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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12399
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Vietnam

Hanoi's lack of clarity on its human rights commitments embarrasses MEPs

The Vietnamese government remains vague about its concrete commitments to implement the sustainable provisions of the EU-Vietnam Trade Agreement (see EUROPE B12364A18). MEPs do not appreciate this vagueness with less than 2 weeks to go before the vote on the agreement in committee.

In a letter dated 6 January, Nguyên Xuân Phuc, Prime Minister of Vietnam, replied to the intergroup letter co-signed by the EPP, S&D, Renew Europe and ECR (see EUROPE B12394A21), stressing that his government...

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EXTERNAL ACTION
LIBYA: EU will intensify its efforts to achieve a resolution of Libyan civil war
IRAN: Europeans assess impact of Iranian-US crisis on their interests in region
VIETNAM: Hanoi's lack of clarity on its human rights commitments embarrasses MEPs
AUSTRALIA: EU reiterates offer of help to fight forest fires, but Canberra must make request
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: without an extension of post-Brexit transition period after 2020, EU and London will not be able to finalise their entire future relationship, according to Ms von der Leyen
GREENS/EFA: Catalan pro-independence activist Oriol Junqueras elected President of European Free Alliance in European Parliament
COUNCIL OF THE EU: Finnish directions to bring EU Council's preparatory bodies more closely into line with strategic agenda of Twenty-Seven
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: experts suggest that Commission should limit itself to 'adjustments' regarding liability of robots
DIGITAL: digital platforms are positioning themselves for future act on digital services
TRANSPORT: Croatian Presidency of EU Council relaunches discussions on cross-border hiring of driverless vehicles for transport of goods
ENERGY: Presidents Putin and Erdoğan inaugurate TurkStream gas pipeline
REGIONS: Croatian EU Council Presidency wants to focus on islands during next 6 months
INDUSTRY: EU to deploy 15 times more charging stations for electric cars by 2030, says T&E
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: Janusz Wojciechowski in Croatia to discuss CAP post-2020
AZERBAIJAN: European Parliament will not observe early parliamentary elections in February
ENERGY: in 2020, ACER wants to focus on implementation of Clean Energy Package
DIGITAL: Thierry Breton clarifies his approach to data market and online platforms
ECONOMY: annual inflation up to 1.3% in December 2019 in euro area
JHA: EU and Belarus sign two visa facilitation and readmission agreements