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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12602

17 November 2020
Contents Publication in full By article 37 / 39
NEWS BRIEFS / Health
European Parliament confirms position on EU4Health programme

16/11/2020 (Agence Europe) – On Friday 13 November the European Parliament confirmed the draft report, as amended the previous day, on the EU4Health programme (see EUROPE B12600A6). A total of 615 MEPs voted in favour, 34 against and 39 abstained. Parliament’s approach supports the establishment of a European Health Response Mechanism to prepare the EU more effectively, as well as a European monitoring, reporting and notification system to overcome shortages of medicines and medical...

Contents

EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
BUDGET: Poland and Hungary block adoption of MFF 2021-2027 and EU Recovery Plan
HEALTH: EU to pre-order 405 million doses of Covid vaccine developed by CureVac
SOCIAL: European Commission proposes €2.5 billion to Ireland through SURE instrument
TRANSPORT: Covid-19, Commission recommends extension of some temporary support measures for aviation sector
DEVELOPMENT: Covid-19, G20 and Paris Club agree on a Common Framework for Debt Treatments beyond DSSI
INSTITUTIONAL
GENERAL AFFAIRS: Rule of law and blockage of Multiannual Financial Framework will dominate meeting of European Affairs Ministers
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: agriculture ministers and MEPs criticise “contradictory” European Commission positions on CAP
AGRICULTURE: EU ministers call on EU to coordinate efforts to tackle Covid-19 in mink
AGRICULTURE: several European Ministers call for aid for pig meat sector 
TRANSPORT: EU Council will have to submit written observations in case against Lithuania on ‘mobility package I’ by 26 November
ENVIRONMENT/CLIMATE: EU invests over €280 million in 120 new projects under the LIFE programme
DIGITAL: privacy, Commission submits a draft of new standard contractual clauses
DIGITAL: privacy, Max Schrems files complaint in Spain and Germany against Apple
CONSUMERS: BEUC and EuroCommerce welcome priorities of new “Consumer Agenda”
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: after Covid-19, EU Council wants more than ever to further scale up international climate finance
TAXATION: MEPs discuss role taxation must play in post-Covid-19 economic recovery
COMPANIES: for Mr Breton, health crisis confirms relevance of SME strategy
COMPANIES: MEPs set out their expectations for sustainable corporate governance
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: MEP Leïla Chaibi presents directive to protect digital platform workers
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED KINGDOM: London and Commission still seeking agreement as time runs out
CYPRUS: Borrell denounces Turkish President’s visit to Varosha and remarks made
MOLDOVA: EU salutes Maia Sandu for her victory in presidential election
ISRAEL: High Representative calls on authorities to reconsider decision to build new settlement
TRADE: European Commission launches a claim form for international trade
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: Rear Admiral Hervé Bléjean pleads for adoption of ‘European Peace Facility’
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
MEDIA: for Patrick Penninckx, Head of Council of Europe Information Society Department, “the media world has become a jungle”
RULE OF LAW: Venice Commission conference outlines basic principles for organising elections in emergency situations
DIGITAL: European Court of Human Rights agrees to consider Telegram’s petitions, which have been condemned by Russian authorities
NEWS BRIEFS
BUDGET: EU Recovery Plan must be green, insists European Parliament
CLIMATE: ship emissions, beginning of 75th session of IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee
CLIMATE: Commission opens public consultations on four future legislative initiatives
CLIMATE: EU climate target 2030, German Länder Environment Ministers call for a 60% reduction in emissions
TRADE: 15 Southeast Asian countries sign world’s largest free trade agreement
INTERNAL MARKET: next interinstitutional meeting on single market programme is scheduled for 25 November
DRC: EU mobilises €20 million to support police reform in Democratic Republic of the Congo
HEALTH: Emer Cooke, first woman to head European Medicines Agency
HEALTH: European Parliament confirms position on EU4Health programme
TRANSPORT: without “immediate” support for businesses, International Road Transport Union fears “wave of bankruptcies”
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