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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12386
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Internal affairs

For Ylva Johansson, trust between Member States in migration matters must be restored

The new European Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, will work on asylum to restore "trust" between Member States and encourage their cooperation in this field. She will also promote inclusive societies for legal migrants and asylum seekers by trying to combat "prejudices".

This was announced to members of the European Parliament's Civil Liberties Committee on 9 December, when she presented her priorities.

Among these, the new Pact on Asylum and Migration will be a flagship...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
SUDAN: EU determined to support political, economic and social reforms for a democratic transition
DRC: EU is ready to make a progressive commitment to support the government's reform agenda
AFRICA: EU foreign ministers start to reflect on priorities for a strengthened EU-Africa partnership
AFRICA: meeting of AU Commission and European Commission in Africa at end of February, with a view to a strengthened partnership
HUMAN RIGHTS: EU Member States agree on creation of sanctions regime on human rights violations worldwide
MIDDLE EAST: recognition of State of Palestine divides Member States, concedes High Representative
ARCTIC: EU Council looks forward to an “update” of EU's Arctic policy
IRAN: widespread and disproportionate use of force against non-violent protestors is unacceptable, denounce Europeans
WTO: members will have to work twice as hard to reach agreement on fisheries subsidies before June 2020
TRADE: no agreement in EU Council on public procurement instrument in 2019
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CSDP: Council of the EU establishes a civilian advisory mission to Central African Republic
CSDP: EU Foreign Ministers welcome progress in implementation of Civilian CSDP Compact
SECTORAL POLICIES
REGIONS: outlines of Just Transition Fund becoming clearer
REGIONS: towards creation of a Forum of local and regional authorities to focus on European Green Deal
HEALTH: European data space makes appearance in EU ministers’ discussion
HEALTH: EU pharmaceutical policy continues to be as divisive for Member States
FISHERIES: Panama could be given a yellow card for its lax approach in fight against illegal fishing
AGRICULTURE: 2019 edition of European Agricultural Outlook conference
INTERNAL AFFAIRS: for Ylva Johansson, trust between Member States in migration matters must be restored
ENERGY: Energy Charter Treaty must stop protecting fossil fuels, denounce 278 civil society organisations and trade unions
TRANSPORT: T&E calls on EU to raise its ambitions to tackle maritime sector emissions
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPETITION: “the time has come to review” European competition rules, according to Margrethe Vestager
STATE AID: green light for €3.2 billion public support for European Battery Alliance in seven Member States
STATE AID: investigation into possible advantages for public casino operators in Germany
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF EU: Conference on Future of Europe must not start with predetermined outcome, according to MEPs
NEWS BRIEFS
LATIN AMERICA: Josep Borrell makes holding EU/Latin America summits one of his priorities
FINLAND: Sanna Marin, new Finnish Prime Minister
INDONESIA: confirmation of countervailing duties on Indonesian biodiesel
IRAN: keeping nuclear agreement is a collective responsibility, according to Mr Borrell
JUSTICE: Eurojust welcomes Ireland's participation in Regulation on governance reform
FISHERIES: towards a new EU/Greenland fisheries agreement
SOCIAL: ETUC, BEUC and EEB call on European Commission to clean up European chemicals policy
TRANSPORT: Commission updates list of airlines banned in EU for safety reasons
VIETNAM: likely resignation of MEP Jan Zahradil, European Parliament rapporteur on EU/Vietnam trade agreements
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