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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12509
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Bosnia and herzegovina

EU welcomes political agreement on electoral law for Mostar

On the evening of Wednesday, 17 June, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell and Commissioner for Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi welcomed the agreement reached earlier that day between Bosnian and Croatian political leaders on the electoral law for the city of Mostar, which has not held municipal elections since 2008.

Mr Borrell and Mr Várhelyi emphasised that they were looking forward to the swift adoption of the corresponding legislative...

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EUROPEAN COUNCIL
BUDGET/ECONOMICS: EU leaders’ warm-up tour on Friday 19 June on post-pandemic recovery plan and EU budget 2021-2027
RUSSIA: implementation of Minsk agreement returns to EU leaders’ agenda
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
HOME AFFAIRS: Commission confirms to European Parliament a reflection on how to better arm Schengen area to deal with Covid-19-type crises
TOURISM: MEPs call for a tourism strategy to replace Commission’s “fine words”
UNITED KINGDOM: European Parliament will reject any unbalanced agreement with London
HONG KONG: MEPs call on EU to move from words to action
MIDDLE EAST: EU should not wait for annexation of part of West Bank before taking action, says Josep Borrell
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: for MEPs, Covid-19 pandemic must spur EU to realise its ambition to be a powerful global player
TRADE: European Parliament calls on EU to boost its trade defence arsenal
BUDGET: European Parliament gives green light for €279 million in aid after severe weather in four EU countries
FISHERIES: European Parliament ratifies fisheries agreements signed by EU with three non-Member States
FINANCE: European Parliament gives approval to EU taxonomy on sustainable finance after two years of negotiations
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: Council of the EU calls for a more united, more inclusive and more resilient Europe
NATO: China in Alliance’s crosshairs
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: EU faces increasingly structural protectionism
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: EU welcomes political agreement on electoral law for Mostar
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: Europeans reaffirm their determination to make progress on digital taxation, with or without Americans
SECTORAL POLICIES
CONSUMERS: European collective redress, Croatian Presidency gets mandate to negotiate with European Parliament on 22 June
TRANSPORT: a possible agreement in EU Council on Eurovignette to be left to Ministers
ENERGY: IEA proposes a global “sustainable recovery plan” to boost growth and employment
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
HUNGARY: Hungarian law on civil society organisations receiving funding from abroad infringes EU law, confirms Court
NEWS BRIEFS
ASIA: EU encourages China and India to show restraint
CULTURE: cultural sector does not want to be major omission of post-2020 EU budget
FINANCE: new measures to adjust European financial regulation expected at end of July to respond to crisis
JUSTICE: possible resumption next week of interinstitutional negotiations on digitisation of judicial cooperation
MIGRATION: resumption of relocation of minors from Greece
CIVIL PROTECTION: Covid-19, first shipment of equipment to Bulgaria financed by EU’s Emergency Support Instrument
TRANSPORT: EU Council adopts provisional agreement on realisation of TEN-T network