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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12605

20 November 2020
Contents Publication in full By article 22 / 39
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19 / Finance
MEPs say yes to simplified but protective “EU Recovery Prospectus”
Brussels, 19/11/2020 (Agence Europe)

MEPs of the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) approved, on Thursday 19 November, by 47 votes in favour, 5 against and 7 abstentions, the Draft report prepared by Ondřej Kovařík (Renew Europe, Czech Republic) on the Commission proposal to create a “EU Recovery Prospectus” abstract in order to contributing to economic recovery after the Covid-19 pandemic (see EUROPE B12535A11).

“The Recovery Prospectus is a great tool for those who have...

Contents

EUROPEAN COUNCIL
BUDGET: EU leaders commit to finding a solution in December to deadlock on MFF 2021-2027 and Recovery Plan
HEALTH: EU27 plan to coordinate to lift lockdown and holiday season
UNITED KINGDOM: Several leaders call on their European partners to speed up preparations for a relationship after a no-deal Brexit
EXTERNAL ACTION
BELARUS: EU Foreign Ministers agree to prepare strengthening of sanctions
UNITED STATES: Europeans to develop common position to strengthen transatlantic relations
TURKEY: Borrell sees EU-Turkey relations nearing watershed
NAGORNO-KARABAKH: EU welcomes cessation of hostilities and calls for lasting settlement of conflict
ETHIOPIA: fearing humanitarian crisis, EU intensifies contact to support peaceful solution
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU mobilises €4 million initial emergency aid for Ethiopian refugees in Sudan 
NIGERIA: seventh EU/Nigeria ministerial meeting lays foundations for revived strategic partnership
HUMAN RIGHTS: disagreement in EU Council on use of qualified majority voting in implementation of EU Action Plan
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENERGY: Commission wants to make “EU a global powerhouse of offshore renewable energy”
ENERGY: European Ombudsman regrets lack of prior sustainability assessment of gas projects included in fourth PCI list
INDUSTRY: EU ministers want an industrial strategy more in tune with international realities
SPACE: upcoming tense meeting between ESA and European Union
ENVIRONMENT: ‘Aarhus Regulation’, German EU Council Presidency proposes a first compromise draft
ENVIRONMENT: fuel quality in road transport, EEA points to EU lag on 2020 climate target
AGRICULTURE: initial round of negotiations between EU institutions on strategic plans for CAP
MIGRATION: European Parliament convenes a landmark conference to launch work on ‘Pact on Migration and Asylum’
MIGRATION: Croatian border guards again accused of violence and migrant refoulement
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: pandemic has highlighted weaknesses of health systems, notes European Commission’s annual report
FINANCE: MEPs say yes to simplified but protective “EU Recovery Prospectus”
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
MEDIA: EU Member States adopt conclusions on safeguarding a “free and pluralistic” media sector
WOMEN: first informal meeting of EU Equality Ministers on combating violence against women
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: ECB has delivered and we’ll continue to deliver for second wave of Covid-19, says Christine Lagarde
FINANCE: European Parliament ready to negotiate with EU Council on replacement of critical benchmarks that are scheduled to disappear
FINANCE: European Parliament Committee on Economic Affairs divided over creation of an independent European ethics body
COMPETITION: European Commission needs to scale up antitrust and merger control, says EU Court of Auditors
COMPETITION: European Commission refers Telefónica and Liberty Global’s acquisition of joint venture to UK authority
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
MIGRATION: Council of Europe’s anti-torture Committee queries detention and refoulement of migrants in Greece
NEWS BRIEFS
BENIN: start of construction of DEFISSOL solar power plant co-financed by EU and France
CLIMATE: IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee approves new measures to reduce emissions from shipping
TRADE: EU withdraws from International Working Group on Export Credits
CULTURE: construction industry welcomes European Bauhaus
JUSTICE: European Public Prosecutor’s Office meets its main European partners
CSDP: Marseille to become port of disembarkation for Operation EUNAVFORMed Irini
UNITED KINGDOM: Temporary interruption of talks between Mr Barnier and Mr Frost due to a case of Covid-19
SOCIAL: still no agreement between European Parliament and EU Council on coordination of social security systems
ADDENDUM
DEFENCE: around 40 NGOs are concerned about impact of European Peace Facility