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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12438

4 March 2020
Contents Publication in full By article 4 / 26
SECTORAL POLICIES / Health
COVID-19 virus, enhanced political crisis coordination mechanism
Brussels, 03/03/2020 (Agence Europe)

As the COVID-19 virus continues to spread in Europe, the Croatian Presidency of the EU Council announced in the evening of Monday 2 March that it had changed the parameters of the European Union’s crisis response mechanism (IPCR) from ‘information sharing mode’ to ‘full mode’.

This integrated mechanism is used to coordinate, at the highest political level, the EU’s response to cross-sectoral crises. Approved by the EU Council in 2013, it links the six-monthly Presidency of the...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: European leaders rescue Athens to strengthen Greek “shield”
JUSTICE: e-Evidence Digital Exchange System soon to be operational
ENVIRONMENT/CLIMATE: by changing how EU sets its climate targets, ‘climate law’ has real added value, says Pascal Canfin
HEALTH: COVID-19 virus, enhanced political crisis coordination mechanism
CONSUMERS: European Parliament and EU Council to continue negotiations on collective redress in early April
INTERNAL MARKET: European Commission plans 26 actions to strengthen Single Market
INTERNAL MARKET: fifteen Member States call for strict compliance with competition rules ahead of March European Council
TRANSPORT: European Court of Auditors notes that radical change announced by Commission on sustainable urban mobility “has not taken place”
FISHERIES: EU Council and European Parliament cut to the chase regarding fleet aid in 2021–2027 EMFF
FISHERIES: Oceana calls for fight against overfishing to be guaranteed in future agreement with United Kingdom
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: fall in inflation and negative impact of Covid-19 epidemic could force central bank to act
ECONOMY: socio-economic policy in EU in 2020 continues to divide MEPs
FINANCE: Finance Watch calls on Commission to act on financial exclusion
COMPETITION: Vestager announces initiatives to tackle foreign companies receiving support from their State of origin by the summer
EXTERNAL ACTION
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Turkey and Russia on EU ministers’ agenda in Zagreb on Thursday 5 March
UNITED KINGDOM: for CER, an ambitious agreement is possible before end of year
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: CSDP operations, PESCO and strategic compass discussed at informal meeting of EU Defence Ministers in Zagreb
INSTITUTIONAL
DEMOCRACY: Věra Jourová assesses extent of disinformation surrounding COVID-19 with online platform representatives
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
CONSUMERS: EU Court of Justice clarifies concept of unfair terms in mortgage loan agreements
INTERNAL MARKET: system of penalties laid down by Hungarian Law on Advertising is contrary to EU law, Court rules
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Rik Daems advocates a strong legal link between environmental protection and fundamental rights
NEWS BRIEFS
ASIA: Commission allocates further €31 million to help Rohingyas in Burma and Bangladesh
CATALONIA: General Court Vice-President rejects interim procedure for Catalan separatist Junqueras
INTERNAL MARKET: European Commission launches consultation on postal services
PARLIAMENT: Greta Thunberg's visit to European Parliament despite coronavirus restrictions concerns several MEPs
TRANSPORT: more than 40 MEPs call for rights of disabled people to be respected in rail sector