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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12508

18 June 2020
Contents Publication in full By article 7 / 39
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19 / Citizenship
European citizens’ initiative, agreement in EU Council on extension of signature collection periods

17/06/2020 (Agence Europe) – The Ambassadors of the Member States to the European Union (Coreper) endorsed, without amendment, the proposal to extend until the end of 2022 the deadline for collecting signatures for a European citizens’ initiative (ECI) to take account of the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic (see EUROPE B12491A19). For ECIs for which the collection of signatures started before 11 March 2020 (the date on which the WHO qualified Covid-19 as a pandemic), the...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPETITION: EU wants to counter foreign subsidies harmful to internal market
COMPETITION: Commission opens in-depth investigation into Fiat Chrysler/PSA merger
FINANCE: ‘BlackRock’ case, Commission has not finished explaining itself
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: Commission confirms its strategy on vaccines and submits a proposal related to GMOs
BUDGET/ECONOMICS: confirmation of differences between EU ministers on post-Covid-19 recovery plan
STATE AID: Commission validates several national support schemes relating to pandemic
CITIZENSHIP: European citizens’ initiative, agreement in EU Council on extension of signature collection periods
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
BUDGET/ECONOMICS: MEPs hope for an agreement on post-pandemic recovery plan at European Council in July
BUDGET: MEPs once again call for an end to conflict of interest involving Andrej Babiš
TOURISM: MEPs want to “guarantee survival” and revival of tourism and transport in EU
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: fight against racism must start within institutions themselves, which are not representative of diversity of EU, according to Commission and Parliament
EXTERNAL ACTION
EASTERN PARTNERSHIP: virtual summit to look at future of relations
SYRIA: US Special Representative James Jeffrey describes EU sanctions regime as “powerful”
UNITED KINGDOM: Member States re-state their confidence in negotiator Michel Barnier, whose mandate has not changed
HORN OF AFRICA: EU allocates €60 million to region as part of its comprehensive response to pandemic
VENEZUELA: recent decisions by Venezuelan Supreme Court undermine credibility of electoral process, says EU
SECTORAL POLICIES
HEALTH: Croatian EU Council Presidency prepares to hand over health technology assessments
JHA: persistent blockage in EU Council on strategic guidelines for justice and home affairs
CONSUMERS: BEUC and BETTER FINANCE call for a European collective redress covering financial services
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: a fifth of all food produced is wasted each year in EU, according to a report by EEA
ENERGY: principle of primacy of energy efficiency must be integrated into future EU strategy on sector integration says EU-ASE
CLIMATE: CAN Europe urges EU leaders to put European Green Deal and Paris Agreement at heart of post-Covid-19 recovery
CLIMATE: mayors of Bratislava, Budapest, Prague and Warsaw call for European Council to increase 2030 climate target
FOOD SAFETY: public consultation on draft scientific opinion of EFSA on nitrate and nitrite in feed
INDUSTRY: recovery plan, automotive and construction sectors in a state of uncertainty
INSTITUTIONAL
TRANSPARENCY: resumption of interinstitutional negotiations on European Transparency Register
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: European trade unions expect Member States to be ambitious and coordinated for recovery plan
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Council of Europe launches human rights-based environmental protection strategy
NEWS BRIEFS
HOME AFFAIRS: national ambassadors seek agreement on list of third countries whose citizens will be allowed to return to EU
INSURANCE: Insurance Europe calls for clarification on reporting requirements for PEPP
DEVELOPMENT: Club de Paris signs debt service moratorium agreements with Togo, Comoros and Kyrgyzstan
EDUCATION: Covid-19 crisis as a driving force in digitalisation
SPACE: Copernicus - EumetSat updates WEkEO platform
INDUSTRY: new environmental standards for non-road mobile machinery to apply by end of June 2021
IRAQ: Borrell reiterates EU’s willingness to help country
JUSTICE: European Commission proposes reappointment of Alexis Goosdeel as Head of European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction
JUSTICE: artificial intelligence and Covid-19, two national data protection authorities are concerned
KOREAN PENINSULA: EU calls for continued communication between two Koreas
SOCIAL: Cedefop predicts major changes in composition of workforce due to Covid-19 pandemic