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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12364

7 November 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 30 / 31
NEWS BRIEFS / Parliament
Manon Aubry denounces sanctions imposed by David Sassoli against her

06/11/2019 (Agence Europe) – GUE/NGL Co-President Manon Aubry (GUE/NGL, France) responded vehemently, on Tuesday 5 November, on her Twitter account, to the decision of European Parliament President David Sassoli (S&D, Italy) to launch a sanction procedure against her. The President sent a letter to the Co-President, pointing out that she had called in a tweet on the members of Extinction Rebellion to occupy the European Parliament. However, the appeal contravenes the rules of conduct of...

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: Catalans counting on European solidarity (1)
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: Member States called upon to decide, on 22 November, on confidentiality of electronic communications
DIGITAL: Commission plans a consultation on digital services in early 2020
MIGRATION: Greece calls again for solidarity from Member States as situation on Aegean islands deteriorates
JUSTICE: green light from member states for selection procedure for European Data Protection Supervisor
AGRICULTURE: EU countries open to Finland's ideas on post-2020 CAP climate spending
BIODIVERSITY: MEPs say EU should promote global agreement similar to Paris climate agreement at COP15 in 2020
CLIMATE: France and China reaffirm irreversible nature of Paris Agreement
ENVIRONMENT: European Parliament renews its commitment to improve its environmental performance
ENERGY: regulatory frameworks must be established to support electrification of transport in Europe, according to SolarPower Europe
TRANSPORT: European port organisations call on EU to strengthen port-rail connectivity
COHESION: Mr Lambertz makes suggestions to European Parliament to strengthen cooperation with Committee of the Regions
INSTITUTIONAL
COMMISSION: Ms von der Leyen assigns Transport portfolio to Ms Vălean, Commissioner-designate of Romania
BUDGET: Commission calls on Member States to stop thinking in terms of ‘fair return’
RULE OF LAW: Hungary and Poland oppose draft EU Council conclusions
RULE OF LAW: concept of Rule of law must be given new framework, says Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield
EXTERNAL ACTION
CHINA: European satisfaction with agreement concluded with Beijing on protection of geographical indications
VIETNAM: ratification of trade agreements with Hanoi, European Parliament remains divided on strategy to be adopted
YEMEN: EU welcomes agreement between government and separatists of Southern Transitional Council
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EUROGROUP: a ministerial progress meeting before decisions are taken in December on expansion of euro area
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: coordination of social security systems, Finnish Presidency of EU Council obtains a controversial mandate to negotiate with European Parliament
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: public consultation on system of geographical indications
CLIMATE: MEPs want EU to commit at COP25 target of zero net emissions by 2050
EDUCATION: a European prize for secondary schools that teach about Europe
UNITED STATES: European Parliament should prepare a resolution condemning US sanctions against EU agricultural products
TAXATION: Czech Republic authorised to apply generalized reverse charge mechanism for VAT
MIGRATION: Caritas publication highlights positive effects of migration
DIGITAL: artificial intelligence, evaluation list to reopen in mid-December
PALESTINE: EU disburses €16.5 million for Palestinian officials
PARLIAMENT: Manon Aubry denounces sanctions imposed by David Sassoli against her
UNRWA: Christian Saunders replaces Pierre Krahenbuhl as head of UN agency