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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12541

4 August 2020
Contents Publication in full By article 2 / 17
SECTORAL POLICIES / Fundamental rights
EU commemorates Roma Holocaust against a background of increasing hate directed towards Roma community
Brussels, 03/08/2020 (Agence Europe)

On Sunday 2 August, the EU celebrated “European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day” in memory of the 500,000 Roma murdered during the Second World War.

“It's deeply right for us to have this commemoration in the Europe of today. Because the Europe of today is a place where we see a rise in patterns of hate and hate crime directed against Roma, Sinti and Travellers”, said Michael O'Flaherty, the Director of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA).

In a joint statement, Ursula von der...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: Paris and Rome set up a ‘joint brigade’ against smuggling networks
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: EU commemorates Roma Holocaust against a background of increasing hate directed towards Roma community
DIGITAL: Council of Europe and European Commission take stock of copyright issues
ENVIRONMENT: ship recycling, public consultation on proposal to update list of approved facilities
ENERGY: NGO and business coalition calls on Commission to ensure fair competition in heating sector
TOURISM: EU deprived of 95% of tourists at height of Covid-19 crisis, says Eurostat
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: Member States’ export credit practices are increasingly converging
AZERBAIJAN: S&D Group in European Parliament calls for sanctions against those responsible for human rights violations
CHINA: EEAS wants to step up its fight against Chinese disinformation
NEWS BRIEFS
AFGHANISTAN: EU condemns attack on Jalalabad prison
DEATH: tributes to John Hume, one of the fathers of Good Friday Agreement, who passed away at 83 years of age
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: International E-waste Day to be held on 14 October to promote recycling
COMPANIES: SMEunited calls for the principle of partnership to be respected
RULE OF LAW: France will argue for sanctions under conditionality mechanism
DIGITAL: TikTok takeover, USA puts pressure
REGIONS: Covid-19, European Commission approves Danish and Hungarian-Slovak reprogramming
UNITED KINGDOM: two new formal rounds of talks added to agenda for UK-EU future relationship negotiations