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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12552

4 September 2020
Contents Publication in full By article 13 / 35
SECTORAL POLICIES / Migration
Persistent political divisions in European Parliament on ‘Returns’ Directive
Brussels, 03/09/2020 (Agence Europe)

The European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties on Wednesday 2 September took stock of progress on three important reports, including one by Tineke Strik (Greens/EFA, Netherlands) on the implementation of the current Returns Directive, a policy that will be one of the pillars of the Asylum and Migration Pact.

She presented some of the 240 amendments to her report (see EUROPE B12519A5) and said it is proving “difficult” to find compromises on all points. She nevertheless welcomed...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
INDUSTRY: European Commission presents its strategy for securing EU’s supply of “critical” raw materials
SPACE: German EU Council Presidency proposals for EU Space Programme rejected
TRANSPORT: in European Parliament, Member States called upon to work harder to make TEN-T reality
TRANSPORT: Eurocontrol and MEPs expect States to increase coordination to bring aviation sector out of “utter chaos”
ENERGY: EU Council plans to call on Commission to present a legislative proposal for integration of electricity market
CLIMATE: Commission would consider sharply reducing free allowances for majority of industries through ETS
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: European Commission invited to provide sufficient funding for implementation of Action Plan 2.0, according to draft EU Council conclusions
ENVIRONMENT: MEPs expect concrete responses from European Commission and EU Council to improve implementation of Water Framework Directive
BIODIVERSITY: Member States call for lead shot to be banned in wetlands within 2 years
FISHERIES: “It would be very important” to reach an EU/UK fisheries agreement, says Julia Klöckner
JUSTICE: personal data protection, MEPs discuss post-’Safe Harbour’ review
JUSTICE: digitalisation will be high priority for German EU Council presidency, says Christine Lambrecht
MIGRATION: persistent political divisions in European Parliament on ‘Returns’ Directive
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: member states are not complying fully enough with country-specific recommendations, says European Court of Auditors
COMPANIES: European Commission outlines contours of its future initiatives on corporate governance
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
CIVIL PROTECTION: RescEU, strong support from MEPs for strengthening EU’s rapid response to be negotiated urgently with EU Council
HEALTH: vaccines, European Commission approaches Pfizer/BioNTech
STATE AID: Covid-19, green light for €24 million Danish schemes to support aviation sector
CIVIL PROTECTION: Covid-19, EU delivers Slovenian equipment to Montenegro and Kosovo
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CSDP: EU draws first lessons from Covid-19 for its missions
EXTERNAL ACTION
RUSSIA: EU condemns poisoning of Alexei Navalny in strongest possible terms
EGYPT: Messrs Borrell and Shoukry call for a strengthening of bilateral relations
TRADE: solution to trade difficulties and tensions is not to turn back the clock on globalisation, says Peter Altmaier
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
CONSUMERS: air passengers' rights, payment of compensation may be demanded in national currency of place of residence
COMPETITION: Italian law restricting acquisitions in electronic communications sector is contrary to EU law, Court confirms
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
MIGRATION: Commissioner for Human Rights denounces conditions in Melilla bullring accommodations and calls on Spain to find other solutions
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: significant decrease in fraudulent irregularities reported and amounts involved in 2019
NEWS BRIEFS
ENERGY: German EU Council Presidency wants uniform payment system for electricity and hydrogen recharging
SPACE: finally successful launch of small Vega launcher, after 2019 failure
RULE OF LAW: Justice Council to discuss rule of law in EU in December
FINANCE: Luxembourg launches reference framework for sustainable bonds
FINANCE: MEPs approve Interinstitutional Agreement on CCP resolution framework
MIGRATION: EASO report on Venezuela to address rising asylum claims
MIGRATION: Oxfam calls for “immediate and radical” changes in Greek and European asylum policy
FISHERIES: several EU countries exceeded their fishing quotas in 2019