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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12555

9 September 2020
Contents Publication in full By article 13 / 32
SECTORAL POLICIES / Energy
Coalition of MEPs and national MPs calls on Member States to reform Energy Charter Treaty or get out of it
Brussels, 08/09/2020 (Agence Europe)

As the second round of discussions on modernising the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) opened on Tuesday 8 September, a coalition of 93 MEPs and 46 national MPs called on EU Member States to ensure that provisions on investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) are removed from the treaty, or fundamentally limited.

According to these parliamentarians, the ISDS mechanism provided for in the treaty “protects foreign investment in fossil fuels”.

They therefore believe that the ECT now represents a...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: Mairead McGuinness proposed for Financial Services portfolio, Mr Dombrovskis for Trade
BUDGET: EU Council fine-tunes its initial position on draft budget for 2021
POLAND: Polish government plans further reforms of Supreme Court
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: September plenary session will take place in Brussels
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: European Parliament’s Industry Committee supports a 2030 climate target of at least -55% under ‘climate law’
AGRICULTURE: European Parliament committee backs a 55% reduction target for greenhouse gas emissions by 2030
AGRICULTURE: EU Member States continue discussions on green architecture of future CAP
AGRICULTURE: MEPs call for environmental, societal and economic sustainability of forests
ENVIRONMENT: poor environmental quality contributes to one in eight deaths in Europe, according to EEA report
HEALTH: further step towards cross-border recognition of electronic prescriptions
HEALTH: draft European Medicines Agencies Network strategy welcomed by pharmaceutical industry
TRANSPORT: Germany takes lead in making European shipping more environmentally friendly
ENERGY: coalition of MEPs and national MPs calls on Member States to reform Energy Charter Treaty or get out of it
ENERGY: electricity consumption in EU remains low despite lifting of containment measures
SPACE: list of names of candidates for ESA leadership narrowing down
COHESION: CPMR expecting new communication from Commission to strengthen macro-regional strategies
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CSDP: general Graziano requests increased resources for Operation IRINI
DEFENCE: General Graziano calls for efforts on European initiatives
EXTERNAL ACTION
KENYA: EU development aid not targeted enough to reduce poverty, says European Court of Auditors
BELARUS: European Union calls for immediate release of those arrested on political grounds
CHINA: Mr Bütikofer calls for action against Beijing
ECONOMY - FINANCE
EUROGROUP: economic reforms and fiscal policy in times of crisis and banking union on European Finance Ministers’ agenda
STATE AID: European Commission consults on an update to rules for broadband communication networks
COMPETITION: European Commission publishes conclusions of assessment of Vertical Block Exemption Regulation
TAXATION: OECD tax reform could put small open economies at disadvantage, according to study by ECIPE
ECONOMY: GDP down by 11.8% in euro area and by 11.4% in EU in second quarter of 2020
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: where does shortening of quarantine period end?
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: minimum wage, employers warn against European interference
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
BELARUS: opponent Svetlana Tikhanovskaya was heard by Political Affairs Committee of Council of Europe
NEWS BRIEFS
CLIMATE: European Space Agency warns about melting of Greenland and Antarctic ice caps
DEMOCRACY: TikTok joins EU code of conduct against online hate
ENERGY: France presents its hydrogen plan