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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12329

18 September 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 12 / 25
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Finance
Civil society makes its recommendations for Mrs von der Leyen’s ‘European Green Deal’
Brussels, 17/09/2019 (Agence Europe)

Six civil society organisations (European Environmental Bureau, Finance Watch, WWF Europe, Greentervention, Positive Money Europe, Nicolas Hulot Foundation) published, on Monday 16 September, a list of recommendations addressed to the future European Commission to implement its ‘European Green Deal’.

While welcoming Ursula von der Leyen's ambitious proposal, the organisations invited her to provide this proposal with a financial framework commensurate with it. “We believe that a...

Contents

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
CLIMATE: majority of MEPs want an EU leader at New York climate and SDG summits
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: MEPs call for a real strategy for sustainable management of EU forests
PLANTS: plants obtained by biological processes should not be patentable, says European Parliament
DEMOCRACY: four main groups in Parliament agree on importance of combating foreign interference and disinformation
ECB: MEPs support Mrs Lagarde’s nomination to head of ECB
HONG KONG: MEPs reiterate their support for peaceful demonstrators
INSTITUTIONAL
COMMISSION: Executive Vice-Presidents of European Commission to be heard by relevant European Parliament committees
COMMISSION: Christian Democrats in European Parliament are only ones who support Mrs von der Leyen in her desire to protect European way of life
UNITED KINGDOM: MEPs are set to ask London and Twenty-Seven to do their utmost to avoid a no-deal exit
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties has a stronger mandate to monitor state of fundamental rights in EU
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: green light for creation of a standing subcommittee of European Parliament on tax issues
FINANCE: civil society makes its recommendations for Mrs von der Leyen’s ‘European Green Deal’
COMPETITION: conditional green light for E.ON's takeover of Innogy
EXTERNAL ACTION
ENLARGEMENT: Mr Tusk reiterates support for opening of EU accession negotiations with Skopje and Tirana
SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: member States will take stock on Thursday 19 September of their position in negotiations on European Chief Prosecutor
JHA: temporary agreements on disembarkation of migrants cannot replace a reform of Dublin Regulation, according to Mr Avramopoulos
ENERGY: natural gas makes no contribution to climate protection, says Energy Watch Group
NEWS BRIEFS
FINANCE: Finance Watch deplores weak conditions imposed on EBA’s Adam Farkas’ as he leaves to join AFME
INDUSTRY: European industry is maintaining itself despite uncertainty surrounding Brexit, according to a study
JHA: own-initiative report on European arrest warrant will be dealt with on 8 October by Committee on Civil Liberties
S&D: Matteo Renzi's departure from Partito Democratico should not significantly affect S&D group, according to García Pérez
HEALTH: Hans Kluge's candidature considered for post of Director of WHO European Office
SOCIAL: AGE welcomes creation of a portfolio dedicated to Democracy and Demography in next European Commission
VENEZUELA: any national dialogue must include country’s representative political forces, according to EU
VIETNAM: European Parliament's vote on trade agreements is unlikely to take place before 2020