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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12589
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NEWS BRIEFS / Foreign affairs

European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs finally elects its Vice-Presidents

26/10/2020 (Agence Europe) – Members of the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs elected by acclamation, on Monday 26 October, the second, third and fourth Vice-Presidents for their committee. In this way, Urmas Paet (Renew Europe, Estonia) became the second Vice-president, Sergei Stanishev (S&D, Bulgaria) the third Vice-president, and Željana Zovko (EPP, Croatia) the fourth Vice-president. Committee chair David McAllister (EPP, Germany) and first Vice-President Witold Waszczykowski (ECR, Poland) were elected on 10 July 2019 (see EUROPE 12293/5). The remainder of the bureau could not be determined due to a lack of female candidates. (CG)

Contents

SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: minimum wage, European Commission opts for a European directive
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: Europe calls for coordination in response to worsening of pandemic
HEALTH: ECDC publishes technical paper on immunisation
ECONOMY: MEPs could cut climate spending under InvestEU programme
MALAWI: EU increases aid by €39 million to mitigate impact of pandemic on vulnerable populations
BUDGET: slow progress in reaching agreement on programmes to be strengthened in MFF 2021-2027
SOCIAL: green light from EU Council over Hungarian request for SURE instrument
CIVIL PROTECTION: EU sends Dutch and Austrian respirators to Czech Republic for Covid-19
EXTERNAL ACTION
WTO: EU supports Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s candidacy for head of international organisation
WTO: Airbus/Boeing dispute, Dispute Settlement Body formally supports EU
LIBYA: Europeans welcome signing of Ceasefire Agreement
TURKEY: Europeans condemn Mr Erdoğan’s comments on French President
UNITED KINGDOM: week-long negotiations between London and EU to try to reach an agreement on post-Brexit relationship
CÔTE D’IVOIRE: EU deplores violence and calls for dialogue in run-up to presidential elections on 31 October
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: eco-schemes, capping on aid and cross-compliance are hot topics to be negotiated between EU institutions for a final agreement on CAP
ENERGY: draft EU Council conclusions on a hydrogen market in Europe
TRANSPORT: mobility package I, Lithuanian, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Romanian, Maltese and Polish governments appeal to CJEU
MIGRATION: Frontex implicated in at least six cases of migrant pushbacks in Aegean Sea
JUSTICE: civil society organisations call on EU to do more for victims of international crimes
CLIMATE: IMO working group presents new measures to cut ship emissions
CLIMATE: Budapest lists its conditions for adoption of a political agreement on entire ‘Climate Law’
ENVIRONMENT: European Commission publishes roadmap on improving legislation to tackle chemical pollution in water
ENVIRONMENT: experts from EU Member States support ban on highly toxic pesticide mancozeb
INSTITUTIONAL
INTERNAL MARKET: Anna Cavazzini elected Chair of European Parliament committee
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPANIES: sustainable corporate governance and due diligence, MEPs begin tough negotiations
NEWS BRIEFS
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Special Committee on Foreign Interference has full set of officers
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs finally elects its Vice-Presidents
WEAPONS: database launch on arms exports of Member States
BIODIVERSITY: Friends of the Earth and Campaign for Nature call EU Environment Council ambition to be realised
CHINA: EU and US officially launch dialogue
CLIMATE: EU welcomes Japan’s commitment to carbon neutrality by 2050
WOMEN: launch of first European Gender Equality Week in European Parliament
FINANCE: ESMA sets out its position on post-Brexit equity trading obligation
FISHERIES: EU coastal communities call for support for fishermen in negotiations with UK
FISHERIES: MEPs discuss effects of marine litter on fisheries