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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12363
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Kashmir

Khan calls on EU to put pressure on India

On Tuesday, 5 November, Muhammad Farooq Haider Khan, Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir - Pakistani Kashmir - asked the EU to put pressure on India regarding the situation in Kashmir (see EUROPE B12319A14).

A curfew and a communications blockade have been in place since 5 August, when India revoked the autonomy of Indian Kashmir.

Khan told the European Parliament that “the EU should be putting pressure on India to resolve the matter peacefully”. In his opinion, the situation in Kashmir is...

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INSTITUTIONAL
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RULE OF LAW: “without political will, any mechanism on the rule of law is useless”, says Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield
COMMISSION: Siegfried Mureșan to be candidate Commissioner for Romania
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
POLAND: Polish law lowering retirement age of judges infringes EU law, Court confirms
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: EU Council still has many unresolved questions regarding competence centre
AGRICULTURE: European Parliament critical of proposed transitional measures on common agricultural policy
AGRICULTURE: European Parliament committee approves quota for hormone-free American beef
AGRICULTURE: European Parliament Committee supports EU-Ukraine poultry agreement
CLIMATE: EU regrets formal request from US to withdraw from Paris Agreement, but remains committed to the Agreement
CLIMATE: EU and seven other parties are only ones with sufficient NDCs to slow global warming by 2030, according to a study
ENERGY: oil and gas industry must reduce its production by 35% by 2040 to meet Paris targets, according to Carbon Tracker
INDUSTRY: Commission makes its recommendations for development of strategic economic sectors
WOMEN: Council of European Municipalities and Regions analyses insufficient representation of women in politics
EXTERNAL ACTION
IRAN: preserving Iranian nuclear agreement is extremely difficult, EU acknowledges
IRAQ: EU describes excessive use of force against demonstrators as “deplorable”
NORTH MACEDONIA: European Parliament President asks Skopje to keep hope for EU membership
KASHMIR: Khan calls on EU to put pressure on India
UNITED STATES: American consumers, primary victims of tariff sanctions imposed by Washington, according to UNCTAD
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DEFENCE: EU member states are addressing participation of non-member states in permanent structured cooperation projects
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JUSTICE: Cyprus acknowledges that “mistakes” may have been made in its citizenship-by-investment programme
VIETNAM: eighteen NGOs call on European Parliament to postpone approval of EU/Vietnam trade agreements