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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12503
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Space

EU/ESA meeting should define common vision, hopes future German EU Council Presidency

During its Presidency at the head of the Council of the European Union, Germany intends to organise a meeting on 27 November between the European Union and the European Space Agency (ESA) to draw up a joint post-Covid-19 vision for the European space sector in an increasingly competitive global environment.

On the occasion of this meeting, according to a document seen by EUROPE on Wednesday 10 June, Germany hopes to discuss the EU Space Programme Regulation and the Framework Partnership...

Contents

EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
DEMOCRACY: Commission will monitor the anti-disinformation measures taken by online platforms on a monthly basis
HEALTH: after initial anarchy, Commission proposes to Member States to negotiate together on vaccines
HEALTH: Commission launches first steps in post-pandemic reflection
SOCIAL: European Commission is not closing door to revision of Directive on protection of workers from biological agents
ECONOMY: EU Finance Ministers discuss European Recovery Plan
SYRIA: Covid-19, EU announces €55.1 million to help refugees and host communities in Jordan and Lebanon
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: majority of European Parliament Committee on Environment seems to be in favour of anchoring climate neutrality at Member State level
CLIMATE: EU residents were largest issuers of green bonds in 2019, says ECB
ENVIRONMENT: NGO HEAL wants to counter appeal by agrochemical companies against decision to ban chlorpyrifos-methyl in EU
ENERGY: global demand for natural gas is expected to fall to an all-time low in 2020, according to IEA
JHA: deadlock persists in EU Council over strategic guidelines for justice and home affairs
SPACE: EU/ESA meeting should define common vision, hopes future German EU Council Presidency
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: High Level Forum on the Capital Markets Union submits its final recommendations to Commission
EUROGROUP: banking union, new presidency, Greece and European Recovery Plan on ministerial agenda
MONEY LAUNDERING: quandary over future European supervisor, stakeholders give their opinions
TAXATION: Member States give green light to reports on tax issues during Croatian Presidency of EU Council
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED KINGDOM: EU ready to compromise if London changes its approach, says Barnier
WTO: European Green Deal and Brexit negotiations raise concerns among Members
TRADE: dual-use goods, NGOs concerned that Commission is climbing down too far on its 2016 proposal
DEVELOPMENT: Paris Club signs a debt service moratorium agreement with 12 countries
LIBYA: Europeans once again call for an end to fighting and for dialogue
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: 45 MEPs call for adequate funding for military mobility after 2020
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF EU: Conference on Future of Europe must not exclude any options, warn MEPs
EPP: saga continues on fate of Viktor Orbán
NEWS BRIEFS
CHILE: trade negotiations are making progress, but there is still work to do, says European Commission
SPACE: ESA proposes to participate in European Low-Earth Orbit satellite constellation project
FINANCE: ACCA calls for a “bold” review of Non-Financial Reporting Directive
MALI: EU encourages government to complete investigations into killings in centre of country
INTERNAL MARKET: counterfeiting costs EU €15 billion a year in lost tax revenue, according to EUIPO
MIGRATION: Greece, Cyprus and Bulgaria want an urgency and solidarity clause in asylum and migration pact
WTO: dispute over Australian cigarettes good news for EU health measures
SUDAN: transfer of Sudanese warlord Ali Kushayb from Sudan to ICC is important step in search for justice in Darfur, says EU
ERRATUM
TRANSPARENCY: Katarina Barley and Danuta Hübner are European Parliament’s main negotiators on European Transparency Register