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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12607

24 November 2020
Contents Publication in full By article 7 / 30
EXTERNAL ACTION / United states
Mrs von der Leyen and Mr Michel speak to Joe Biden
Brussels, 23/11/2020 (Agence Europe)

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, spoke on Monday 23 November with US President-elect Joe Biden.

During their meeting, which lasted just under 20 minutes, according to a European source, Mr Michel invited Biden to a special meeting with members of the European Council in Brussels in 2021 to discuss shared priorities.

He proposed to the President-elect to rebuild a strong transatlantic alliance based on...

Contents

BEACONS
LANDMARKS: outrageous blackmail
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: ECDC warns against lifting restrictions before Christmas
HEALTH: European Commission announces imminent delivery of 200 disinfection robots
DEVELOPMENT: G20 leaders commit to do everything possible to ensure universal access to affordable vaccines against Covid-19
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED KINGDOM: negotiations on future post-Brexit relationship are continuing virtually
TRADE: United Kingdom signs interim free trade agreement with Canada
UNITED STATES: Mrs von der Leyen and Mr Michel speak to Joe Biden
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: 25 years after Dayton Agreements, Borrell calls on country to implement necessary reforms
CHINA: EU Council validates agreement with China on geographical indications 
DEVELOPMENT: EU announces €183 million in debt relief for 29 of low-income countries
G20: G20 reiterates its support for WTO reform
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: still no agreement in sight in EU Council on confidentiality of online communications
ENVIRONMENT: gap too large between WHO standards and EU legislation to improve air quality, according to EEA and Mr Sinkevičius
ENERGY: major oil and gas companies commit to greater transparency on their methane emissions
ENERGY: European solar and wind energy industries launch ‘Renewable Hydrogen Coalition’
ENERGY: EU must avoid further investment in fossil gas infrastructure, Artelys report says
TRANSPORT: European Commission publishes its inception impact assessment on revision of Regulation on development of TEN-T
ECONOMY - FINANCE
TAXATION: agreement in EU Council on revision of Administrative Cooperation Directive
TAXATION: EU Member States set their priorities for fairer and more effective taxation in Covid-19 era
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
WOMEN: European Parliament, political groups divided over motion for resolution on right to abortion in Poland
WOMEN: European Commission reiterates its call on EU States to ratify Istanbul Convention on Violence against Women
BREACHES OF EU LAW
CULTURE: European Commission singles out 23 EU Member States for late transposition of Audiovisual Directive
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
RULE OF LAW: Bulgaria: Venice Commission calls for clarifications on several elements of draft constitutional reform
WOMEN: Istanbul Convention, Council of Europe experts welcome Malta’s progress, but identify “several issues where urgent improvement” is needed
NEWS BRIEFS
EGYPT: EU denounces arrest of members of Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights
SPACE: constellation of European Earth observation programme Copernicus is acquiring an additional satellite
UNITED STATES: EU concerned about federal level executions taking place during transition period
TAXATION: French economist Gabriel Zucman to set up EU Tax Observatory
INDUSTRY: Raw Materials Alliance starts to pay off
INDUSTRY: T&E denounces much higher emissions for plug-in hybrids than those claimed by manufacturers