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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12486

14 May 2020
Contents Publication in full By article 32 / 33
NEWS BRIEFS / Parliament
Romanian MEP Cristian Terheş joins ECR Group

13/05/2020 (Agence Europe) – Romanian MEP Cristian Terheş has joined the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group in the European Parliament, the group announced in a statement on Wednesday 13 May. With this new addition, the group has 62 members. Mr Terheş, formerly of the Social Democrat (S&D) group, was delighted to be part of a “new political family that strives for a truly reformed European Union, one which focuses on its citizens’ needs and respects the identity and...

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