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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12322

7 September 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 18 / 25
NEWS BRIEFS / Bahamas
EU provides initial emergency aid of €500,000 for victims of Hurricane Dorian

06/09/2019 (Agence Europe) – The EU is mobilising a first emergency aid package of €500,000 to help those affected by Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas, the Commission announced on Friday 6 September. These funds from ECHO's (the institution's humanitarian aid department) budget will cover needs for shelter, drinking water, food and hygiene. "We will do all we can to help, getting aid in to the people on the ground. Our thoughts are with all those affected by this tragedy (...) The EU...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: 'von der Leyen' team takes shape
EU2019FI: net contributors will not unconditionally increase their contribution to EU budget after 2020, warns Antti Rinne
COURT OF AUDITORS: audit identifies areas for improvement in Commission's public consultation process
EXTERNAL ACTION
IRAN: EU denounces Tehran's new measures against nuclear agreement
HUMAN RIGHTS: EU launches new initiative to support religious commitments
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Hahn urges leaders to form a government
TRADE: CJEU's opinion on CETA sets in stone protection of European standards, according to Mr Lenaerts
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: EASO's internal governance is improving, according to its Director
JUSTICE: commission welcomes Member States' progress in improving Roma education
BIODIVERSITY: Commission and MEPs debate stronger EU action by Ursula von der Leyen
CLIMATE: Commission outlines to European Parliament next steps to be taken as a result of Ursula von der Leyen's guidelines
FOOD SAFETY: Colombian fish oil could be contaminated by fuel, says EU
DIGITAL: work on confidentiality of electronic communications resumes in European Parliament
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: OECD observes a slowdown in pace of tax reforms in 2019
FINANCE: Bruno Le Maire wants to launch an international reflection on creation of a public cryptocurrency
ECONOMY: seasonally adjusted GDP up by 0.2% in euro area and EU in second quarter of 2019
CULTURE
CULTURE: Niklas Nienaß campaigns for a new intergroup of cultural creators in European Parliament
NEWS BRIEFS
BAHAMAS: EU provides initial emergency aid of €500,000 for victims of Hurricane Dorian
JHA: EU-Australia ‘PNR’ agreement automatically renewed until 2026
JUSTICE: Eurojust brings down a Slovak criminal group involved in human trafficking in United Kingdom
UNITED KINGDOM: future trade agreement, a tug-of-war begins over issue of London's compliance with European standards
ADDENDUM
ENVIRONMENT: forest protection, own-initiative report that MEPs will prepare is legislative
The B-word: Agence Europe’s newsletter on Brexit
THE B-WORD: Brexit is impossible, either way
CALENDAR
Main activities of the European Institutions: from 09/09 to 15/09/2019
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other Events: until 22 September 2019