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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12325

12 September 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 5 / 26
INSTITUTIONAL / Commission
‘Von der Leyen’ Commission not convincing to environmental NGOs
Brussels, 11/09/2019 (Agence Europe)

Some of civil society reacted in a mixed way on Tuesday 10 September to the announcement of the composition of the next European Commission by its President-elect, Ursula von der Leyen.

In particular, environmental NGOs have expressed serious reservations.

Sceptical environmental NGOs 

While welcoming Mrs von der Leyen's wish to give more powers to the Climate Commissioner, Frans Timmermans, through his position as Executive Vice-President, which will allow him to supervise many other...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
ITALY: Giuseppe Conte proposes 'a pact' to Europe to undertake necessary reforms
COMMISSION: Romania decides to withdraw its candidate for 'Juncker' Commission
COMMISSION: regions rather satisfied with Mrs von der Leyen's announcements
SOCIAL: trade unions welcome composition of new European Commission
COMMISSION: ‘Von der Leyen’ Commission not convincing to environmental NGOs
RULE OF LAW: Amnesty International calls on EU Member States to take concrete action against abuses in Hungary
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: convince by example, this is EU's ambition for Climate Action Summit in New York
ENERGY: for 41% of Europeans, energy policy aims to move away from fossil fuels
AGRICULTURE: Member States support increased price transparency in food chain
HEALTH: phthalates in medical devices, Commission provides guidelines on risk assessment
HEALTH: vaccine scepticism at heart of a world summit in Brussels
JUSTICE: EU must rethink its strategy for recovery of proceeds of crime, according to Transparency International
EXTERNAL ACTION
CUBA: Ms Mogherini reaffirms EU support for “modernisation” of Cuban economy
UNITED STATES: Phil Hogan hopes to convince Donald Trump of “ error of his ways”
TRADE: nitrogen fertilisers ‘UAN’, EU remains undecided as to relevance of definitive anti-dumping duties
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: Member States commit themselves to further convergence on export of military technology and equipment
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: European Fiscal Board returns mixed conclusions on examination of fiscal rules
NEWS BRIEFS
CENTRAL ASIA: EU intensifies its support for prevention of violent extremism and radicalisation
EDUCATION: inter-institutional negotiations on Erasmus will start on 7 October
INDUSTRY: T&E is concerned about impact of SUVs on climate objectives
INDUSTRY: ACEA calls for comprehensive European transition plan towards ‘zero emission’ mobility
JAPAN: talks with Tokyo on an investment protection agreement are stalled
REGIONS: Committee of the Regions publishes first-ever regional social scoreboard
UNITED KINGDOM: Scottish court considers suspension of British Parliament by Boris Johnson to be illegal
UNITED KINGDOM: according to Mr Hogan, it would take Commission eight months to obtain a mandate for trade negotiations with London
S&D: Simona Bonafè and Ismail Ertug elected vice-presidents of Social Democratic Group in European Parliament