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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12486

14 May 2020
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EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19 / Social
European trade unions call on Commission to review classification of Covid-19
Brussels, 13/05/2020 (Agence Europe)

The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) is urging the European Commission to review the dangerousness of the virus that causes Covid-19 upwards to classify it as one of the most dangerous biological agents, in a statement issued on Wednesday 13 May.

The call comes as experts from the Member States, meeting in the European Commission’s Technical Progress Committee, prepare to decide on Thursday 14 May on the category of biological agent into which the new coronavirus (or rather the...

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: Infected – the European Commission’s cartoon strip that predicted almost everything
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
BUDGET/ECONOMICS: Ursula von der Leyen lifts veil on purpose of post-Covid-19 European Recovery Plan
ENVIRONMENT: European Parliament adopts EU rules for safe reuse of waste water for agricultural irrigation
ENERGY: European Parliament adopts agreement on tyre labelling
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
TOURISM: determined to ensure that “the sector starts again”, Commission presents its recommendations for a “safe and gradual” recovery of tourism
TRANSPORT: EU Member States asked to put in place health measures for each mode of transport
TRANSPORT: European Commission is not giving in and intends to call Member States to order on passenger and traveller refunds
DIGITAL: European Commission publishes guidelines for interoperability of tracing applications
HOME AFFAIRS: European Commission confirms that Member States should restore free movement in Schengen in three phases
AGRICULTURE: EU agriculture ministers call for further action to address Covid-19 crisis
SOCIAL: Member States’ agreement in principle on SURE instrument
SOCIAL: European trade unions call on Commission to review classification of Covid-19
DEFENCE: High Representative calls for defence to continue to receive adequate funding
STATE AID: Commission endorses several national support schemes in context of pandemic
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: idea of a European artificial intelligence agency is controversial in European Parliament
CLIMATE: Commission launches first public consultation on EU strategy for adaptation to climate change
REGIONS: Member States endorse €279 million in aid from EU Solidarity Fund
ECONOMY
MONEY LAUNDERING: EU Finance Ministers to discuss Commission's ‘anti-money laundering’ Action Plan on 19 May
ECONOMY: European Investment Advisory Hub has not exploited its full potential, according to European Court of Auditors
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: Phil Hogan steps up to defend CETA before the Dutch Senate
SYRIA: Europeans at UN call on international community to take necessary measures against those responsible for use of chemical weapons
SECURITY - DEFENCE
NATO: Alliance operations and fight against Covid-19 to be discussed by Military Committee
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
STATE AID: EU General Court confirms illegality of Sardinia’s public aid to airlines
NEWS BRIEFS
AFGHANISTAN: EU condemns attacks in a maternity ward and at funeral
ECB: Karlsruhe Court judgment on quantitative easing, Charles Michel recalls primacy of European law
CHINA: EU’s Ambassador to China still has Borrell's confidence
CLIMATE: details of third pillar of 'Just Transition Mechanism' to be released soon
CLIMATE: Delara Burkhardt accuses CDU/CSU of stabbing Angela Merkel's EU climate ambition
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: new appointments for four senior management positions
MIGRATION: Belgium’s turn to commit to take migrants from camps on Greek islands
KYRGYZSTAN: EU denounces life sentence for Azimjan Askarov
PARLIAMENT: Romanian MEP Cristian Terheş joins ECR Group
UKRAINE: EU welcomes adoption of draft law on banking reform