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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12330
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Tunisia

EU welcomes holding of first round of presidential election

The spokeswoman for the European External Action Service stressed on Tuesday 17 September the successful holding of the first round of the presidential election in Tunisia.

At the end of this first round, in which the turnout was low (45.02% compared to 64% in the first round of the 2004 presidential election), independent academic Kaïs Saïed came out on top with 18.4% of the votes, compared to 15.58% for the businessman Nabil Karoui, currently in prison. 26 candidates were in the...

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
UNITED KINGDOM: European Parliament makes further postponement of BREXIT subject to conditions
CLIMATE: forest fires in Amazon, MEPs call on EU to take urgent action
DEMOCRACY: joint resolution emerges in European Parliament on importance of European remembrance for future of Europe
HEALTH: EPP Group proposes creation of a special parliamentary committee to fight cancer
KASHMIR: MEPs call for an end to violence and for dialogue
COLOMBIA: MEPs call on EU to redouble its efforts to preserve peace process
BUDGET: European Parliament approves a €100 million increase in research and Erasmus funding for 2019
BUDGET: European Parliament approves budgeting of €1.8 billion surplus in 2019
BUDGET: European Parliament endorses mobilisation of €293.5 million from the EU Solidarity Fund
INSTITUTIONAL
COMMISSION: names of heads of cabinet are becoming clearer
COMMISSION: liberals in European Parliament doubt Rovana Plumb's integrity
SECTORAL POLICIES
SINGLE MARKET: Finland's EU Council Presidency report on sustainable growth is being debated
TRANSPORT: Ministers will consider on September 20 options to protect environment
CLIMATE: member states agree to defend EU ETS sovereignty, despite CORSIA
ENERGY: Maroš Šefčovič expects progress on 19 September with transit of Russian gas through Ukraine
AGRICULTURE: Member States want more flexibility in direct payments after 2020
EXTERNAL ACTION
ISRAEL: EU condemns approval of a new colony
TUNISIA: EU welcomes holding of first round of presidential election
UNITED STATES: President Trump “will ultimately make the decision” to apply tariff sanctions against EU, according to Mr Sondland
ECONOMY - FINANCE
TAXATION: a simple overview of situation expected on FTT, in EU Council's working party
ECONOMY: stable annual inflation rate in euro area and EU in August
NEWS BRIEFS
AFGHANISTAN: EU calls for direct talks between government and Taliban
INDUSTRY: 51 million 'dirty' diesel cars are currently on EU roads, says T&E
JUSTICE: European Parliament approves the corrected version of the Whistleblower Directive
NORTH MACEDONIA: Karl-Heinz Lambertz supports opening of EU accession negotiations
VENEZUELA: Pilar del Castillo Vera calls for new European sanctions against Maduro regime