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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12623

16 December 2020
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 37
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Transport
European Parliament approves decision to make 2021 European Year of Rail
Brussels, 15/12/2020 (Agence Europe)

On Tuesday 15 December, the European Parliament supported by a large majority (684 votes in favour, 9 against and 2 abstentions) the Interinstitutional Agreement concluded at the beginning of November (see EUROPE B12601A11) on the Commission’s proposal to make 2021 the European Year of Rail (see EUROPE B12439A7).

The text approved provides in particular that the events organised in 2021 for the European Year will be coordinated by the Commission and that each Member State will have to...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: DSA/DMA, European Commission is taking a step-by-step approach to online platforms
DIGITAL: agreement between EU institutions on Creative Europe programme
ENERGY: European Commission presents its proposal to revise TEN-E Regulation
HEALTH: agreement between EU institutions on EU4Health programme
ENVIRONMENT: political agreements expected at EU Council on ‘Climate Law’ and on ‘Aarhus Regulation’ on 17 December
AGRICULTURE: three countries block adoption of conclusions on front-of-pack nutrition labelling
FISHERIES: uncertainty in EU Council over 2021 quotas for stocks that EU shares with UK 
FISHERIES: NGOs sound alarm ahead of decisions on 2021 quotas
CUSTOMS: European Parliament/EU Council agreement on Customs programme for 2021-2027
SPACE: co-legislators resume negotiations on EU space programme
MIGRATION: European Parliament gets to heart of matter on Pact on Migration and Asylum
CONSUMERS: BEUC denounces persistence of illegal practices concerning travel refunds
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
NEIGHBOURHOOD: MEPs call for spirit of Barcelona to be revived
ENVIRONMENT: European Parliament gives green light to update Drinking Water Directive
ENVIRONMENT: European Parliament ensures that EU Council and Commission will do everything possible to ensure compliance with Water legislation by 2027
COHESION: Interinstitutional Agreement on React-EU initiative widely welcomed in European Parliament
TRANSPORT: European Parliament approves decision to make 2021 European Year of Rail
TRADE: MEPs call for more effective instruments to combat extraterritorial sanctions from non-Member States
AGRICULTURE: MEPs relieved for farmers that CAP uncertainty has been lifted
FISHERIES: European Parliament endorses one-year extension of EU/Mauritania Agreement
FISHERIES: European Parliament endorses its position on new rules of Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission
COURT OF AUDITORS: European Parliament rejects Polish candidate to Court of Auditors Marek Opioła
INSTITUTIONAL
TRANSPARENCY: agreement between EU institutions on a mandatory European Transparency Register for EU Council
FUTURE OF EU: Strasbourg is ‘European capital’ more than ever
SECURITY - DEFENCE
NATO: von der Leyen and Stoltenberg want to make climate change an area of cooperation
EXTERNAL ACTION
HUMAN RIGHTS: Belarusian 2020 Sakharov Prize laureates plead for freedom
LATIN AMERICA: support for LAGREEN sustainable finance initiative
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EUROGROUP: economic situation and draft budget plan 2021 on ministerial agenda
COMPANIES: shareholders’ meetings held by videoconference during pandemic infringe on shareholders’ rights, according to BETTER FINANCE
FINANCE: more than one hundred NGOs call for EU Sustainable Taxonomy rooted in science
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: EU co-legislators close to agreement on Globalisation Adjustment Fund
NEWS BRIEFS
HOME AFFAIRS: European Commission invited to take action against trafficking of cultural goods
TRADE: European Commission updates its counterfeiting and piracy watch list
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: adoption by Hungarian Parliament of measures further restricting LGBTI rights condemned in European Parliament
SPACE: European Galileo programme suffers “minor” technical incident
RUSSIA: Yevgeny Prigozhin challenges EU sanctions before General Court
VIETNAM: EU and Hanoi agree to strengthen partnership