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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12380

30 November 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 29 / 31
The B-word: Agence Europe’s newsletter on Brexit / The b-word
What lies ahead

If the Conservative Party wins a majority the upcoming UK election – as the latest polls are predicting – the EU will need to brace itself for a tough second phase of Brexit talks.

A poll this week (by YouGov, for The Times newspaper) predicts the Conservatives will win a 68-seat majority in the 12 December election. If that comes to pass, it will pave the way for the UK to approve the withdrawal agreement and leave the EU by 31 January. Then, the more difficult task of hammering out a...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF THE EU: last warnings from Mr Juncker and Mr Tusk to their successors
SECTORAL POLICIES
RESEARCH: Austria and Luxembourg block a agreement on Euratom programme
SPACE: Member States in unison to develop sustainable space sector at international level
CLIMATE: doubts about ambition of European Green Deal with an increase in EU’s 2030 target “by October 2020”
INTERNAL AFFAIRS: migration, future of internal security policies and implementation of interoperability rules on agenda of EU ministers
JUSTICE: digitalisation of judicial cooperation and environmental crime on European minister’s agenda
TRANSPORT: digitalisation of transport, Single European Sky and adoption of political agreements on EU Council agenda on 2 December
TRANSPORT: some thirty organisations call for a European strategy for zero-emission city logistics
FISHERIES: Commission proposes transposition management plan for bluefin tuna into EU law
FISHERIES: some trawlers illegally discard fish west of Scotland, according to Our Fish and Open Seas
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
BANKS: European banking sector remains well capitalised, according to European Banking Authority
TAXATION: Member States formulate their expectations for a revision of Energy Taxation Directive
STATE AID: Commission approves German scheme for very high-capacity broadband networks in Bavaria
SECURITY - DEFENCE
NATO: an anniversary summit that promises to be studious
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: Netherlands advocates a European initiative to promote responsible behaviour of EU companies worldwide
IRAQ: EU calls for dialogue between demonstrators and government
ACP: a post-2020 ACP/EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly is a non-negotiable necessity, according to European Parliament
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
MALTA: murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia, Maltese government urged to guarantee independence of investigation
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: MEPs will soon be working on post-2020 CAP clauses that are going to be reopened
AGRICULTURE: Spaniard Ramon Armengol is new President of Cogeca
BUDGET: new ‘negotiation box’ on 2021-2027 MFF could be transmitted on Monday 2 December
ECONOMY: inflation estimated to be 1.0% in November in euro area
SPACE: Arianespace welcomes particularly positive outcome of ministerial meeting of European Space Agency
IRAN: six European States join INSTEX mechanism
CSDP: Lars-Gunnar Wigemark appointed EULEX Kosovo head of mission
REGIONS: CEMR questions future of Just Transition Fund
RUSSIA: MEPs call on Moscow to stop unlawful prosecution of Lithuanian judges
SOCIAL: €200 million released for microfinance institutions and lenders to European social enterprises
The B-word: Agence Europe’s newsletter on Brexit
THE B-WORD: What lies ahead
CALENDAR
Main activities of European Institutions: from 02/12 to 08/12/2019
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other Events: until 15 December 2019