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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12442

10 March 2020
Contents Publication in full By article 7 / 20
SECTORAL POLICIES / Migration
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Europeans meeting to re-examine terms of their 2016 agreement
Brussels, 09/03/2020 (Agence Europe)

The Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, arrived in Brussels on Monday 9 March for a meeting with European leaders Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel to review the EU/Turkey Declaration from 18 March 2016 after the recent crisis at the Greco-Turkish border which caused thousands of people to flock to the EU.

For the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, this meeting was intended to remind the Turkish President that it is “important for us to implement this...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
AFRICA:  EU’s first step towards a renewed strategic partnership of a “strong Europe with a strong Africa”
UGANDA: Ugandan economy ready to do business with EU
UKRAINE: EU welcomes start of trial on downing of flight MH17
GEORGIA: EU welcomes political agreement on a new electoral system
TRADE: UNCTAD warns about impact of COVID-19 outbreak on world economy
SECTORAL POLICIES
HEALTH: Charles Michel convenes a teleconference at highest level on coronavirus
MIGRATION: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Europeans meeting to re-examine terms of their 2016 agreement
DIGITAL: confidentiality of communications, legitimate interest in debate in Council of the EU
DIGITAL: artificial intelligence paralyses discussions on European Parliament special committees
ENERGY: IEA predicts drop in oil demand due to coronavirus in first since 2009
TRANSPORT: Croatian Presidency of EU Council puts forward first draft special agreement on road charges
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
PARLIAMENT: plenary will be cut back to 10 March and limited to four major topics due to coronavirus
ECONOMY - FINANCE
ECONOMY: European Commission stands ready to do everything in its power to mitigate negative impact of COVID-19 virus
FINANCE: technical expert group on sustainable finance makes final recommendations on European taxonomy
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: first 100 days tarnished by migration crisis and Covid-19 epidemic
NEWS BRIEFS
BELARUS: EU denounces a new death sentence
CLIMATE: no physical UN meeting until end of April because of COVID-19, announces UNFCCC
COMPETITION: Commission clears acquisition of six hydropower plants in Portugal by ENGIE, Mirova and Prédica
COMPETITION: acquisition of joint control of Rubis Terminal by ISQ and Rubis is validated
TRANSPORT: International Road Transport Union fears shortage of commercial freight drivers in Europe will continue to grow