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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12390
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EUROPEAN COUNCIL / Africa

European leaders will have a strategic debate in June to prepare for 2020 AU/EU Summit

The strategic importance of Africa for the EU was underlined on Thursday 12 December by EU leaders. The latter have given a mandate to the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, to prepare the June European Council’s strategic debate on EU-Africa relations for the African Union/European Union Summit in Brussels in 2020 (see EUROPE B12386A3).

“Africa is an extremely important continent for us. This is why we want to...

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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