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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12421

8 February 2020
Contents Publication in full By article 18 / 25
NEWS BRIEFS / Cuba
Opposition leader Guillermo Fariñas prevented from leaving country

07/02/2020 (Agence Europe) – Cuban opposition leader Guillermo Fariñas, the winner of the 2010 Sakharov Prize, was released by the Cuban authorities on Thursday 6 February, but was ordered not to leave Cuban territory, even though he was preparing to attend a meeting of the European Parliament's Sub-committee on Human Rights (DROI). The sub-committee put strong pressure on the Cuban authorities to allow Fariñas to exercise his fundamental rights and travel to Europe. Sub-committee chair...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: President of European Council, Charles Michel, continues consultations with capitals on 2021-2027 MFF
PARLIAMENTARY PLENARY: future relations with UK, EU budget and trade agreements with Vietnam on European Parliament agenda
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: European Parliament rapporteur Elsi Katainen calls for a two-year transitional period for CAP
FISHERIES: 'Access to UK waters should be negotiated on an annual basis, with no permanently fixed quota shares', according to Scottish Government
ENERGY: Latvia joins eighteen other Member States to have submitted their energy/climate plans to European Commission
CLIMATE: Josep Borrell stirs up controversy to encourage young demonstrators to take action on climate change
HEALTH: Commission publishes list of member organisations in renewed expert group on eHealth
EXTERNAL ACTION
SERBIA: Mr Várhelyi calls on all parties to participate in April parliamentary elections
MONTENEGRO: Várhelyi calls for accelerated reforms
GEORGIA: EU calls for further reforms
CAMBODIA: Commission should adopt targeted trade sanctions in response to authoritarian excesses in Phnom Penh
UNITED KINGDOM: BusinessEurope calls for an ambitious agreement that continues close relationship between London and EU
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: long road to business climate reporting
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
BANKS: General Court refuses to temporarily suspend withdrawal of Anglo Austrian AAB Bank’s banking authorisation
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: adoption of a common procedure on serious breaches of a Member State's statutory obligations
NEWS BRIEFS
WESTERN BALKANS: Mr Várhelyi hopes that at least one country will be ready to join by end of his mandate
EBRD: a French, a Polish and an Italian candidate for presidency of international bank
CUBA: opposition leader Guillermo Fariñas prevented from leaving country
ECONOMY: CEMR and EPSU seek to strengthen role of local and regional social partners in 'European Semester'
EUROGROUP: Finland's Tuomas Saarenheimo chosen to chair Eurogroup working party
ROMANIA: Ludovic Orban reappointed Prime Minister by President Klaus Iohannis
HEALTH: Coronavirus - EU extends condolences to family of Dr Li Wenliang
SOCIAL: S&D group in European Parliament stresses importance of social dimension of digital sector
CALENDAR
Main activities of European Institutions: from 10/02 to 16/02/2020
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other Events: until 23 February 2020