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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12574

6 October 2020
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Economy
Freeze on Stability and Growth Pact is likely to be maintained in 2021, according to Paolo Gentiloni
Brussels, 05/10/2020 (Agence Europe)

The Commissioner for Economy, Paolo Gentiloni, said, on Monday 5 October, that the activation of the general escape clause of the Stability and Growth Pact, which froze the budgetary rules in 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic, “will remain active in 2021”.

We are not in the same situation as we were in the spring, but we are still living with the virus. For this reason, emergency budgetary measures and measures to promote economic recovery will have to “coexist” and the...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Romeo Franz hopes that EU’s strategic framework against exclusion of Romani will be “a first step in the right direction”
RULE OF LAW: European Parliament expects Commission to better monitor respect of European values
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
BUDGET/ECONOMY: progress in European Parliament/EU Council negotiations on 2021-2027 MFF and European Recovery Plan
HEALTH: Ursula von der Leyen and Mariya Gabriel place themselves in quarantine
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: Eurogroup recommends appointment of Frank Elderson to Executive Board
ECONOMY: freeze on Stability and Growth Pact is likely to be maintained in 2021, according to Paolo Gentiloni
ECOFIN: Recovery and Resilience Facility, digital finance and Capital Markets Union on finance ministers’ agenda
TAXATION: European Commission wants to turn VAT Committee into comitology committee
FINANCE: MEPs return to BlackRock case
COMPETITION: Statement of Objections to Conserve Italia for participation in canned vegetables cartel
EXTERNAL ACTION
UKRAINE: summit in Brussels to take stock of relations
UNITED KINGDOM: EU and London want to intensify talks ahead of expected EU27 assessment on 15 October
SUDAN: EU welcomes “historic” signing of peace agreement between government and rebels
SECURITY - DEFENCE
NATO: Stoltenberg calls for ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh
SECTORAL POLICIES
COHESION: political agreement in principle in EU Council on React-EU initiative and Just Transition Fund
CIVIL PROTECTION: EU Council ready to negotiate urgent budgetary aspects for a more rapid EU response to major disasters
ENVIRONMENT: EU’s Zero Pollution Action Plan roadmap is open for comments until end of October
CLIMATE: European Commission opens second phase of consultation on revision of ETS for aviation
CLIMATE: European governments subsidise company cars to the tune of €32 billion a year, according to T&E
HEALTH: electronic cigarette lobby criticises SCHEER’s preliminary Opinion on revision of Tobacco Products Directive
SPACE: European Parliament’s Sky & Space Intergroup makes a series of recommendations to revive aviation and space sector
ENERGY: High Level Group on Energy Connectivity in Central and South-East Europe commits to strengthening energy cooperation
NEWS BRIEFS
BELARUS: EU denounces measures against Polish and Lithuanian embassies
COHESION: EU council presents country-by-country breakdown of allocations from Just Transition Fund
COHESION: SMEs want to be better taken into account in cohesion policy partnerships
EDUCATION: teachers paid 16 times better in some European countries than in others
FINANCE: European Parliament gives final green light to regulation on crowdfunding
GEORGIA: EU regrets adoption of amendments on selection process for judges
MEDITERRANEAN: UfM member states approve a mechanism on gender equality
CIVIL PROTECTION: EU lends a hand to Italy and France following floods in Piedmont and Maritime Alps
FOOD SAFETY: public consultation on future common requirements for snails imported into EU
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