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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12598

10 November 2020
Contents Publication in full By article 13 / 29
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19 / Sahel
Coronavirus, EU provides €92 million in aid

09/11/2020 (Agence Europe) – As part of the EU's comprehensive response to the coronavirus, the European Union, through the High Representative, Josep Borrell, announced on Monday 9 November financial assistance of €92 million to support the Sahel region in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. Specifically, €26 million is earmarked for Burkina Faso, €12 million for Mauritania, €38 million for Niger and €16.92 million for Chad. As a reminder, out of the €36.8 billion allocated...

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: The United States and Humanity: homecoming
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED STATES: following Joe Biden’s election, Europeans want closer transatlantic ties
UNITED STATES: EU imposes additional duties on US in Boeing/Airbus case
UNITED KINGDOM: European Commission and London enter another decisive week for agreement on post-Brexit relationship
CHINA: EU still awaits progress from China towards a Comprehensive Agreement on Investment
MYANMAR: EU welcomes holding of general elections on 8 November
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
WOMEN: much progress still needs to be made in fight against sexual harassment and abuse in European Parliament
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: US elections, terrorism and Covid-19 will dominate new plenary session in Brussels
EU2022FR: Strasbourg will play a central role in events marking French Presidency of EU Council
BUDGET: Viktor Orbán threatens veto on MFF because of ‘Rule of law conditionality’
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
BUDGET: EU institutions expected to agree on MFF 2021-2027 and Recovery Plan on Tuesday 10 November
HEALTH: Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate shows promising results
SAHEL: Coronavirus, EU provides €92 million in aid
COHESION: Commission approves changes to two programmes for Cyprus due to coronavirus
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: MEPs take position on adjustments to EU framework on securitisation to facilitate economic recovery
SECURITY - DEFENCE
TERRORISM: French, German and Austrian leaders meeting on Tuesday to prepare EU response to Islamist terrorism
CSDP: for EU High Representative, EUTM Somalia must help develop Somali-led training of military
DEFENCE: EU Council political-military group puts forward guiding principles for European Peace Facility
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: EU legislation on digital services, the Netherlands calls for clarification of country-of-origin principle
DIGITAL: a report published by European Commission examines ways to limit energy consumption of cloud computing
JUSTICE: Eurojust calls for a common approach in EU to better combat sham marriages
REGIONS: border regions call for better integration of regional dimension in European policies
ENERGY: six Member States call for a robust European certification and monitoring system for renewable hydrogen
ENERGY: fossil fuels still expected to provide 25% of EU’s electricity by 2030, according to Ember
RESEARCH: nearly 600 scientists call on Commission to act to prevent “drastic cuts” in future research budget
AGRICULTURE: pandemic overshadows enthusiasm of EU wine growers
NEWS BRIEFS
AFRICA: EU mobilises further €22.6 million for Sahel and Lake Chad region
DIGITAL: German EU Council Presidency supports permanent structured cooperation on artificial intelligence
FISHERIES: price of fishery products in 2019 was 14% higher than eight years earlier