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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12556

10 September 2020
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Climate
Warsaw supports goal of a climate-neutral European Union by 2050, says Polish undersecretary of state at ministry of climate
Brussels, 09/09/2020 (Agence Europe)

Polish Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Climate, Adam Guibourgé-Czetwertyński, said his country was fully committed to joining forces with other member states to achieve a climate-neutral Union by 2050 on Wednesday 9 September at an event organised by Euractiv. 

Responding to a question from the moderator as to whether this was an official commitment by Poland to the goal of climate neutrality, the Undersecretary of State went on to state that Warsaw is firmly committed to...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED KINGDOM: Europeans demand explanations from London on its bill amending certain aspects of withdrawal agreement
RUSSIA: G7 foreign ministers strongly condemn poisoning of Alexei Navalny
ANGOLA: EU and Angola want to strengthen their cooperation bilaterally and in multilateral fora
SAUDI ARABIA: European Parliament condemns conduct of trial of those responsible in Khashoggi affair
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
ECONOMY: European Court of Auditors criticises distribution of national allocations under European Recovery Plan
ECONOMY: digital, internal market and industry will be focus at upcoming European Council
HEALTH: European Commission to reserve at least 200 million doses of vaccine from BioNTech-Pfizer
REGIONS: Coronavirus, European Commission approves reprogramming for Poland and Spain
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF EU: Commission intends to take better into account long-term trends in its daily action
BUDGET: EU Council adopts its position on 2021 budget before negotiations with European Parliament
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: decision to keep plenary session in Brussels criticised by French elected representatives
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: Warsaw supports goal of a climate-neutral European Union by 2050, says Polish undersecretary of state at ministry of climate
CLIMATE: European Parliament Committee on Environment should support a 2030 target of -60%
CLIMATE: Jutta Paulus confident in an ambitious European Parliament vote calling for inclusion of maritime sector in ETS by 2022 or 2023
CLIMATE: in 2019, EU fossil CO2 emissions fell while global emissions continued to rise, according to JRC
ENERGY: Just Transition Fund risks not supporting genuine energy transition, say Ember and CAN Europe
TRANSPORT: EU Council ready to negotiate “as a matter of urgency” with Parliament provisions on operation of Cross-Channel tunnel
TRANSPORT: EU Council adopts its position on temporary support measures for railway sector
TOURISM: MEPs and business organisations speak out to convince EU leaders to support sector
MIGRATION: Member States again called on to help Greece after fire in Moria camp
ECONOMY - FINANCE
ECOFIN: economic recovery, own resources, fair taxation and digital finance on informal meeting agenda
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
AGRICULTURE: Slovenia fails to get annulment of regulation allowing designation Teran to be used on Croatian wines
NEWS BRIEFS
AFGHANISTAN: Borrell strongly condemns attack on Afghanistan's First Vice President
CHINA: EU confirms it will hold a videoconference on 14 September
COURT OF JUSTICE: appointment of Athanasios Rantos as Advocate General temporarily suspended
ECONOMY: reintroduction of EU fiscal rules will have to be cautious, stresses Paschal Donohoe
ENERGY: Pascal Canfin wants European Parliament to give its opinion on revision of Energy Charter Treaty
INSTITUTIONAL: question of Fidesz’s membership of EPP once again postponed
LIBYA: EU welcomes Moroccan initiative to host intra-Libyan negotiations
DIGITAL: personal data, shield between Switzerland and United States also criticised
SOCIAL: initiative to introduce European minimum wage announced for 28 October
CSDP: EUCAP Sahel Niger mission extended until 30 September 2022
TRANSPORT: Uber is committed to achieving 50% of its rides in emission-free vehicles in seven European capitals by 2025
CORRIGENDUM
CORRIGENDUM: Competitiveness Council on Internal Market and Industry to be held on 18 September