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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12462
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EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19 / Budget

Member States support principle of mobilising emergency assistance to combat COVID-19

On Monday 6 April, EU Member States supported proposals at expert level to activate emergency assistance support to mobilise €3 billion from the EU budget in 2020 to fight the coronavirus (see EUROPE B12460A4).

The proposals of 2 April were presented the following day to the Ambassadors to the EU. At the EU Council’s Budget Committee on Monday 6 April, delegations supported in principle the proposals on the activation of emergency aid to combat the pandemic.

Only two delegations...

Contents

EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
EUROGROUP: EU Finance Ministers invited to detail options available for a comprehensive response to pandemic
STATE AID: green light for British, Polish, Portuguese, Greek and Dutch schemes to help economy in context of COVID-19
EIB: eight billion euros for 100,000 SMEs affected by impact of pandemic
BUDGET: Member States support principle of mobilising emergency assistance to combat COVID-19
HEALTH: EU is working on common criteria for lifting of social distancing measures
HEALTH: pharmaceutical industry to appoint a point of contact for reporting shortages
JUSTICE: COVID-19, EU Ministers reiterate that fundamental values of EU must be respected
RESEARCH: meeting of European ministers is expected to make it possible to coordinate national research activities devoted to COVID-19
SOCIAL: COVID-19, temporary emergency assistance instrument SURE may take some time to become operational
COHESION: COVID-19, new measures of European Commission receive a positive reception in Council of EU
TRANSPORT: German, Spanish, French, German, and Italian Ministers in turn call on Commission to support transport sector
DEFENCE: EU is reducing scope of its military missions in context of COVID-19
CHINA: COVID-19, reserved for Italy by Commission, Chinese aid has arrived in Rome
AFRICA: EU and Denmark support UNICEF in delivering 7.5 tonnes of health supplies to children in Mali
CIVIL PROTECTION: COVID-19, EU co-finances Latvian flight to supply Chinese protective equipment to Baltic States
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: Croatian EU Council Presidency proposes redirecting action in response to COVID-19 pandemic
JUSTICE: work on electronic evidence at European Parliament put on hold
AGRICULTURE: EU Council is ready to negotiate with European Parliament on CAP transitional measures
ENVIRONMENT: COVID-19 and European Green Deal to mobilise European Parliament Committee on Environment on 21 April
ENERGY: EU electricity sector reduced its emissions by around 12% in 2019, reveals Commission report
ENVIRONMENT: European “green-tech” sectors call for recovery plans to be geared towards sustainable investment
COHESION: work on Just Transition Fund is expected to resume by end of month
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: Commission launches calls for proposals for industrial projects worth €160 million
EXTERNAL ACTION
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Europeans support UN's appeal for a global ceasefire in light of COVID-19
CHINA: imports of certain TFV glass fibre fabrics subject to anti-dumping duties of up to 99.7%
UNITED STATES: new European tariffs in response to US sanctions on steel and aluminium by-products
INSTITUTIONAL
EESC: EESC proposes to create a European fund dedicated to COVID-19
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPETITION: Commission to assess MasterCard's proposed acquisition of Nets A/S account-to-account payment business
COMPETITION: Commission approves acquisition of European catering business of LSG by Gategroup, subject to conditions
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: ECHR registers its first application referring to pandemic in prisons
NEWS BRIEFS
CHINA: EU welcomes release of human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang
WOMEN: UN Secretary-General calls on states to act against domestic violence, exacerbated by lockdown measures
IRAN: for Tehran, activation of Instex is a good omen, but it is not enough
RUSSIA: no reason to lift the sanctions, says Mr Stano
HEALTH: several elected politicians taking up the reins again as doctors
SERBIA/KOSOVO: EU and Member State Ambassadors in Belgrade and Pristina call for resumption of Dialogue