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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12360
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NEWS BRIEFS / European ombudsman

Five eligible candidates will be heard on December 3

30/10/2019 (Agence Europe) – The European Parliament's Committee on Petitions will hear, on 3 December, the five eligible candidates for the post of European Ombudsman who have received the support of at least 40 MEPs. This concerns: - the Irish Emily O'Reilly, who held this position in the previous legislature; - the Italian Giuseppe Fortunato, current Ombudsman of the Italian region of Campania; - the Estonian Julia Laffranque, judge at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg (see EUROPE 12298/29); - the Latvian Nils Muižnieks, former Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe; - the Swedish MEP Cecilia Wikström, former MEP of the Liberal Group. The election will be held by secret ballot during the December plenary session. More information: http://bit.ly/2Wq6P0A (MB)

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: agreement in EU Council on VAT exemption for supplies to armed forces participating in European defence effort
TAXATION: member states to make new attempt to reach agreement on legislative package on excise duties
COMPETITION: commission opens in-depth investigation into Fincantieri’s proposed acquisition of Chantiers de l'Atlantique
ECB: Christine Lagarde defends a monetary policy that favours employment over savings
ECONOMY: European Fiscal Board proposes a “radical” simplification of Stability and Growth Pact
INSTITUTIONAL
RULE OF LAW: culture and practice of rule of law in Member States must be strengthened, says EESC’s ad hoc group
UNITED KINGDOM: risk of disorderly exit of United Kingdom from EU still exists, according to Michel Barnier
BUDGET: Commissioner Oettinger expects agreement on EU's financial framework 2021-2027 in “February or March 2020”
COMMISSION: Jyrki Katainen will be able to chair SITRA Foundation from 2020, under certain conditions
COURT OF AUDITORS: Court will publish a report on the performance of EU policies in 2020 for first time
SECTORAL POLICIES
JHA: Avramopoulos and King send a “can do better” to Member States on EU security
JUSTICE: three candidates shortlisted for post of European Data Protection Supervisor
TRANSPORT: third Finnish draft compromise in EU Council on rail passenger rights
SPACE: Space Traffic Management gives rise to debate among Member States
FISHERIES: Ecuador receives a yellow card for its lax approach to combating illegal fishing
GMO: risk assessments in EU are insufficient, according to pan-European research project RAGES
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: average glass collection for recycling rate in EU has reached a record high of 76%
EXTERNAL ACTION
WESTERN BALKANS: Mr Sassoli and Ms Mogherini commit themselves to EU accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: Coceral publishes two reports on management of mycotoxins
COMPETITION: Apple Pay on European Commission’s radar
BIODIVERSITY: EBNS, a European forum on business and biodiversity, will be held on 7-8 November in Madrid
HORN OF AFRICA: EU mobilises 3 million euros in emergency humanitarian aid for flood victims
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: OECD advocates multi-stakeholder partnerships to achieve SDG 3 ‘good health and well-being’
ENERGY: Denmark removes last obstacle to completion of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline
TAXATION: Belize will leave European blacklist of non-cooperative jurisdictions
EUROPEAN OMBUDSMAN: five eligible candidates will be heard on December 3
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: nearly half of SMEs consider that they have suffered from a lack of knowledge about intellectual property, according to EUIPO
SRI LANKA: EU deploys election observation mission
TUNISIA: green light for a 150 million euro macro-financial assistance tranche