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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12542

5 August 2020
Contents Publication in full By article 12 / 18
EXTERNAL ACTION / Foreign affairs
Radosław Sikorski the most influential MEP, according to VoteWatch Europe and BCW Brussels
Brussels, 04/08/2020 (Agence Europe)

Radosław Sikorski (EPP, Poland) is the MEP with the greatest overall influence on foreign affairs, according to the influence index published on Tuesday 4 August by BCW Brussels and VoteWatch Europe.

Sikorski, who is a former Polish Minister of Defence and Foreign Affairs, is a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) and the Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE), and chairs the Delegation for Relations with the United States.

He is ahead of Reinhard Bütikofer (Greens/EFA,...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE
COMPETITION: Commission opens in-depth investigation into Google’s takeover of Fitbit
STATE AID: European Commission approves €200 million Italian aid to support access to broadband services
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: interview with Gilles Dufrasne: “CORSIA should not replace the ETS”
ENERGY: Commission starts revision of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Directives
COHESION: absorption rate for 2019 still lower than European Commission forecasts
HEALTH: German minister continues to call for a common screening strategy after returning from holidays
HEALTH: United Kingdom calls on its pharmaceutical companies to stockpile products for possible 'no deal'
AGRICULTURE: proposal for accession of United Kingdom to Grains Trade Convention 1995
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Polish Justice Minister considers rejection of six Polish localities from EU twinning programme “illegal”
ENVIRONMENT: Greenpeace calls on EU to regulate placing on market of commodities that pose risk to forests and ecosystems
EXTERNAL ACTION
HONG KONG: EU calls for reconsidering postponement of elections
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Radosław Sikorski the most influential MEP, according to VoteWatch Europe and BCW Brussels
TRADE: WTO multi-party interim appeal arrangement is being put in place
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: green light for creation of new national development bank Banco Português de Fomento
DEFENCE: U.S. and Poland will strengthen their cooperation
DIGITAL: European Commission publishes results of consultation on strategy for data
UNITED KINGDOM: more British citizens have settled in EU since 2016 referendum
FOOD SAFETY: EFSA consults on risk assessment of transition metals used as active substances in pesticides