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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12372

20 November 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 19 / 35
EXTERNAL ACTION / Enlargement
Six additional Member States ask Commission to present a proposal to reform EU accession process
Brussels, 19/11/2019 (Agence Europe)

Austria, the Czech Republic, Italy, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia, like France the day before, called on the Commission to present proposals to improve the enlargement process on Tuesday 19 November.

“We call on the Commission to develop, by January 2020, concrete proposals on how to improve the effectiveness of the enlargement process as an instrument to support reforms and integration efforts” in the Western Balkans, explain these six countries in a joint letter, still open for...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: EU Council and European Parliament reach agreement on EU 2020 budget
BUDGET: Finnish Presidency of the Council will soon present a quantified compromise on 2021–2027 financial framework
RULE OF LAW: in absence of EU Council conclusions, Finland is supported by majority of Member States to strengthen annual dialogue in EU
FUTURE OF EUROPE: MEPs fine-tune their approach to Conference on Future of Europe
COMMISSION: European Green Deal, first political marker of von der Leyen team 
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: climate neutrality by 2050, Finnish Presidency is optimistic for December European Council
CLIMATE: oceans at risk, EU Council invites Commission to propose emergency measures
CLIMATE: little headway made at IMO to reduce ship speed, NGOs deplore
ENERGY: European legislation in gas sector needs to be updated, according to European Energy Regulators
ENERGY: increasing renewable gas production in EU can create around 2 million jobs by 2050, according to a Gas for Climate study
ENERGY: Commission publishes EU-Africa platform recommendations on sustainable energy investments
JUSTICE: Ombudsperson’s powers for Privacy Shield remain insufficient, according to European Data Protection Board
JUSTICE: EDPS welcomes update of Microsoft’s privacy policy
DIGITAL: new 3-month respite for American companies trading with Huawei
AGRICULTURE: €200 million for promotion of EU agricultural products in 2020
ANIMAL HEALTH: European ministers are concerned about bee mortality in Europe
WOMEN: Evelyn Regner considers level of violence against women in Europe to be “alarming”
EXTERNAL ACTION
DEVELOPMENT: European ministers will discuss future investment architecture for sustainable development on 25 November
ENLARGEMENT: six additional Member States ask Commission to present a proposal to reform EU accession process
HONG KONG: European Union urges all parties to exercise restraint and remain calm
ISRAEL: EU opposes US position on colonies
RWANDA:  EU mobilises 10.3 million euros to help Rwanda host in transit refugees fleeing Libya
SECURITY - DEFENCE
NATO: Allies should make space an operational domain for NATO
ECONOMY - FINANCE
TAXATION: French Council of Economic Analysis pleads for greater ambition and simplicity in reform of international taxation
COMPETITION: Commission opens in-depth investigation into proposed acquisition of Metallo by Aurubis
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: coordination of security systems, talks between European Parliament and EU Council at a standstill
EDUCATION - YOUTH - CULTURE - SPORT
EYCS: neighbouring right for newspaper publishers and von der Leyen Commission on EU Council’s agenda
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
POLAND: Court sets out elements to be examined in order to assess independence of disciplinary chamber of Polish Supreme Court
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: Commission approves new protected designation of origin for wines from the Netherlands
STATE AID:  Commission approves €80 million Dutch rescue aid to AEB Holding
COMPETITION: green light for acquisition of ExxonMobil's oil and gas upstream business by Eni and HitecVision
SPACE: Bienkowska confirms imminent readiness of action plan to implement recommendations of Inquiry Board into Galileo
JHA: agreement between EU and Serbia to allow Frontex to operate in Serbian border areas of EU
PARLIAMENT: two names emerging for Chair of Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
TRANSPORT: allowing airports to invest is prerequisite for decarbonisation, insists ACI Europe