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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12377

27 November 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 11 / 28
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Sakharov prize
Oleg Sentsov finally receives his 2018 award in person
Strasbourg, 26/11/2019 (Agence Europe)

Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov received his 2018 Sakharov Prize in person on Tuesday 26 November.

Released from Russian prison during a prisoner exchange on 7 September last (see EUROPE B12323A13), the filmmaker, sentenced to 20 years in camp and released after 5 years, was finally able to receive his prize, which had been awarded in absentia to his family last December (see EUROPE B12158A11).

“I accept this award, but not for myself”, he acknowledged in a very political speech to...

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: High representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy… (2)
INSTITUTIONAL
COMMISSION: political groups at the European Parliament arrange themselves in order of battle before vote on Commission
FUTURE OF THE EU: Franco-German position on Conference on Future of EU welcomed by European Parliament
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
BUDGET: next draft compromise on 2021-2027 financial framework will be disappointing, admits Tytti Tuppurainen
TAXATION: European Parliament gives green light for VAT exemption for supplies to armed forces involved in a European defence effort
CLIMATE: an agreement by EU leaders on EU's climate neutrality by 2050 would be a minimum for most MEPs
CLIMATE: climate emergency between reality, wording subtleties and communication to European Parliament
COURT OF AUDITORS: European Parliament approves partial renewal of Court members
ALGERIA: debate between political groups on a specific European Parliament resolution
UKRAINE: Ukrainian poultry imports, European Parliament validates agreement to correct EU’s “naiveté”
SAKHAROV PRIZE: Oleg Sentsov finally receives his 2018 award in person
JHA: European Parliament calls for repatriation of children of jihadists to Europe
SECTORAL POLICIES
COMPETITIVENESS: Member States invited to take a public stance on country-by-country reporting
JUSTICE: Wojciech Wiewiórowski to be next European Data Protection Supervisor
JUSTICE: EMCDDA and Europol warn against rapid development of EU drug markets
TRANSPORT: European Parliament/EU Council negotiations on social and market aspects of ‘mobility I’ package are at a deadlock
DIGITAL: conference in Helsinki discusses key data economy principles
FISHERIES: ICCAT reduces catches of bigeye tuna, but fails to agree on shortfin mako
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
SOCIAL: Advocate general clarifies concept of employer in international road transport
JHA: Advocate General specifies provisions relating to maximum length of a sentence laid down in European arrest warrant
JHA: judicial authority issuing a European arrest warrant must be fully independent, stresses Advocate General
EXTERNAL ACTION
CHINA: superficial modification of certain steels would allow Chinese exporters to circumvent anti-dumping measures
ECONOMY - FINANCE
TAXATION: France says ‘yes’ to OECD proposal on pillar I of international tax reform
STATE AID: Greece reintegrates into list of ‘marketable risk' countries for short-term export credit insurance
NEWS BRIEFS
COMMISSION: Commission appoints a senior adviser to its Publications Office
IRAN: Joint Committee will meet on 6 December
JUSTICE: series of resignations in Prime Minister Joseph Muscat’s entourage amidst probe into murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia
WTO: MEPs support European Commission’s efforts to save Appellate Body