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NEWS BRIEFS / European left

PEL Conference to be held near Malaga from 13 to 15 December

15/11/2019 (Agence Europe) – The Party of the European Left (PEL) announced in a statement on Friday 15 November that its sixth party conference will be held in the Spanish city of Benalmádena, near Malaga, from 13 to 15 December. The conference should coincide with the inauguration of the new Spanish government, of which Unidas Podemos will form part, a fact welcomed by the PEL. The rally (about 400 delegates from 25 national parties from 20 European countries) will have as its...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT: political agreement for rail passenger rights on EU Council horizon
SPACE: governance of European Galileo programme on radar of an independent Inquiry Board
ENVIRONMENT: European Parliament/EU Council agreement on recast of Drinking Water Directive before end of year would be quite a feat
ENVIRONMENT: pesticides, too many derogations granted by EU countries, according to harmonised risk indicators
GMO: initiation of legal proceedings against authorisation in EU of glyphosate- and glufosinate resistant maize
MIGRATION: future reform of asylum must continue to find its way between supporters and opponents of mandatory solidarity mechanisms
FISHERIES: EU fails in its attempt to cap mackerel catches in international waters
ENERGY: European Parliament/Council of the EU agreement on tyre labelling provides for possibility of abrasion reference
INSTITUTIONAL
GENERAL AFFAIRS: sensitive discussions expected at EU Council on annual evaluation of respect for the rule of law
BUDGET: Commission asks EU Council to be flexible on 2020 budget
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EIB: environmentalists and civil society welcome decisive step forward represented by EU Bank's new climate strategy
STATE AID: commission gives green light to €2.6 billion in public support for Irish National Broadband Plan
STATE AID: in-depth investigation into tax exemptions for Italian ports
STATE AID: Spain will subject its ports to corporate tax as from 2020
ECONOMY: GDP and employment up by 0.2% and 0.1% respectively in euro area in third quarter
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: from spring 2020, a tool will help SMEs make better use of free trade agreements
WTO: WTO members annoyed by uncertainty surrounding Brexit
ISRAEL: EU refutes accusations of discrimination regarding labelling of foodstuffs originating from settlements
COLOMBIA: EU brings its dispute with Bogota over its frozen fries to WTO
UNITED STATES: US idea of a trade agreement with EU limited to lobster is unlikely to happen
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CSDP: civil partnership is beginning to yield results
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: NGOs take European Commission to General Court for 'funding segregation of disabled persons in Bulgaria'
NEWS BRIEFS
CLIMATE: German climate law passed by Bundestag
TRADE: BRICS advocate multilateral trading system
ECONOMY: inflation down to 0.7% in euro area in July
FINANCE: Commission will propose to extend equivalence decision for UK-based clearing houses
EUROPEAN LEFT: PEL Conference to be held near Malaga from 13 to 15 December
REGIONS: Atlantic Arc Regions adopt a declaration setting out their vision for fisheries activities after Brexit
UKRAINE: Normandy format summit on December 9
The B-word: Agence Europe’s newsletter on Brexit
THE B-WORD: A vicious Brexit circle
Replicatio
REPLICATIO: Reaction to Mr Denuit's editorials on Catalonia
CALENDAR
Main activities of European Institutions: from 18/11 to 24/11/2019
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other Events: until 1st December 2019