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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12507
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Fisheries

European Commission presents its guidelines on fishing quotas for 2021 in context of Covid-19-related crisis

According to a communication adopted by the European Commission on Tuesday, 16 June, healthy fish stocks continue to help boost the EU fishing fleet’s economic performance, “although the economic performance of the EU fleet in 2020 remains uncertain due to the combined effects of the COVID-19 health crisis”.

This text gives an overview of the progress made in implementing the common fisheries policy (CFP) and examines the socio-economic performance of the EU fleet, the balance...

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