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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12421

8 February 2020
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NEWS BRIEFS / Eurogroup
Finland's Tuomas Saarenheimo chosen to chair Eurogroup working party

07/02/2020 (Agence Europe) – The national experts responsible for preparing the meetings of the euro area finance ministers chose Finland's Tuomas Saarenheimo on Thursday 6 February to lead their work in the Eurogroup working party for two years. This choice will be confirmed by the ministers on Monday 17 February, said the President of the Eurogroup, Mário Centeno, via Twitter. It is believed that the appointment of a Finn to head the EU Council working party, replacing the Dutchman Hans...

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