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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12340
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COMMISSIONERS-DESIGNATE HEARINGS IN EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT / Cohesion

For Elisa Ferreira, combining cohesion policy with structural reforms is a necessity

The Commissioner-designate for Cohesion and Reforms, Elisa Ferreira, speaking before the MEPs on Wednesday 2 October, defended the strengthening of the link between the ‘European Semester’ budget process and cohesion policy, as a powerful lever for convergence and consolidation of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). She also supported the maintenance of macroeconomic conditions and – albeit with regret – “moderate” budget cuts in the envelope for cohesion policy after...

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COMMISSIONERS-DESIGNATE HEARINGS IN EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
INTERNAL MARKET: 'I am clean', Sylvie Goulard assures MEPs
JUSTICE: Didier Reynders' mastery of legal issues convinced MEPs
COHESION: for Elisa Ferreira, combining cohesion policy with structural reforms is a necessity
HUMANITARIAN AID: insisting on defending right to humanitarian aid and prevention, Janez Lenarčič seems to have won over MEPs
WOMEN: Helena Dalli will make her mandate as European Commissioner “a personal fight”
INSTITUTIONAL
COMMISSION: MEPs give Janusz Wojciechowski a second chance
COMMISSION: Ylva Johansson will have to answer additional questions from European Parliament
UNITED KINGDOM: London has submitted new proposals to EU on backstop for island of Ireland
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: the European assessment of 5G networks highlights the risks of intrusion by state actors
FISHERIES: EU Member States approve an extension of emergency measures until end of 2020 in event of a no-deal Brexit
FISHERIES: formal proposals on one-year extension of EU/Mauritania Fisheries Protocol
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: circular economy is still in its infancy, according to European Environment Agency
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED STATES: Airbus case, Europeans ready to retaliate in event of US tariff sanctions
ENLARGEMENT: Member States still divided on opening of negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia
NORTH KOREA: EU denounces launch of a ballistic missile
SAUDI ARABIA: EU calls for a credible investigation into death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi
AFRICA: EU and five Eastern and Southern African countries start negotiations for a more comprehensive EPA
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: left/right divide reappears in European Parliament on broad economic policy guidelines for euro area
MONEY LAUNDERING: Commission will submit to Member states its methodology followed to establish EU ‘black list’ of high-risk third countries
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: a number of challenges await Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić
NEWS BRIEFS
COMMISSION: MEPs unanimously approve Maroš Šefčovič’s candidacy
COMMISSION: green light from MEPs to Health Commissioner candidate Stella Kyriakides
COMMISSION: appointment of a new member of independent ethics committee
SOCIAL: MEPs approve European Parliament position on ESF+ fund at first reading
SOCIAL: modification of European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in anticipation of a no-deal Brexit
FOOD SAFETY: MEP Éric Andrieu calls for a European ban on titanium dioxide as an additive
UKRAINE/RUSSIA: EU welcomes results of contact group meeting
CORRIGENDUM
DEVELOPMENT: translation error in English version