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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12480

6 May 2020
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Western balkans
A summit focused on fight against Covid-19
Brussels, 05/05/2020 (Agence Europe)

The leaders of the European Union and the six countries of the Western Balkans – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia – will meet on Wednesday 6 May for a summit by videoconference.

This summit, originally scheduled to take place in Zagreb on 7 May, was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic (see EUROPE B12463A16), but the Croatian EU Council Presidency, which has made the Western Balkans one of its priorities, has insisted that the summit...

Contents

EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
SOCIAL: SURE instrument on track for rapid adoption, according to Nicolas Schmit
DIGITAL: European approach to tracing applications remains unclear
BUDGET: post-Covid-19 'EU recovery plan' and revised MFF 2021-2027 could be presented during week of 18 May
STATE AID: Commission clears several business support schemes in context of Covid-19
JUSTICE: EU Council is closely monitoring impact of Covid-19 on judicial cooperation instruments
AGRICULTURE: EU Member States to assess on 13 May measures taken in context of Covid-19
RESEARCH: EU pledges €1 billion in funding for Covid-19 research through Horizon 2020
CULTURE: all information on web now available to artists on unique Creatives Unite platform
COMMUNICATION: MEPs call on national authorities to do more to raise awareness of EU action in Covid-19 framework
EXTERNAL ACTION
WESTERN BALKANS: A summit focused on fight against Covid-19
EASTERN PARTNERSHIP: Member States want a more strategic, ambitious, effective and flexible partnership
NICARAGUA: EU sanctions six leaders in Ortega regime
UNITED KINGDOM: Dublin fears crisis with London if no progress is made during next rounds of negotiations
TRADE: Paris and The Hague call for a more sustainable and fairer trade policy
INSTITUTIONAL
HUNGARY: next European Parliament plenary session to debate state of the rule of law
DEMOCRACY: new ERGA report points out “significant weaknesses” in Code of Practice on Disinformation
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: Karlsruhe Court questions proportionality of quantitative easing
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENERGY: Kadri Simson puts pressure on remaining Member States that have not submitted their energy/climate plans
CLIMATE: ETS - total emissions from industry, electricity and aviation fell by 8.7% in 2019
FOOD SAFETY: more than 70 NGOs call on Commission to maintain strict rules on GMOs
AGRICULTURE: EMB calls for a programme to reduce produced milk volumes
JUSTICE: Laura Codruţa Kövesi wins her case before the ECHR over her dismissal from Romanian Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office
JUSTICE: NGOs call for joint investigation team with Europol on murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia
NEWS BRIEFS
BIODIVERSITY: WWF welcomes final decision of Bulgarian court protecting Pirin National Park
HUMAN RIGHTS: “Parliamentary Assembly ready to play its role in responding to pandemic”, says Rik Daems on Europe Day
UNITED STATES: Ambassador Ronald J. Gidwitz appointed Acting U.S. Representative to EU
WOMEN: EIGE and EU Agency for Fundamental Rights present recommendations to protect victims of domestic violence
ENERGY: Eurogas calls for post-Covid-19 recovery plan to focus on gas technologies
ENERGY: bioelectricity can make a 'key contribution to decarbonisation', says Bioenergy Europe
INDUSTRY: four European automotive sector associations publish 25-point action plan to stimulate business in their sector
SOCIAL: MEPs urge EU Member States to resume negotiations on coordination of social security systems
CORRIGENDUM
HEALTH: Covid-19 - EIB contribution to global donors' conference on 4 May