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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12371

19 November 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 30
EXTERNAL ACTION / Enlargement
France unveils its vision of enlargement process of the EU
Brussels, 18/11/2019 (Agence Europe)

France explained its proposal to reform the enlargement process in a ‘non-paper’ in English published ahead of the General Affairs Council on Tuesday 19 November.

According to the document obtained by EUROPE on 18 November, “A renewed approach to the accession process is therefore necessary to support the Western Balkan countries in concrete terms with regard to the reforms necessary to fully comply with the rule of law and generally to apply the European acquis”.

France “reaffirms...

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