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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12310
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Turkey

Europe denounces the suspension of several mayors

The spokesman of the European External Action Service (EEAS), the European Parliament's rapporteur for Turkey, Kati Piri (S&D, Netherlands), and the President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, Anders Knape, denounced on Tuesday 20 August the temporary suspension by the Turkish authorities of three mayors of the pro-Kurdish HDP party in three cities in the south-east of the country - Diyarbakir, Mardin and Van - and their replacement with governors...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: Boris Johnson is increasingly playing non-orderly Brexit card
ITALY: Commission remains outside scope of new Italian political crisis
EXTERNAL ACTION
TURKEY: Europe denounces the suspension of several mayors
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: government must be formed as soon as possible, stresses EU
GEORGIA: EU calls for end to installation of fences in South Ossetia
EBOLA: EU pledges €465,000 to strengthen preparedness measures in Burundi
SRI LANKA: EU announces increased support for fight against terrorism
UNITED STATES: EU and Washington sign agreement on hormone-free beef imports to Europe
TRADE: EU imposes a provisional countervailing duty on Indonesian biodiesel imports
TRADE: Commission submits proposal to WTO on adjustment of safeguard measures on steel imports
TRADE: Commission's new investigation into steel imports from Asia
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: Commission continues to advocate solidarity between European states in distribution of migrants rescued at sea
JUSTICE: Giovanni Buttarelli, European Data Protection Supervisor, has died
ENVIRONMENT: harmful effects of chlorpyrifos on human health established by EFSA call for total ban, say NGOs
CIVIL DEFENCE: EU solidarity has worked against forest fires in Greece and Spain
DIGITAL: emergency calls, stricter geolocation requirements in Europe in 2020
PATENTS: Germany is waiting to identify consequences of Brexit before ratifying Unified Patent Court Agreement
SINGLE MARKET: Benelux wants to review European Block Exemption Regulation
ENERGY: Commission launches consultation on smart readiness indicator for buildings
FISHERIES: profitability of EU fishing fleet declined slightly in 2017
SPACE: space industry wants an exemption from Waste Framework Directive
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
IMF: Kristalina Georgieva is European candidate to replace Christine Lagarde
FINANCE: Commission and ESMA disagree on assessment of transparency of financial products due to Brexit
COMPETITION: Google Search to auction off competing search engines
NEWS BRIEFS
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: EU announces a further €10 million to help cope with influx of refugees
G7: Mr Tusk will represent the EU alone
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: Croatian authorities support appointment of Dubravka Šuica
HORN OF AFRICA: EU increases humanitarian aid for drought victims by €50 million
ECONOMY: inflation down to 1.0% in euro area in July
ENERGY: ACER insists on 70% margin for cross-border electricity trade
FINANCE: ECB asked about creation of crypto-Euro
HAITI: EU mobilises €9 million in food and nutritional aid for Haiti