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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12509

19 June 2020
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 28
EXTERNAL ACTION / Trade
EU faces increasingly structural protectionism
Brussels, 18/06/2020 (Agence Europe)

The European Commission published its annual report on barriers to trade and investment on Thursday 18 June. Figures for 2019 illustrate that even before the Covid-19 pandemic, protectionism was structurally ingrained in Europe's trade.

This edition (https://bit.ly/2UUr9rB) is published “under truly exceptional circumstances”, says Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan in his preface. “Within just a few months, the severe public health crisis and the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic...

Contents

EUROPEAN COUNCIL
BUDGET/ECONOMICS: EU leaders’ warm-up tour on Friday 19 June on post-pandemic recovery plan and EU budget 2021-2027
RUSSIA: implementation of Minsk agreement returns to EU leaders’ agenda
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
HOME AFFAIRS: Commission confirms to European Parliament a reflection on how to better arm Schengen area to deal with Covid-19-type crises
TOURISM: MEPs call for a tourism strategy to replace Commission’s “fine words”
UNITED KINGDOM: European Parliament will reject any unbalanced agreement with London
HONG KONG: MEPs call on EU to move from words to action
MIDDLE EAST: EU should not wait for annexation of part of West Bank before taking action, says Josep Borrell
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: for MEPs, Covid-19 pandemic must spur EU to realise its ambition to be a powerful global player
TRADE: European Parliament calls on EU to boost its trade defence arsenal
BUDGET: European Parliament gives green light for €279 million in aid after severe weather in four EU countries
FISHERIES: European Parliament ratifies fisheries agreements signed by EU with three non-Member States
FINANCE: European Parliament gives approval to EU taxonomy on sustainable finance after two years of negotiations
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: Council of the EU calls for a more united, more inclusive and more resilient Europe
NATO: China in Alliance’s crosshairs
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: EU faces increasingly structural protectionism
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: EU welcomes political agreement on electoral law for Mostar
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: Europeans reaffirm their determination to make progress on digital taxation, with or without Americans
SECTORAL POLICIES
CONSUMERS: European collective redress, Croatian Presidency gets mandate to negotiate with European Parliament on 22 June
TRANSPORT: a possible agreement in EU Council on Eurovignette to be left to Ministers
ENERGY: IEA proposes a global “sustainable recovery plan” to boost growth and employment
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
HUNGARY: Hungarian law on civil society organisations receiving funding from abroad infringes EU law, confirms Court
NEWS BRIEFS
ASIA: EU encourages China and India to show restraint
CULTURE: cultural sector does not want to be major omission of post-2020 EU budget
FINANCE: new measures to adjust European financial regulation expected at end of July to respond to crisis
JUSTICE: possible resumption next week of interinstitutional negotiations on digitisation of judicial cooperation
MIGRATION: resumption of relocation of minors from Greece
CIVIL PROTECTION: Covid-19, first shipment of equipment to Bulgaria financed by EU’s Emergency Support Instrument
TRANSPORT: EU Council adopts provisional agreement on realisation of TEN-T network