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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12479

5 May 2020
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EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19 / Digital
Trend is towards a decentralised approach to Covid-19 contact tracing applications, says Margrethe Vestager
Brussels, 04/05/2020 (Agence Europe)

Member States appear to be moving towards a decentralised approach to the storage of mobile data obtained in the context of Covid-19 using contact tracing and alert applications (apps), European Commission Vice-President Margrethe Vestager told the European Parliament on Monday 4 May. This issue will be discussed by the Telecommunications Ministers by videoconference on Tuesday. 

Several national approaches

Despite a recommendation and a toolkit advocating a European approach, Member States...

Contents

EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: Covid-19, EU largest contributor to €7.4 billion in pledges to fund and deploy a vaccine worldwide
HEALTH: “We could not have prevented spread of virus”, says ECDC’s Andrea Ammon
AGRICULTURE: Commission adopts several measures of aid package in context of Covid-19
DIGITAL: trend is towards a decentralised approach to Covid-19 contact tracing applications, says Margrethe Vestager
STATE AID: Commission approves French plan to provide €7 billion of urgent liquidity to Air France
STATE AID: Covid-19 – company recapitalisations carry risk of distorting competition “in the long term”, says Ms Vestager
EMPLOYMENT: EU Member states will discuss deconfinement measures
EDUCATION/CULTURE: MEPs' concern about financial support for cultural industry and access to education
DEMOCRACY: Commission continues work with online platforms to tackle Covid-19 disinformation
CIVIL PROTECTION: EU continues to send masks from RescEU stockpile hosted by Germany and Romania
NEIGHBOURHOOD: Member States support €3 billion in macrofinancial assistance
SPACE: GSA and European Commission announce mobile application for ‘green lanes’
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: MEPs call for ‘contingency plan’ in case of failure to agree on 2021-2027 MFF
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: Digital Services Act, Margrethe Vestager details her conception of ex ante regulation
MIGRATION: future pact should insist on development of legal labour migration, according to European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties
COHESION: European Parliament Environment Committee points out insufficient level of Just Transition Fund
FISHERIES: agreement between EU, Norway and Faroe Islands on control measures for pelagic fish stocks
AGRICULTURE: EU must “scrap” current Common Agricultural Policy, says Greenpeace
CLIMATE: post-Brexit negotiations, European Parliament Committee on Environment calls for any agreement to be made conditional on compliance with Paris Agreement
CLIMATE: European insurance sector takes its position on adaptation element of draft Climate Law
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: an agreement at OECD on broad lines of international tax reform postponed until October
FINANCE: Finance Watch presents its recommendations for better aligning finance with biodiversity and nature
COMPETITION: Commission clears Aurubis’ acquisition of large copper scrap refiner Metallo
STATE AID: financial aid to airlines is expected to reach €26 billion
EXTERNAL ACTION
MIDDLE EAST: European Commission acknowledges a sharp increase in demolitions of EU-funded projects in 2019
WESTERN BALKANS: Viola von Cramon-Taubadel calls for strong cross-compliance for EU support
RUSSIA/UKRAINE: EU welcomes Normandy Format meeting
MYANMAR: EU calls for rescue of Rohingyas at sea
TRADE: threats from Covid-19 to trade are clear, but solutions are unclear, Bruegel debate concludes
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: European Commission will not propose to postpone implementation of Posting of Workers Directive
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: postponement of June session of Parliamentary Assembly and agreement to allow committees to telework
RULE OF LAW: “The rule of law is not on sick leave”, warns Council of Europe
NEWS BRIEFS
CLIMATE: Romania joins call for green recovery
COURT OF JUSTICE: Eleanor Sharpston believes she is entitled to complete her term as Advocate General
ENVIRONMENT: MEPs approve agreement on reuse of waste water for agricultural irrigation purposes
FINANCE: Covid-19, ESAs amend deadline for bilateral margining requirements for non-centrally cleared derivatives
POLAND: presidential elections could be postponed for week or two
SOUTH SUDAN: EU supports population and warns against any threat to peace process
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