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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12570

30 September 2020
Contents Publication in full By article 25 / 34
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / France
A 2021 draft budget plan to return to pre-crisis activity levels in 2022
Brussels, 29/09/2020 (Agence Europe)

The French government presented, on Monday 28 September, its draft budget plan for 2021 focused on economic recovery to overcome the Covid-19 pandemic. The objective is to invest massively in the green transition and strengthen competitiveness, in order to return to pre-crisis activity levels by 2022.

 With the €100 billion France Relance investment plan, including €37.4 billion from the European Recovery Plan (see EUROPE B12562A12), Paris expects national GDP to rebound by 8% next...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
RESEARCH: EU Council reaches political agreement on Horizon Europe framework programme
DIGITAL: European Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs says high-risk technologies based on artificial intelligence should be strictly monitored
INDUSTRY: European Commission launches European Raw Materials Alliance
TOURISM: EU ministers call for close coordination at EU level for safer resumption of travel
HOME AFFAIRS: terrorist content online, interinstitutional negotiations have resumed
JUSTICE: uncertainty in EU Council on conclusions on digitalisation of judicial systems
JUSTICE: despite delay due to Covid-19, European Public Prosecutor’s Office is continuing to set up
ENVIRONMENT: biodiversity and 2030 climate target on agenda of informal ministerial meeting on 30 September-1 October
ENVIRONMENT: MEPs on full march to demand a legal framework to stop EU-imported deforestation
ENVIRONMENT: Commission publishes roadmap for revising European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register Regulation
AGRICULTURE: Member States' experts have made progress on post-2020 CAP
AGRICULTURE: EU Council to adopt conclusions on Farm to Fork strategy on 19 October
FOOD SAFETY: MEPs oppose plans to allow acrylamide in baby food with a maximum limit
FISHERIES: Europêche lodges anti-dumping complaint against Chinese tuna exports
EXTERNAL ACTION
NORTH MACEDONIA: according to Mr Osmani, EU’s Covid-19 assistance has taught Skopje what ‘being part of the family’ means
GEORGIA: agreements worth €129 million signed to help economic recovery
DEVELOPMENT: post-Cotonou agreement, European Parliament can count on Gerd Müller to help overcome differences between EU and ACP countries
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: there is often a gap between words and concrete commitments, regrets Charles Fries
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
DIGITAL: Covid-19 tracing applications from three countries will be operating across borders as soon as mid-October
FISHERIES: Commission proposes to extend EU/Mauritania fisheries agreement for one year due to Covid-19
INSTITUTIONAL
RULE OF LAW: European Commission gives support to Vera Jourova in face of Viktor Orbán's call for her resignation
BUDGET: Hungary finds German Council Presidency’s proposal on ‘rule of law’ conditionality unacceptable
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: “If European Parliament only meets in Brussels, we're screwed”, says Emmanuel Macron
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPETITION: Commission fines car equipment suppliers 18 million euros for cartels
FRANCE: a 2021 draft budget plan to return to pre-crisis activity levels in 2022
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Member States are in process of making greater commitments to better protect seasonal workers
SOCIAL: according to European Court of Auditors, European action to combat child poverty is difficult to assess
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
PAYMENTS: EU law provides, in principle, for obligation to accept euro cash as means of payment, says Advocate General
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: resumption of negotiations for EU accession to European Convention on Human Rights
NEWS BRIEFS
AUDIOVISUAL: online conference on European audiovisual works classification according to nationality
ENERGY: renewables sector employed 1.3 million people in Europe in 2019, according to IRENA
NAGORNO-KARABAKH: Co-Presidents of Euronest Parliamentary Assembly call for dialogue
LEBANON: EU concerned about resignation of Prime Minister-designate
SOCIAL: AGE Europe and BAGSO call on EU Council to strengthen rights of older people in context of growing digitisation