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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12390

14 December 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 11 / 19
SECTORAL POLICIES / Cohesion
ERDF and Cohesion Fund, negotiations between European Parliament and EU Council undermined by post-2020 budget talks
Brussels, 13/12/2019 (Agence Europe)

The European Parliament and the Finnish Presidency of the Council of the EU met for the first time at political level on Thursday 12 December to discuss the Regulation establishing the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF).

Very little progress has been made in the negotiations, despite the work done at the technical level upstream. The problem concerns the article on thematic concentrations (Art. 3). The European Parliament has significantly modified the...

Contents

EUROPEAN COUNCIL
UNITED KINGDOM: acknowledging Boris Johnson’s clear victory, Twenty-Seven are ready to move into post-Brexit phase
EMU: António Costa leads charge against euro area budget
AFRICA: European leaders will have a strategic debate in June to prepare for 2020 AU/EU Summit
EXTERNAL ACTION
LIBYA: German, French and Italian leaders call for restraint and dialogue
GEORGIA: EU denounces selection procedure for 14 members of the Supreme Court
CHINA: tightening of EU sanctions on imports of ceramic table- and kitchenware from China
INSTITUTIONAL
PARLIAMENTARY PLENARY: outcome of European Summit, Rule of law in Malta and situation of Uighurs in China will dominate last session of year
HUNGARY: Member States seized by controversy arising from hearing on rule of law at EU Council
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: France and Spain request additional aid for products impacted by US sanctions
AGRICULTURE: five countries, including France and Italy, are calling for stricter rules on product origin labelling
COHESION: ERDF and Cohesion Fund, negotiations between European Parliament and EU Council undermined by post-2020 budget talks
TRANSPORT: European Transport Workers’ Federation relatively satisfied with provisional agreement on ‘mobility I’ package
ECONOMY - FINANCE
FINANCE: industry calls for technology-neutral taxonomy on sustainable finance
NEWS BRIEFS
ENERGY: EU Council will formally approve agreement with European Parliament on tyre labelling
MALTA: Charles Michel did not wish to discuss Caruana Galizia case at European Summit, despite European Parliament’s expectations
UKRAINE: Ukraine made important reforms in 2018, but more needs to be done, according to Commission
The B-word: Agence Europe’s newsletter on Brexit
THE B-W0RD: Brexit can be done
CALENDAR
Main activities of European Institutions: from 16/12 to 22/12/2019
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other Events: until 22 December 2019