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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12371

19 November 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 30
EXTERNAL ACTION / Enlargement/neighbourhood
After further round of written replies, Olivér Várhelyi is approved by European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs
Brussels, 18/11/2019 (Agence Europe)

The Commissioner-designate for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi, was approved on Monday 18 November by the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs.

“What an honour to become a member of the Ursula von der Leyen team! Working together for a stronger Europe!”, Mr Várhelyi quickly reacted.

The coordinators of the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs recommended approving Commissioner-designate Olivér Várhelyi on the basis of his answers to...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: European ministers hesitate between 1 or 2 years of transitional rules for CAP
AGRICULTURE: Member States are rather open to idea of a common percentage for agricultural climate expenditure
TRANSPORT: political agreement in view at EU Council on implementation of TEN-T network
ENERGY: Gazprom sends Naftogaz formal proposal for one-year agreement on gas transit
CLIMATE: CEPI and other forest-based industries are committed to contributing to a carbon-neutral society by 2050
CLIMATE: Paris Agreement’s 1.5° objective requires EU to set a stricter cap for ETS, according to Sitra and l'Öko-Institut
ENVIRONMENT: EU invests 240 million euros in 120 ‘LIFE Environment’ and ‘Climate Action’ projects
HEALTH: European Medicines Agency is now in possession of its new premises
HEALTH: European Court of Auditors points to lack of progress in fight against antimicrobial resistance
SPACE: EARSC wants Joint Research Centre to be strictly limited to its scientific role
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: negotiations between European Parliament and EU Council on 2020 budget are dragging on
EPP: Donald Tusk, sole and undisputed candidate to succeed Joseph Daul as head of European Christian Democrats
UNITED KINGDOM: new protocol for Northern Ireland poses risk for single market, according to FedEE
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EUROGROUP: a return to fiscal austerity in a downturn would worsen situation, says Mário Centeno
TAXATION: country by country tax transparency on agenda of Competitiveness Council on 28 November
EXTERNAL ACTION
ENLARGEMENT/NEIGHBOURHOOD: after further round of written replies, Olivér Várhelyi is approved by European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs
ENLARGEMENT: France unveils its vision of enlargement process of the EU
GEORGIA: EU and United States call for calm and dialogue
TRADE: European Chambers of Commerce and Regions call for plans to implement free trade agreements
WTO: EU market access rules under heavy criticism
NEWS BRIEFS
BELARUS: parliamentary elections on 17 November were “missed opportunity”, according to EU
CHILE: EU supports transparent agreement to restore social peace and rewrite Chilean Constitution
COMPANIES: AFEP invites major EU companies to integrate energy/climate scenarios into their strategies
SPACE: Commission plans to create EGNSS service for rail sector
FINANCE: European Commission unveils composition of High-Level Forum on Capital Markets Union
JUSTICE: EU Council to choose favourite candidate for post of European Data Protection Supervisor on 22 November
DIGITAL: privacy and electronic communications, all scenarios are open at EU Council
FISHERIES: Council of the EU has adopted acts on new EU/Senegal Fisheries Agreement
FISHERIES: EU to sign protocol amending International Convention for Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
Op-Ed
HEATH: Superbugs - last call for action by Vytenis Andriukaitis & Kato Katsunobu