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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12427

18 February 2020
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INSTITUTIONAL / Budget
Charles Michel's MFF 2021-2027 draft kicks off intense negotiations
Brussels, 17/02/2020 (Agence Europe)

EU European affairs ministers were divided and rather critical, on Monday 17 February in Brussels, on the draft EU Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2021-2027 presented 3 days earlier by European Council President Charles Michel (see EUROPE B12426A1).

The State Secretary at the Croatian Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Andreja Metelko-Zgombić, said that this meeting of the General Affairs Council marked the beginning of an "intense and important" week. "The right...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: Charles Michel's MFF 2021-2027 draft kicks off intense negotiations
BUDGET: MEPs claim draft budget 2021-2027 presented by Charles Michel insufficient
PARLIAMENT: eight months after the European elections, successful landing of 27 new MEPs
EXTERNAL ACTION
LIBYA: ministers agree on mission to monitor arms embargo
ALBANIA: international community pledges €1.15 billion to support reconstruction
ZIMBABWE: EU extends targeted sanctions and encourages acceleration of reforms
AFRICA: convergence of Foreign Ministers and European Commission on future 'Comprehensive Strategy with Africa'
PACIFIC: Solomon Islands to join Economic Partnership Agreement between EU and Pacific countries
CANADA: tense vote in Dutch Parliament on CETA trade agreement
UNITED STATES: Commission appears isolated in its search for dialogue with Washington about rising tariffs on aircraft
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EUROGROUP: report on how Nineteen can increase size of euro area budget
ECONOMY: deep left/right divide in European Parliament on socioeconomic policy
BANKS: banking industry to take advantage of favourable market conditions to set up MREL-eligible instruments
FINANCE: Commission consults on possible revision of MiFID/MiFIR regulatory framework
STATE AID: Commission extends in-depth investigation into aid to Ryanair and other companies operating at Spanish airports Girona-Costa Brava and Reus
STATE AID: approval of aid for research and development in aeronautic sector in Germany
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: Commission is finalising its proposals on artificial intelligence and data
JUSTICE: Mark Zuckerberg’s seduction operation in Brussels
ENVIRONMENT: EU invests €101.2 million in ten LIFE Environment/Climate Action integrated projects
ENVIRONMENT: Commission could soften its position on toxic residues in imported food, warns CEO report
ENERGY: WindEurope calls on Europe to produce more than twice as much wind energy as in 2019
EDUCATION
EDUCATION: quick ministerial meeting on brain circulation, ecology and latest PISA survey
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: green light for public support to promote shift of freight transport from road to rail in Saxony-Anhalt
BELARUS: EU Council extends arms embargo and sanctions against four people
HUMAN RIGHTS: European Union adopts priorities to be defended in UN fora
ENLARGEMENT: Mr Macron could agree to opening accession negotiations with Skopje and Tirana
EUROGROUP: Finland's Tuomas Saarenheimo officially appointed as head of Eurogroup working group
TAXATION: 'black' list of uncooperative jurisdictions should include some EU Member States, according to Tadeusz Kościński
MIGRATION: Greek government wants help from European partners to send Afghan asylum seekers home
PARLIAMENT: Adrián Vázquez Lázara elected Chair of European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs
EEAS: Borrell announces three high-level appointments
SYRIA: EU sanctions eight businessmen and two additional companies
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