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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12555

9 September 2020
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Kenya
EU development aid not targeted enough to reduce poverty, says European Court of Auditors
Brussels, 08/09/2020 (Agence Europe)

The European Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) have failed to demonstrate that the €435 million of EU aid to Kenya under the European Development Fund for 2014-2020 (11th EDF) helped to remove obstacles to development in the country and to reduce poverty, says a report by the Court of Auditors published on Tuesday 8 September.

The purpose of the audit was to determine whether the Commission and the EEAS had effectively directed EDF aid towards areas with the...

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