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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12522
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Migration

Commission promises to better monitor suspected cases of anti-migrant violence reported at external borders

The European Commission will work on a new fundamental rights monitoring mechanism to verify incidents of "refoulement" or other violence affecting migrants reported at all EU external borders. A mechanism that could find its place in the Migration Pact expected in September.

This is what the Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, told members of the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties (LIBE) on Monday 6 July during a lively exchange of views with the Greek Ministers for...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: economic impact of Covid-19 pandemic in EU will be greater than expected, according to European Commission
TAXATION: tax revenues in EU were overall stable before Covid-19 pandemic, according to a Commission report
FINANCE: according to Finance Watch, EU should guarantee access to a minimum basket of basic financial products
COMPETITION: Commission approves AMS acquisition of OSRAM
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
MIGRATION: Horst Seehofer expresses renewed optimism about future Pact on Asylum
BUDGET/ECONOMY: Hahn sees no major obstacle to agreement on governance of European recovery plan
AGRICULTURE: coronavirus, European Commission adopts new measures for wine sector
STATE AID: green light for €150 million Austrian subordinated loan to Austrian Airlines due to pandemic
INSTITUTIONAL
RULE OF LAW: Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz proposes to abolish unanimity rule in Article 7 procedure
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: first discussion under German EU Council Presidency regarding confidentiality of online communications to take place on 13 July
EU2020DE: Germany presents its digital priorities to European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs
DIGITAL: Commission opens public consultation on network security directive
DIGITAL: governance of data spaces, Commission publishes its inception impact assessment
EU2020DE: European Parliament Environment Committee welcomes Green Deal oriented priorities of German Presidency
ENERGY: MEPs call for post-Covid-19 recovery plan to prioritise building renovation
ENERGY: TEN-E Regulation allowed gas industry to benefit from more than one billion in public funds since 2013, denounce two NGOs
CLIMATE: European Parliament’s Environment Committee calls for inclusion of maritime transport in ETS
CONSUMERS: toys still top the list of dangerous products reported through RAPEX, EU alert system that is being used more and more
MIGRATION: Commission promises to better monitor suspected cases of anti-migrant violence reported at external borders
TERRORISM: no meeting between European Parliament and EU Council before September on issue of removal of terrorist content online
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Helena Dalli at work developing Commission's strategy on Rights of Persons with Disabilities
COHESION: MEPs and NGOs unhappy with European Parliament vote on Just Transition Fund
EXTERNAL ACTION
TURKEY: Borrell wants to change dynamic of relationship
TRADE: MEPs call for ambitious revision of trade Enforcement Regulation
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: coronavirus, nearly 90 MEPs want to shed light on situation in long-term care facilities
NEWS BRIEFS
CONSUMERS: European Parliament/EU Council political agreement on European class actions endorsed by European Parliament Legal Affairs Committee
HUMAN RIGHTS: Council of Europe online conference concerned with human rights consequences of pandemic
FINANCE: European Ombudsman has decided to launch an inquiry into BlackRock affair
GREECE: implementation of third tranche of aid to alleviate Greek debt servicing
NEW ZEALAND: agreement to restart consultations on human rights
CIVIL PROTECTION: EU delivers 65,000 masks to several Balkan countries
SOCIAL: non-EU citizens residing in EU suffer from a higher unemployment rate than EU citizens, according to Eurostat