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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12301
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Regions

62% of recommendations per country now have a territorial dimension, according to Committee of the Regions

The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) has identified 137 recommendations out of a total of 221 recommendations per country made as part of the ‘European Semester’ budget process, aimed indirectly or directly at local and regional authorities or with a territorial impact, according to a study published on Thursday 18 July. This represents about 62% of the total number of recommendations per country.

A trend that is on the rise in absolute terms, but slightly decreasing in...

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