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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12573
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CALENDAR / Main activities of european institutions

From 5/10 to 11/10/2020

 Monday 5 October

  • Brussels. Council of the EU. Eurogroup videoconference. - Eurogroup work programme. - Strategic discussion on priorities for reform and investment in the euro area: implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility and position on the draft general budget. - Greece: 7th Enhanced Surveillance Report. - Preparation of international meetings: exchange rate developments. - Selection procedure for a new member of the Executive Board of the ECB to replace Mr Yves Mersch,...

Contents

EUROPEAN COUNCIL
HEALTH: EU leaders call for stronger coordination to fight coronavirus
INDUSTRY/DIGITAL: EU leaders endorse European Union's empowerment strategy
UNITED KINGDOM: EU27 will take stock of state of negotiations with London on 15 and 16 October
RUSSIA: EU leaders call on Moscow to cooperate with OPCW over Mr Navalny's poisoning
EUROPEAN COUNCIL: EU27 are increasing frequency of strategic, thematic and geographic discussions
COMMISSIONERS-DESIGNATE HEARINGS IN EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
FINANCE: Mairead McGuinness pledges to inject “fresh energy” into banking union
TRADE: Valdis Dombrovskis calls for less naïve EU trade policy with stronger ‘sustainable development’ component
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENERGY: EU invests €720 million to connect Baltic energy network to rest of Europe
ENVIRONMENT: MEPs call for a legal framework based on due diligence to stop deforestation caused by EU
BIODIVERSITY: urgent action to restore ecosystems at heart of draft EU Council conclusions
EXTERNAL ACTION
BELARUS: EU adopts sanctions against 40 perpetrators of electoral fraud and repression
AFGHANISTAN: Mr Kobia believes that we have to be very strict about ceasefire
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: appointment of Commissioners, Rule of law and Climate Law high on agenda of first October plenary session
BUDGET: European Parliament Committee on Budgetary Control refuses to give discharge to EESC for budgetary year 2018
RULE OF LAW: European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties welcomes Commission's first annual report
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
STATE AID: Commission consulting EU countries with view to extending Covid-19 temporary framework until end June 2021
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: inflation down to -0.3% and unemployment up to 8.1% in euro area
NEWS BRIEFS
SAUDI ARABIA: Mr Tarabella calls on Presidents of European Council and Commission to boycott the G20
CITIZENSHIP: Commission confirms that ECI's request to put end to cages has reached required threshold
ENVIRONMENT: European Commission launches multi-stakeholder platform to better tackle global deforestation
LIBYA: EU lifts sanctions against Aguila Saleh and Nouri Abou Sahmein
SOCIAL: European Commission consults on motor vehicle safety
SOCIAL: European Parliament gives green light to use of European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Spain
CALENDAR
Main activities of European Institutions: from 5/10 to 11/10/2020
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other Events: until 11 October 2020