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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12598

10 November 2020
Contents Publication in full By article 9 / 29
INSTITUTIONAL / Eu2022fr
Strasbourg will play a central role in events marking French Presidency of EU Council
Strasbourg, 09/11/2020 (Agence Europe)

“Strasbourg, European capital, will be central to the events of the French Presidency of the European Union”, which will take place from 1 January to 30 June 2022, announced the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jean-Yves Le Drian, and the Secretary of State for European Affairs, Clément Beaune, last Wednesday when they presented the main objectives of this Presidency to the Council of Ministers.

The French Presidency will be managed by a Secretariat-General which will provide a...

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