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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12418
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NEWS BRIEFS / Cohesion

MEP Manolis Kefalogiannis appointed rapporteur for Just Transition Fund

04/02/2020 (Agence Europe) – MEP Manolis Kefalogiannis (EPP, Greece) has been appointed to monitor the regulation establishing the Just Transition Fund, we were informed on Tuesday 4 February. It has taken some time for the group's coordinator on the Regional Development Committee, Andrey Novakov, to make his decision since it was announced that the legislative text would go to the EPP (see EUROPE B12408A31). Although the Fund is endowed with a relatively small sum (€7.5 billion), the...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: draft European strategy on data under microscope
INDUSTRY: European Commission refines and fleshes out future European industrial strategy
HEALTH: a teleconference of EU ministers on coronavirus planned for Friday 7 February
HEALTH: Commission consults on future European plan against cancer
RESEARCH: informal ministerial meeting lays foundations for review of European Research Area
CLIMATE: T&E welcomes UK Government's intention to ban sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2035
FISHERIES: fisheries agreement with United Kingdom must be inseparable from a trade agreement, according to Pierre Karleskind
SEAS: launch of €75 million BlueInvest Fund
JUSTICE: EU Council making progress in preparing strategic guidelines for future policies
ENERGY: latest Eurostat figures underline EU lagging behind in energy efficiency
EXTERNAL ACTION
ENLARGEMENT: Commission's proposal for new methodology to be close to France's
KOSOVO: High Representative welcomes confirmation of new government
IRAN: Borrell calls for better implementation of nuclear deal by all parties
MIDDLE EAST: for EU, only direct negotiations will resolve outstanding final status issues
AFRICA: preparations are intensifying for “EU with Africa” strategy due on 4 March
TRADE: Lange paints mixed picture of state of trade negotiations between EU and its partners
INSTITUTIONAL
EPP: European Christian Democrat family extends suspension of Viktor Orbán
COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: soon to be a new environmental political group
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
COURT OF JUSTICE: Court specifies criteria for representation in direct actions before EU courts
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: EU agri-food exports continue to rise
STATE AID: go ahead given for €200 million aid for agricultural products in Ireland
COHESION: MEP Manolis Kefalogiannis appointed rapporteur for Just Transition Fund
ENERGY: Eurogas believes that hydrogen initiative should cover all forms of decarbonated hydrogen
IRAQ: EU welcomes appointment of new Prime Minister
JUSTICE: Google in Irish data protection authority’s sights
MALAWI: EU calls for compliance with Constitutional Court’s ruling ordering new presidential elections to be held
RESEARCH: European Commission allocates almost €387 million in Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowships
SOCIAL: European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, European Parliament and EU Council await outcome of EU summit on 20 February
SOCIAL: average wages have stagnated or fallen over last ten years in nine member states, according to European trade unions