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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12541

4 August 2020
Contents Publication in full By article 9 / 17
EXTERNAL ACTION / China
EEAS wants to step up its fight against Chinese disinformation
Brussels, 03/08/2020 (Agence Europe)

The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy explained, in replies to written questions by Miriam Lexmann (EPP, Slovakia) and Anna Fotyga (ECR, Poland) published on 16 July and 1 August, that the European External Action Service (EEAS) wanted to expand its capabilities in the fight against disinformation from China.

“The EEAS Strategic Communications Division was recently reorganised to allow more focus on tackling disinformation”, the High Representative...

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