to €12.8 billion
REGIONS: 62% of recommendations per country now have a territorial dimension, according to Committee of the Regions
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
BANKS: Elke König expects answers to question of liquidity in a banking resolution by end of 2019
FINANCE: supervision of Central Counterparties established in EU is satisfactory, according to ESMA
EMU: EESC believes that future budgetary capacity for euro area should have stabilising function
EXTERNAL ACTION
GULF: EU urges Iran to immediately release British ship seized in Strait of Hormuz
ISRAEL: EU denounces further demolitions in East Jerusalem
SOUTH ASIA: EU mobilises €10.5 million in humanitarian aid for victims of disasters
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: some sixty European personalities call on Ursula von der Leyen to change EU's foreign policy
EDUCATION - YOUTH
EDUCATION/YOUTH: MEPs confirm Parliament's position on Erasmus, Creative Europe and Solidarity Corps
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: green light for an Italian measure of €171.7 million for distribution of newspapers at reduced rates
STATE AID: Commission publishes a Communication on implementation of its decisions
EBOLA: EU ready to increase its assistance in DRC to respond to global health emergency, according to WHO
ETHIOPIA: EU mobilises €36 million in support to fight climate change
WTO: Washington continues to boycott appointment of new members of Appellate Body
PARLIAMENT: committee vice-presidency, new rejection of a Fidesz candidate
UNITED KINGDOM: two ministers announce their departure on eve of Boris Johnson's likely confirmation as head of government