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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12255

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BEACONS
BEACONS: What has become of the European citizens’ initiative?
European elections - EP2019
EP2019: Manfred Weber, ideal target for Spitzenkandidates’ election debate
EP2019: challenge for an enlarged Eurosceptic group within European Parliament will be to hold out over time, says Nathalie Brack
EP2019: Udo Bullmann strongly believes in chances of Social Democratic Spitzenkandidat to chair Commission
ENVIRONMENT/CLIMATE: ecological transition, a priority of left courted by right outside conservatives
AGRICULTURE: European political forces are calling for a reform of CAP to safeguard its appropriations
ENERGY: European political parties support Energy Union and are divided on Nord Stream 2
TERRORISM: internal security remains an important issue for European parties, but does not dominate their agenda
SECTORAL POLICIES
REGIONS: EU Solidarity Fund is more responsive but still room for improvement, according to Commission
INDUSTRY: Netherlands sets out its vision of European competitiveness
TRANSPORT: Romanian Presidency of EU Council maintains its approach on exchange of electronic information in freight and realisation of TEN-T
AGRICULTURE: several Member States request clarification of legislation on new GMOs
AGRICULTURE: Belgium and Poland are concerned about situation in fruit sector
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: according to EU auditor, EUIPO’s budget surplus must be reinvested to support innovation
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: launch of transaction network analysis tool to better combat VAT fraud
TAXATION: in absence of a European solution, Netherlands will introduce an aviation tax from 2021
FINANCE: Better Finance tests appetite of European political parties for consumer protection
ECONOMY: GDP up by 0.4% and employment by 0.3% in euro area in the first quarter of 2019
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: EU remains open to US companies, says Mrs Mogherini
EXTERNAL ACTION
CENTRAL ASIA: EU updates its strategy
MERCOSUR: European ministers reiterate their reservations on opening of agricultural markets
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: uncertainty remains as to outcome of a fourth vote of British Parliament on agreement leading to an orderly Brexit
FUTURE OF EU: environment, social equality and peace are the priorities of European students, according to an EESC study
NEWS BRIEFS
BUDGET: €80 million additional allocated to Horizon 2020 and €20 million additional to Erasmus+ in 2019
CITIZENSHIP: registration of European Citizens' Initiative ‘Save the bees!’
CHINA: agri-food products, European difficulties in negotiating with Beijing
TAXATION: Aruba, Barbados and Bermuda to leave blacklist of non-cooperative jurisdictions
JUSTICE: Dutchman Aleid Wolfsen elected Vice-President of European Data Protection Board
REGIONS: total support of €293.5 million from EU Solidarity Fund for Austria, Italy and Romania
SOCIAL: EU Council adopts third revision of Carcinogens and Mutagens Directive

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