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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12335

26 September 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 2 / 29
INSTITUTIONAL / United kingdom
Still no real alternatives to Irish backstop, complains European Parliament Brexit coordinator
Brussels, 25/09/2019 (Agence Europe)

The European Parliament's coordinator for an orderly exit of the United Kingdom from the EU, the Belgian Guy Verhofstadt, declared on Wednesday 25 September before members of the European Parliament Constitutional Affairs Committee (AFCO) that the United Kingdom had so far not presented any "legally sound proposal" on the plan for the island of Ireland and had only submitted "bits" of "potential" plans as alternatives to the infamous "backstop". "They have only mentioned SPS (Sanitary and...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: EU Council will decide on link between EU budget and rule of law after an agreement on MFF 2021-2027
UNITED KINGDOM: still no real alternatives to Irish backstop, complains European Parliament Brexit coordinator
EXTERNAL ACTION
VENEZUELA: EU sanctions seven people close to Maduro regime
NICARAGUA: a new step towards adoption of targeted European sanctions
IRAN: it is becoming increasingly difficult to preserve nuclear agreement, Ms Mogherini admits
TRADE: “greening” trade policy to combat deforestation
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: according to Mrs Bienkowska, it is necessary to develop a defence culture within Commission
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: Council of EU adopts its position on taxonomy on sustainable finance
SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: Laura Codruţa Kövesi will be officially appointed head of European Public Prosecutor's Office in mid-October
JUSTICE: EU Council takes stock of ten years of application of Charter of Fundamental Rights
JHA: European Parliament Civil Liberties Committee strengthens position of its rapporteurs on key issues
DIGITAL: Google refuses to negotiate related rights for newspaper publishers
COMPETITIVENESS:  sustainable growth will dominate ministerial meeting on 26 and 27 September
CLIMATE: European Environment Ministers to hold another policy debate on climate neutrality in EU on 4 October
CLIMATE: Greens and NGOs urge EU to take urgent action to protect oceans in light of latest IPCC report
BIODIVERSITY: pesticides and bees, MEPs lament fact that Commission has given in to Member States in defiance of EFSA
AGRICULTURE: European Parliament Committee criticises EU/Mercosur trade agreement
SPACE: European Commission is concerned about future budgetary trade-offs
ENERGY: Austria gives a first positive assessment of renewable hydrogen initiative
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: enactment of implementing Directive on posting of workers is progressing at a rapid pace, according to European Commission
NEWS BRIEFS
WEAPONS: EU extends chemical weapons sanctions regime by one year
SOUTH KOREA: revision of list of experts on “trade and sustainable development” issues in free trade agreement
ENVIRONMENT: inter-institutional negotiations on Directives on drinking water and water reuse in agriculture will start
SPACE: Galileo programme experienced a 'minor bug' and had no impact on service, at beginning of September, according to Commission
INNOVATION: Nantes named European Capital of Innovation 2019
LIBYA: sanctions against Mr Saleh, Mr al-Ghweil and Mr Abu Sahmein will be extended
DIGITAL: cyber security, MEPs will soon be ready to relaunch negotiations with EU Council on competence centre
CSDP: Member States shall extend Operation EUNAVFOR Med Sophia for six months
CSDP: Major General Antonio Planells Palau becomes Operation Atalanta Commander