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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12530

18 July 2020
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EUROPEAN COUNCIL / Budget/economy
EU leaders embark on ‘marathon’ negotiations on post-Covid-19 Recovery Plan and 2021-2027 MFF
Brussels, 17/07/2020 (Agence Europe)

The Heads of State or Government of the European Union embarked on difficult negotiations on Friday 17 July in Brussels to reach unanimous agreement on the proposed €750 billion post-Covid-19 Economic Recovery Plan.

They also hope to reach a compromise on the EU’s 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), which in the latest proposal by the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, amounts to €1.074 trillion (see EUROPE B12529A1).

On Friday, the leaders discussed some...

Contents

EUROPEAN COUNCIL
BUDGET/ECONOMY: EU leaders embark on ‘marathon’ negotiations on post-Covid-19 Recovery Plan and 2021-2027 MFF
TURKEY: Anastasiades calls on EU to respond to Ankara violations
RUSSIA: Lithuanian President calls on EU to be more proactive regarding Moscow’s rewriting of history
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
EUROPEAN COUNCIL: General Court of the European Union dismisses action aimed to prevent Mr Babiš from sitting at EU summits deliberating on post-2020 budget
SOCIAL: Court of Justice of the EU clarifies concept of employer in international road transport
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: member States welcome European Commission’s new guidelines on seasonal workers
EXTERNAL ACTION
WTO: eight candidates for post of Director General pass their hearing
UNITED KINGDOM: new round of talks in London to begin 20 July
SERBIA/KOSOVO: missing and displaced persons and economic cooperation at heart of Dialogue meeting
NORTH MACEDONIA: EU welcomes participation in parliamentary elections despite Covid-19 pandemic
ALBANIA: Commission approves €100 million for reconstruction of country
LIBYA: David Schenker believes that Europeans need to become more engaged
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
G20: fight against economic recession caused by coronavirus at heart of G20 Finance Summit
FINANCE: European financial supervisory authorities give their views on future renewed sustainable finance strategy
FINANCE: Commission specifies minimum technical requirements for ‘green’ benchmarks
ECONOMY: euro area inflation at 0.3% in June
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: publication of final Assessment List for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence
MIGRATION: EESC expects Asylum and Migration Pact to carry out a thorough review of Dublin system
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Poland central to European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties discussions on equality of LGBTI people
WOMEN: MEPs expect progress on gender equality in EU foreign and security policy
TRANSPORT: European Commission supports 140 projects with €2.2 billion including Rail Baltica rail route
ENVIRONMENT: Green 10 calls on EU leaders to fund just and green recovery and not polluting industries
NEWS BRIEFS
AFRICA: Covid-19, EU announces €10.4 million programme to fund digital solutions 
ARMENIA/AZERBAIJAN: three PACE rapporteurs call for resumption of peace talks and return of OSCE observers to Nagorno-Karabakh
PATENTS: employers call for swift ratification of agreement on Unified Patent Court
JUSTICE: Europol contributes to dismantling of one of largest counterfeiting networks in EU
CSDP: Italian flagship ITS San Giorgio joins Operation EUNAVFOR MED IRINI
FOOD SAFETY:  public consultation on an EFSA guide to identify presence of nanoparticles in food
CALENDAR
Main activities of European Institutions: from 20/07 to 26/07/2020
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other Events: until 26 July 2020