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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12573

3 October 2020
Contents Publication in full By article 9 / 25
SECTORAL POLICIES / Environment
MEPs call for a legal framework based on due diligence to stop deforestation caused by EU
Brussels, 02/10/2020 (Agence Europe)

MEPs on the European Parliament Committee on the Environment (ENVI) are calling for a binding legal framework to halt and reverse global deforestation caused by EU imports. 

The own-initiative report by Delara Burkhardt (S&D, Germany) was adopted as amended on Thursday 1 October by a comfortable majority (45 votes in favour to 11 against, with 25 abstentions) (see EUROPE B12570A9).

MEPs pointed out that voluntary initiatives, third party certification and labels have so far failed to stop...

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