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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12501
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Vietnam

Vietnamese Assembly gives green light to trade agreements with EU

Vietnam's National Assembly ratified the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and Investment Protection Agreement (IPA) on Monday, 8 June, during its first session since the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Signed on 30 June 2019, the agreement was ratified by the European Parliament on 12 February. The Chair of the Parliamentary Trade Committee (INTA), Bernd Lange (S&D, Germany), welcomed the adoption of the agreements, but also that of the ILO's fundamental Convention 105, which was ratified by the Assembly in...

Contents

EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
BANKS: MEPs to approve emergency banking measures in response to Covid-19 pandemic
ECB: Christine Lagarde justifies effectiveness and proportionate nature of PEPP
ECOFIN: EU ministers hold first discussions on European Recovery Plan
COHESION: MEPs wary of proposals in revised draft post-2020 EU budget
DEVELOPMENT: almost €36 billion of EU aid mobilised for projects in vulnerable countries
HEALTH: European Medicines Agency receives an approval application for Remesivir as Covid-19 treatment
SOCIAL: EU ministers invited to think about world of work after Covid-19
TRANSPORT: revised draft of post-2020 EU budget and European Recovery Plan leave European Parliament committee sceptical
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: EU ministers concerned about potential impact of European Green Deal on agricultural sector
ENVIRONMENT: coherence, health protection and innovation - MEPs' key words for Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability
ENVIRONMENT: European bathing water quality remains high, says EEA report
ENVIRONMENT: nine NGOs call for a European green recovery for oceans
DIGITAL: EU celebrates 20 years of e-commerce directive by looking to future digital services act
MIGRATION: Horst Seehofer intends to push forward EU asylum reform under German EU Council Presidency
TRANSPORT: European Parliament's Committee on Transport rejects amendments to ‘Mobility Package I’
TRANSPORT: EU Council calls for a rethink of European waterborne transport
ENERGY: lack of competitive markets hinders trade in liquefied natural gas in some Member States, says a study commissioned by Commission
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
BANKS: European Banking Authority issues new EU banking sector health checklist
TAXATION: state of play of work on tax issues at Council in time of Covid-19
SECURITY - DEFENCE
NATO: Mr Stoltenberg officially introduces his reflection on Alliance for 2030
EXTERNAL ACTION
DEVELOPMENT: EU Council takes pride in level of EU public aid, but recognises that more needs to be done
CIVIL PROTECTION:  medical aid has arrived in DRC and two more EU airlift flights will follow
TRADE: EU ministers challenged to come up with common vision for appointment of next Director-General of WTO
TRADE: skirmishes between steel industry and European Commission over steel safeguards
VIETNAM: Vietnamese Assembly gives green light to trade agreements with EU
ALBANIA: EU welcomes agreement on electoral reform
INSTITUTIONAL
POLAND: Commission asks Warsaw to clarify its commitment to comply with Court of Justice’s order on Disciplinary Chamber
NEWS BRIEFS
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: EU Council calls for strengthening global role of youth
AGRICULTURE: MEPs hope for new emergency measures for winegrowing
HOME AFFAIRS: European Commission to develop action plan on child sexual abuse
TAXATION: call by 65 Italian and German personalities to finance economic recovery through a “zero tolerance policy” against fiscal dumping
KOSOVO: Miroslav Lajčák welcomes new government’s decision to remove import barriers for Serbian products
MIGRATION: Malta resolves to disembark more than 400 migrants rescued at sea
DIGITAL: torch handed over to EU Council on privacy of online communications
CSDP: arms embargo on Libya, UN extends authorisation to inspect ships
SOCIAL: SURE instrument is likely to be operational in July
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