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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12507

17 June 2020
Contents Publication in full By article 13 / 31
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19 / Budget/economics
European economists, including Pascal Lamy, call on EU-27 to turn ambition of a ‘green’ recovery plan into reality
Brussels, 16/06/2020 (Agence Europe)

From a political point of view, “it is now or never” for a green recovery of the European economy, said four economists, French, German, Italian and Spanish, during a videoconference organised on Tuesday 16 June, a few days before the European Council devoted to the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2021-2027 completed by the Recovery Plan for Europe (see other news).

All say that the post-Covid-19 recovery plan proposed by the Commission at the end of May (see EUROPE B12494A2) could...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPETITION: Commission wants to tackle non-Member State subsidies that disrupt fair competition in Single Market
COMPETITION: Commission opens investigation into Apple's practices in connection with Apple Pay
ECONOMY: banking sector will most likely not withstand financial shock if crisis continues into 2021, according to EconPol Europe
FINANCE: ESMA revises its work programme for 2020 to include response to Covid-19 crisis
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: project to revise European trade policy launched
SERBIA/KOSOVO: EU welcomes any initiative that supports political dialogue it is facilitating
LIBYA: European Union calls for an independent investigation into mass graves discovered in Tarhuna
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CSDP: Borrell calls on Member States to provide more resources for Operation Irini
DEFENCE: EU Member states launch work on 'strategic compass'
NATO: NATO prepares for possible second wave of Covid-19
SECURITY: EU Council calls for strengthening of EU's external action in face of constantly evolving terrorist threat
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
BUDGET/ECONOMICS: EU European affairs ministers hope for an agreement in July on recovery plan and 2021-2027 MFF
BUDGET/ECONOMICS: European economists, including Pascal Lamy, call on EU-27 to turn ambition of a ‘green’ recovery plan into reality
DIGITAL: member States agree on interoperability parameters for decentralised tracing applications
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: pending ‘Pact on Asylum’, MEPs scrutinise current shortcomings in Dublin Regulation
MIGRATION: Commission obliged to defend itself regarding a report on actions of Croatian border police not disclosed to European Parliament
ENVIRONMENT: Commission struggles to convince MEPs on green conditionality in its post-Covid-19 recovery plan
TRANSPORT: delays in construction of cross-border ‘mega-projects’ jeopardise completion of TEN-T network by 2030, says European Court of Auditors
TRANSPORT: resumption of interinstitutional negotiations on rail passenger rights next week
FISHERIES: European Commission presents its guidelines on fishing quotas for 2021 in context of Covid-19-related crisis
ENERGY: FuelsEurope proposes path towards climate neutrality through low-carbon liquid fuels
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: coordination of social security systems, MEPs and Commission converge to find digital solution to prior notification
INSTITUTIONAL
EEAS: Borrell announces several senior nominations
NEWS BRIEFS
HUNGARY: Hungarian MPs officially revoke Viktor Orbán's full powers granted during pandemic
NIGERIA: EU strongly condemns increasing number of terrorist attacks
WTO: Phil Hogan seeks to convince Ottawa Group to endorse its proposed health products agreement
POLAND: further disciplinary action against judges despite Court of Justice order
HEALTH: vaccines, Germany to invest 300 million euros in CureVac
SOMALIA: EU welcomes resumed dialogue between Somalia and Somaliland
TRANSPORT: Eurostat indicates number of air passengers dropped by at least half in 13 Member States in March 2020
TRANSPORT: five new Member States are complying with directives of fourth railway package