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

Helena Dalli will make her mandate as European Commissioner “a personal fight”

The Commissioner-designate for Equality, Helena Dalli, brought to the fore a combative and experienced personality which allowed her to show herself generally comfortable with her dossiers on Wednesday 2 October during her hearing before the European Parliament's Committees on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM), Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) and Fundamental Freedoms (LIBE).

While Ms Dalli's answers may sometimes have lacked concrete elements, she presented a very personal...

Contents

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