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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12343
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Energy

Around 100 organisations are encouraging EIB to stop financing fossil fuels

In two separate letters, a group of 70 NGOs and local authorities, as well as another group of around 30 companies, investment groups and scientific institutions, called on the European Investment Bank (EIB) on Monday 7 October to stop lending for fossil fuels.

While welcoming the EIB's commitment, in a project dated 26 July, to stop financing fossil fuels by 2020(see EUROPE B12306A9), the two letters encourage the Bank, each in its own way, to fulfil its commitment. In eight days, the EIB's...

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COMMISSIONERS-DESIGNATE HEARINGS IN EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
JUSTICE: successful hearing in European Parliament for Věra Jourová, Commissioner-designate for Values and Democracy
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: European Parliament hearing, Josep Borrell shows command of issues
AGRICULTURE: last chance hearing of Commissioner-designate Janusz Wojciechowski takes place on Tuesday 8 October
SECTORAL POLICIES
AUDIOVISUAL: according to several documents leaked from Commission, quota of 30% of European works could be calculated per title and not per hour of viewing
JUSTICE: European justice ministers support EU's accession to GRECO
JUSTICE: EU Council adopts its conclusions on tenth anniversary of Charter of Fundamental Rights
JUSTICE: Commission defends progress made through Code of Conduct on combating online hate speech
JUSTICE: EU Council reiterates its commitment to EU's accession to ECHR
COHESION: interinstitutional negotiations on 2021-2027 umbrella regulation are resuming
REGIONS: cohesion policy remains as little known to citizens as ever, according to Eurobarometer on Regional Policy
WOMEN: lack of commitment in European Parliament against harassment
ENERGY: around 100 organisations are encouraging EIB to stop financing fossil fuels
EXTERNAL ACTION
SYRIA: EU is concerned about imminent Turkish offensive
WTO: plurilateral negotiations on electronic commerce are intensifying
ECONOMY
COMPETITION: commission opens in-depth investigation into Boeing-Embraer merger
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
MIGRATION: Commissioner for Human Rights calls on EU to adopt a more humane migration policy, including suspension of cooperation with Libya
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: EU will accede to international agreement protecting geographical indications
COHESION: Cohesion Alliance is concerned about budgetary consequences of new Just Transition Fund
DISINFORMATION: call for expression of interest for Digital Media Observatory
JUSTICE: EU Council adopts Directive on whistleblowers
JUSTICE: cooperation agreement signed between Eurojust and Denmark
MONTENEGRO: agreement between Montenegro and EU to authorise operations of European Border and Coast Guard Agency
WTO:  opening of 2019 public forum, entitled 'Trading Forward: Adapting to a Changing World'
TRANSPORT: EU Council validates revision of Directive on Road Infrastructure Safety Management