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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12469

18 April 2020
Contents Publication in full By article 7 / 36
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Budget
European Parliament gives go-ahead for €3 billion emergency aid to combat COVID-19 in 2020
Brussels, 17/04/2020 (Agence Europe)

The European Parliament approved in plenary on Friday 17 April the legislation to mobilise €3 billion in emergency aid from the EU budget to combat the coronavirus pandemic (see EUROPE B12466A5).

A regulation allows for the mobilisation of the ‘Emergency Support Instrument’ (ESI) to finance additional expenditure in the field of health.

Draft amending budget No 2/2020 provides €2.7 billion for emergency aid and €300 million for the RescEU medical equipment reserve.

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: COVID-19 and the EU-27: a history and lessons learned (4/4)
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
FUTURE OF EU: divided over ‘coronabonds, Parliament nevertheless adopts its response to COVID-19 crisis
FUTURE OF EU: MEPs call for Conference on the Future of Europe not to be forgotten
RULE OF LAW: European Parliament condemns Hungarian and Polish emergency measures taken during COVID-19 pandemic
COHESION: European Parliament gives green light to new flexibility measures in structural and investment funds
SOCIAL: COVID-19, European Parliament gives green light to changes to Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived
BUDGET: European Parliament gives go-ahead for €3 billion emergency aid to combat COVID-19 in 2020
FISHERIES: European Parliament supports a more extensive catalogue of aid for fishermen and aquaculture farmers in context of Covid-19
HEALTH: European Parliament approves one-year postponement of EU rules on medical devices
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
AGRICULTURE: in face of COVID-19, 27 EU ministers call for exceptional aid
JUSTICE: confinement leads Commission to call for specific national measures for victims of domestic violence
STATE AID: Hungarian and Croatian public support for companies affected by coronavirus given green light
STATE AID: COVID-19, Commission analyses country responses on aid for recapitalising companies
SOCIAL: just over a quarter of European workers are equipped with a company computer, according to Eurostat
CITIZENSHIP: COVID-19, last European citizens to be repatriated with EU support will be home soon
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: Berlin, Rome, Paris and Madrid call for mandatory system for distribution of asylum seekers
TRANSPORT: giving in on air passenger rights “out of the question”, says Karima Delli
TRANSPORT: climate emergency is part of EU countries’ response to crisis in aviation sector
CLIMATE: 14 private groups and NGOs call on European Commission to safeguard emission standards for new vehicles
WOMEN: PiS delegation in European Parliament accuses “opponents” of “trying to cause hysteria about Poland”
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CSDP: EU military missions in Africa have limited personnel on ground because of COVID-19
EXTERNAL ACTION
DEVELOPMENT: while EU remains world's leading ODA donor, Jutta Urpilainen is alarmed at a drop in European aid
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: adopted by EU Council, taxonomy on sustainable finance leaves several Member States unsatisfied
FINANCE: facing pressure from European and global regulators, Libra cryptocurrency is reinventing itself
ECONOMY: European Commission does not have sufficient hindsight to analyse national budgetary plans for 2020
ECONOMY: Euro area inflation down to 0.7% in March
Op-Ed
OP-ED: In favour of a change of direction, by Philippe Lamberts, Co-President of Greens/EFA group in European Parliament
NEWS BRIEFS
DEMOCRACY: “Pandemic should not be an excuse to muzzle press”, warns Parliamentary Assembly rapporteur, and names Hungary and Romania
SPACE: European Copernicus programme is monitoring fires around Chernobyl
FINANCE: ‘BlackRock’ case, MEP Damien Carême refers matter to European Ombudsman
JHA: Informal Council of Interior Ministers convened for 28 April
CSDP: Brigadier General František Ridzák, new commander of EUTM Mali
REGIONS: Estonia joins Three Seas Initiative Investment Fund
SOCIAL: BusinessEurope calls for postponement of EU rules on posting of workers
CALENDAR
Main activities of European Institutions: from 20/04 to 26/04/2020
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other Events: until 26 April 2020