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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12374

22 November 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 8 / 27
SECTORAL POLICIES / Food
‘Green Deal’, first outline of new EU strategy for sustainable food
Brussels, 21/11/2019 (Agence Europe)

The new strategy for sustainable food throughout the value chain, announced by President-elect Ursula von der Leyen, is taking shape, according to a draft text seen by EUROPE. This farm to fork strategy, when finalised, will be one of the pillars of the 'Green New Deal', which is supposed to be the hallmark of the future Commission and is expected on 11 December.

Planned as a document linked to other input, this very general text has nothing revolutionary about it. It reflects the desire to...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
COMMISSION: European Parliament will vote Wednesday 27 November on entire ‘von der Leyen’ College
EPP: fate of Fidesz party within European Christian Democrats will be decided in January 2020, announces Donald Tusk
EXTERNAL ACTION
WTO: ministers call on EU to take leading role in rescuing WTO
UNITED STATES: European Union is staying on course, willingly or unwillingly, with the Positive Agenda of the transatlantic relationship
MERCOSUR: in campaign against trade agreement, Greens/EFA Group in European Parliament will rely on its own impact assessment
LIBYA: Pedro Serrano states that EU checks on Libyan coastguard activities
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CSDP: EU adopts a crisis management concept for new EUAM RCA mission in Central African Republic
SECTORAL POLICIES
FOOD: ‘Green Deal’, first outline of new EU strategy for sustainable food
CLIMATE: European Parliament to vote on COP25 and environment and climate emergency in Europe on 28 November
TRANSPORT: Finnish Presidency of EU Council proposes compromises on electronic exchange of information in freight
TRANSPORT: Finnish Presidency of Council wishes to relaunch discussions on air passenger rights
DIGITAL: copyright, difficulties on application in France of neighbouring right for press go back to EU Council
COHESION: common provisions regulation, Member States want to deepen European Parliament's proposals
AGRICULTURE: opening of first invitation to tender for private storage aid for olive oil
AGRICULTURE: Commission monitors imports of japonica rice from Myanmar
FISHERIES: future of bigeye tuna stocks is being decided in Palma de Mallorca
JUSTICE: Member States recognise use of imprisonment should only be considered last resort
JUSTICE: US Department of Justice has reservations about transatlantic agreement on access to electronic evidence
SOCIAL - CULTURE
EYCS: competition from major platforms, main challenge of audiovisual policy
SOCIAL: coordination of social security systems, some Member States are tense faced with turn of negotiations with European Parliament
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: taxonomy on sustainable finance, disagreement between European Parliament and EU Council on governance issues
TAXATION: tense situation in EU Council on country-by-country reporting
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: Commission authorises project to extend Prado-Carénage road tunnel in Marseille
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: more than 140 MEPs urge UEFA to take action against racism in football
IRAN: EU denounces violence during protests
EPP: EPP elects its ten new vice-presidents
SINGAPORE: EU/Singapore Free Trade Agreement is in force