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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12510

20 June 2020
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Finance
‘BlackRock’ affair, mobilisation in European Parliament remains strong
Brussels, 19/06/2020 (Agence Europe)

MEPs are determined to push back against the Commission’s decision to award a contract to US asset manager BlackRock to carry out a study on the integration of environmental and social factors in the supervision of banks. The MEPs who mobilised at the end of April (see EUROPE B12468A23) have now received a reply from the Commission and are now considering what to do next. 

After several reminder letters, French MEP Pascal Durand (Renew Europe) also received a written reply to his...

Contents

EUROPEAN COUNCIL
BUDGET/ECONOMICS: EU leaders will meet in mid-July to negotiate on post-Covid-19 recovery plan and 2021-2027 MFF
UNITED KINGDOM: EU reaffirms that agreement with London will not be signed at any price
RUSSIA: EU leaders agree to extension of economic sanctions
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
HOME AFFAIRS: European Parliament calls on Member States not to repeat same mistakes at Schengen internal borders in event of second wave of Covid-19
SOCIAL: Commission and European Parliament support concept of a European Social Security Number
SOCIAL: European Parliament calls on Commission to provide “ambitious” post-2020 strategy for people with disabilities
COMPETITION: competition policy and industrial policy can contribute to building European sovereignty, according to European Parliament
DEMOCRACY: Josep Borrell and Věra Jourová, accused of “disguised censorship”, retort they do not want to create “a ministry of truth”
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: European Parliament creates Subcommittee on Taxation, three special committees and committee of inquiry
FUTURE OF EU: Croatian Presidency might make final attempt to reach agreement in EU Council on Conference on Future of Europe
AGRICULTURE: European Parliament increases aid to farmers as result of Covid-19 pandemic
AGRICULTURE: European Parliament maintains pressure for greater support for wine, fruit and vegetables
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: deforestation in Amazon, MEPs call on EU not to be complicit in it
TRANSPORT: European Parliament backs EU-Israel aviation agreement
BANKS: European Parliament gives green light for relaxation of certain prudential rules to facilitate lending to economy
EXTERNAL ACTION
EASTERN PARTNERSHIP: EU and its partners envision future around five priorities
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: asylum and migration pact will not be presented before an agreement on post-2020 EU budget is reached, says Ylva Johansson
ENERGY: Kadri Simson highlights Commission’s four priorities for hydrogen
TRANSPORT: European emergency plan, Eurovignette and alternative fuels on agenda for upcoming German EU Council Presidency
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: ‘BlackRock’ affair, mobilisation in European Parliament remains strong
FINANCE: social dimension will be key element of revised strategy on sustainable finance, assures Commission
STATE AID: Commission clears three national support schemes within context of pandemic
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
CITIZENSHIP: for Court, non-European family member of EU citizen holding a permanent residence card may enter Member States without visa
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
RUSSIA: Council of Europe experts call for deletion of amendment affirming primacy of Russian Constitution over judgments of European Court of Human Rights
JUSTICE: Council of Europe reports an overall increase in alternative sentences to detention during pandemic
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: German aid for e-mobility charging stations in Schleswig-Holstein given the go-ahead
CHINA: EU calls for release of lawyer Yu Wensheng
COHESION: Constanze Krehl and Andrey Novakov to be co-rapporteurs on REACT-EU
ENERGY: European gas industry calls on Commission to include a place for renewable and decarbonised gases as heating solutions
IRAN: IAEA urges Tehran to fulfil its obligations of cooperation
MIGRATION: EU Commission reminds Member states of their commitment to resettle displaced persons in its territory
GMO: over 50 MEPs request Commission hear European Parliament calls on GMOs
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Mr Sassoli hopes that plenary sessions will resume in Strasbourg in September
CIVIL PROTECTION: Covid-19, EU medical team deployed in Armenia
Op-Ed
OP-ED: EU needs to relaunch the geopolitical ambition towards Eastern Partnership, by Sandra Kalniete, Andrius Kubilius, Radosław Sikorski and Michael Gahler
CALENDAR
Main activities of European Institutions: from 22/06 to 28/06/2020
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other Events: until 28 June 2020