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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12492

26 May 2020
Contents Publication in full By article 19 / 35
EXTERNAL ACTION / Hong kong
EU calls on China to respect autonomy of city-state
Brussels, 25/05/2020 (Agence Europe)

On Friday 22 May, the European Union, through its High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, called on China to respect Hong Kong's autonomy. 

The day before, a spokesperson for China’s National People’s Congress announced a bill to safeguard national security in the city-state. This text aims to prohibit “treason, secession, sedition and subversion” in Hong Kong.

The EU “attaches great importance to the preservation of Hong Kong’s high degree of...

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: The golden age of civil aviation is over (1)
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
BUDGET/ECONOMICS: Commission is fine-tuning its revised proposal for 2021-2027 MFF and European Recovery Plan
COMPETITION: new solvency instrument will contribute to recapitalisation of companies, according to Margrethe Vestager
STATE AID: Commission endorses several national schemes to support businesses in context of pandemic
TRANSPORT: European Aviation Safety Agency advocates respect for social distancing on board aircraft
TRANSPORT: EU Council adopts emergency measures on air services and transposition of fourth railway package
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: European countries will have to “put money on the table for the CAP”, according to MEP Jeremy Decerle
DIGITAL: data, platforms and intellectual property among Thierry Breton's priorities
DIGITAL: presentation by European Commission of Digital Services Act kept in fourth quarter of 2020
GENDER EQUALITY: Commission’s strategy will take up all challenges highlighted by Covid-19 crisis, guarantees Helena Dalli
CONSUMERS: Dieselgate, Germany’s highest civil court upholds right of consumers who have been cheated to receive compensation
CLIMATE: maritime transport accounted for more than 3.7% of EU CO2 emissions in 2018, according to a Commission report
ENVIRONMENT/CLIMATE: three tests to avoid making EU's ‘green growth’ recovery plan a “smokescreen”, according to Greenpeace
TRANSPORT: cities of Bonn, Brussels, Dublin and Milan call on Commission to support public transport as part of its recovery plan
COHESION: CPMR questions form and content of European Commission's budgetary and recovery proposals
INSTITUTIONAL
POLAND: Civil Liberties Committee MEPs concerned about continuing attacks on rule of law
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED KINGDOM: MEPs say talks on future post-Brexit relationship are “deeply disappointing” at this stage
JAPAN: EU-Japan summit to plan post-Covid-19 recovery
HONG KONG: EU calls on China to respect autonomy of city-state
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Mr Borrell acknowledges that European unity is difficult to achieve
SERBIA/KOSOVO: Germany and France push for resumption of dialogue
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: Europe regrets announcement of US withdrawal from Open Skies Treaty
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPETITION: Commission's in-depth investigation into Air Canada’s proposed acquisition of Transat
TAXATION: Member States reiterate their call for a legislative proposal on tax treatment of new tobacco products
TAXATION: OECD negotiations on Pillar I of international tax reform more complicated
FINANCE: Ninety-four NGOs express their concerns over activities to be included in EU Sustainable Taxonomy
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Ceemet calls on Member States to comply with Posting of Workers Directive as soon as possible
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
HUMAN RIGHTS: PACE President sends ‘toolkit’ to all 47 national parliaments to tackle pandemic
NEWS BRIEFS
AFGHANISTAN: EU welcomes announcement of a ceasefire
ENERGY: eight Member States defend role of gas in achieving climate neutrality
COMPANIES: deadline extension for ‘European companies’ to convene general meetings has been definitively adopted
COMPANIES: SMEunited points finger at behaviour of banks during Covid-19 crisis
IRAN: EU condemns threats against Israel
MIGRATION: Hungary has finally decided to implement Court of Justice ruling on camps on Serbo-Hungarian border
CHAD: EU welcomes abolition of death penalty in Chad, 22nd African country to do so