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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12530

18 July 2020
Contents Publication in full By article 7 / 30
EXTERNAL ACTION / Wto
Eight candidates for post of Director General pass their hearing
Brussels, 17/07/2020 (Agence Europe)

The eight candidates for the post of Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) passed their hearing before the 164 members in Geneva, from Wednesday 15 to Friday 17, July to defend their ideas and answer questions. First overview.

The ideal replacement for Roberto Azevêdo will have to meet the multiple challenges facing this almost moribund organisation: bringing all members back to the table, moving forward in these negotiations, unblocking the dispute settlement mechanism and...

Contents

EUROPEAN COUNCIL
BUDGET/ECONOMY: EU leaders embark on ‘marathon’ negotiations on post-Covid-19 Recovery Plan and 2021-2027 MFF
TURKEY: Anastasiades calls on EU to respond to Ankara violations
RUSSIA: Lithuanian President calls on EU to be more proactive regarding Moscow’s rewriting of history
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
EUROPEAN COUNCIL: General Court of the European Union dismisses action aimed to prevent Mr Babiš from sitting at EU summits deliberating on post-2020 budget
SOCIAL: Court of Justice of the EU clarifies concept of employer in international road transport
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: member States welcome European Commission’s new guidelines on seasonal workers
EXTERNAL ACTION
WTO: eight candidates for post of Director General pass their hearing
UNITED KINGDOM: new round of talks in London to begin 20 July
SERBIA/KOSOVO: missing and displaced persons and economic cooperation at heart of Dialogue meeting
NORTH MACEDONIA: EU welcomes participation in parliamentary elections despite Covid-19 pandemic
ALBANIA: Commission approves €100 million for reconstruction of country
LIBYA: David Schenker believes that Europeans need to become more engaged
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
G20: fight against economic recession caused by coronavirus at heart of G20 Finance Summit
FINANCE: European financial supervisory authorities give their views on future renewed sustainable finance strategy
FINANCE: Commission specifies minimum technical requirements for ‘green’ benchmarks
ECONOMY: euro area inflation at 0.3% in June
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: publication of final Assessment List for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence
MIGRATION: EESC expects Asylum and Migration Pact to carry out a thorough review of Dublin system
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Poland central to European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties discussions on equality of LGBTI people
WOMEN: MEPs expect progress on gender equality in EU foreign and security policy
TRANSPORT: European Commission supports 140 projects with €2.2 billion including Rail Baltica rail route
ENVIRONMENT: Green 10 calls on EU leaders to fund just and green recovery and not polluting industries
NEWS BRIEFS
AFRICA: Covid-19, EU announces €10.4 million programme to fund digital solutions 
ARMENIA/AZERBAIJAN: three PACE rapporteurs call for resumption of peace talks and return of OSCE observers to Nagorno-Karabakh
PATENTS: employers call for swift ratification of agreement on Unified Patent Court
JUSTICE: Europol contributes to dismantling of one of largest counterfeiting networks in EU
CSDP: Italian flagship ITS San Giorgio joins Operation EUNAVFOR MED IRINI
FOOD SAFETY:  public consultation on an EFSA guide to identify presence of nanoparticles in food
CALENDAR
Main activities of European Institutions: from 20/07 to 26/07/2020
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other Events: until 26 July 2020