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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12567
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Migration

European Parliament already has doubts about implementation of Asylum and Migration Pact

Members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties (LIBE) gave a lukewarm welcome on Thursday 24 September to the Commission’s new proposals on asylum and migration, presented to them by Vice-President Margarítis Schinás, responsible for promoting the European way of life, and Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson.

Without categorically rejecting at this stage what was tabled on 23 September (see EUROPE B12566A1), they mainly wondered how these new policies...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
PAYMENTS: European Commission to encourage pan-European instant payment solutions
FINANCE: Commission unveils new tailor-made regulatory framework for crypto-assets
FINANCE: Commission not abandoning centralised supervision of capital markets, says Valdis Dombrovskis
FINANCE: European Commission wants to ensure all financial actors are equipped to deal with cyber threats
FINANCE: ESMA publishes results of its inquiry of ‘Cum/Ex’ tax optimisation practices
BANKS/FINANCE: European Court of Auditors points out weaknesses in EU’s financial architecture when dealing with Covid-19 pandemic
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: European Commission sounds alarm in light of ECDC’s risk analysis
COHESION: coronavirus, green light for amended operational programme for Pomerania
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: European Parliament already has doubts about implementation of Asylum and Migration Pact
CLIMATE: Second draft compromise of German EU Council Presidency on ‘climate law’
TRANSPORT: Connecting Europe Facility, Commission working to meet requirements of Green Deal
COHESION: MEPs want to beef up Just Transition Mechanism’s third pillar
ENERGY: EU gas market rules are effective, says ACER
DIGITAL: Corporate Europe Observatory concerned about digital giants’ heavy lobbying
EXTERNAL ACTION
BELARUS: Europeans do not recognise Mr Lukashenko as President
LEBANON: International Support Group calls for government to be formed
AFRICA: industrialisation of continent and jobs for young people, civil society priorities for EU/AU partnership
DEVELOPMENT: EU and UNICEF issue call to minimise impact of pandemic on children's education
INSTITUTIONAL
COMMISSION: European Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs finds nothing wrong with financial interests of Ms McGuinness and Mr Dombrovskis
DEMOCRACY: EU must be more proactive in fight against hybrid measures, argues Mr Hamikus
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT: social partners in construction sector call for a European social security number to combat undeclared work
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
MIGRATION: Pact on Migration and Asylum, Council of Europe and UN offer their expertise
NEWS BRIEFS
HOME AFFAIRS: European arrest warrant—CJEU explains specialty rule application
CLIMATE: Andrej Babiš torpedoes proposal to raise 2030 emission reduction target to at least 55%
ENERGY: coal exit date divides Polish government and mining unions
HONG KONG: EU concerned about arrest of pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong
MOLDOVA: EU calls for transparent, inclusive, credible elections
MULTILINGUALISM: French-speaking journalists complain about excessive dominance of English in European Commission’s work
RESEARCH: Leuven named 2020 European capital of innovation
FOOD SAFETY: biological pesticides—Commission is preparing a regulation for approval of active substances