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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12424

13 February 2020
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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
UNITED KINGDOM: European Parliament in favour of closest possible post-Brexit relationship, but without selling short EU standards
BUDGET: MEPs will not accept a Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 that is too frugal
VIETNAM: European Parliament ratifies EU/Vietnam trade agreements
SYRIA: EU has remained powerless in face of Syrian crisis, acknowledges Mr Borrell
AFRICA: Jutta Urpilainen assures European Parliament that overall EU/Africa strategy will be guided by SDGs and shared interests
ENERGY: to the great annoyance of the Greens/EFA, European Parliament approves 4th list of projects of common interest
ENVIRONMENT: European Parliament vetoes proposal to allow lead in recycled PVC
ANIMAL HEALTH: European Parliament calls for a harmonised European system of compulsory identification and registration of cats and dogs
RULE OF LAW: MEPs urge EU to act to “protect civil rights” in Poland
JUSTICE: rise of antisemitism and racism in EU is still of great concern to European Parliament
ECONOMY: MEPs in favour of euro area budget with a stabilising function
DIGITAL: Parliament validates its position on artificial intelligence by deleting reference to data protection
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: Charles Michel’s draft compromise on 2021-2027 MFF expected on 13 or 14 February
COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: Apostolos Tzitzikostas and Vasco Cordeiro elected President and Vice-President respectively
ECONOMY - FINANCE
FINANCE: first lines of thought of High Level Forum on Capital Markets Union
TAXATION: several reservations to EU Council on European blacklist of uncooperative jurisdictions
EXTERNAL ACTION
CAMBODIA: Commission proposes to impose 'calibrated' sanctions on Cambodian regime
UKRAINE: ACAA as a common priority of EU and Kyiv
SECTORAL POLICIES
HEALTH: EU fears equipment shortage following coronavirus outbreak in China
COHESION: capital cities of Visegrád Group countries are joining forces to obtain more directly allocated European funds
COHESION: European Parliament should adopt its position on Just Transition Fund before summer
WOMEN: Court of Auditors interested in gender issue in European budget
CLIMATE: energy-related CO2 emissions in EU to fall by 5% in 2019, according to IEA
BREACHES OF EU LAW
BIODIVERSITY: Italy before Court of Justice for non-compliance with legislation on access to genetic resources from non-Member States
TAXATION: Portugal again singled out for its taxation of imported second-hand vehicles
MONEY LAUNDERING: eight countries pinned for failure to transpose 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive
TRANSPORT: United Kingdom targeted by Commission for failure to comply with Road Charges Directive
NEWS BRIEFS
ASIA: EU and ASEAN reiterate their commitment to strengthen their cooperation
FUTURE OF EU: further postponement of adoption of an EU Council position on Conference on Future of Europe
EGYPT: Sassoli calls for immediate release of student Patrick Zaky
ENERGY: renewables provided 21% of energy used for heating and cooling in EU in 2018
GEORGIA: EU condemns judgement against opposition leader Gigi Ugulava in closed court
PARLIAMENT: European Parliament wants to set up a British-European Parliamentary Assembly
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