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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12632
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Economy/taxation

Discussions on continuing freeze of EU fiscal rules will take place in 2nd quarter of 2021, according to João Leão 

The Portuguese Finance Minister, João Leão, indicated on Friday, 8 January, that discussions on the continuation of the freezing of the Stability and Growth Pact in 2022 will take place in the second quarter of this year.

“The current situation is too uncertain: we are in the middle of the second pandemic wave in Europe. (...) We must avoid withdrawing too quickly the budgetary measures that support growth”, he said, when presenting the priorities of the Portuguese Presidency of the...

Contents

DEAL EU/UK
UNITED KINGDOM: after agreement with EU, London regains “a very theoretical sovereignty”, says Denis MacShane
UNITED KINGDOM: structure and content of agreement between EU and London is more in line with European mandate, says Nicolas Véron
FISHERIES: Pierre Karleskind expresses concern at reductions in quotas under the agreement with the United Kingdom
FISHERIES: European fishing industry ‘dismayed’ at post-Brexit arrangements
TRANSPORT: despite announced blockades to cross Channel, “a catastrophe has been avoided” for road transport, assures Raluca Marian
INTERNAL MARKET/INDUSTRY: risks of British dumping to remain limited
HEALTH: EU and UK commit to regulatory cooperation
TRADE: EU-United Kingdom dispute settlement mechanism under scrutiny
FINANCE: Brexit saga in financial services is far from over
CLIMATE/ENERGY: what does the future hold for EU/UK climate and energy relations?
DIGITAL: transfer of data to United Kingdom is subject to an interim solution pending an adequacy decision regarding data protection
HOME AFFAIRS: potentially less effective EU/UK cooperation on internal security, but which preserves essentials 
RESEARCH: UK ensures access to European funds and networks for research and innovation
EDUCATION: United Kingdom withdraws from Erasmus+ programme
SPACE: United Kingdom will no longer participate in European Galileo and EGNOS programmes, but will use their “open” signals
REGIONS: lack of regional dimension in agreement with London worries EU regions
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: European Commission secures delivery of 300 million additional doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: Portuguese Presidency of EU Council envisages European Parliament/EU Council agreement in April on CAP reform
FOOD: draft European Parliament report on EU’s ‘Farm to Fork’ strategy under scrutiny
ENVIRONMENT: more needs to be done for air quality in EU, according to second report on implementation of NEC directive
HOME AFFAIRS: on migration, Portugal hopes to at least succeed in defining concept of flexible compulsory solidarity
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY/TAXATION: discussions on continuing freeze of EU fiscal rules will take place in 2nd quarter of 2021, according to João Leão 
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
GENDER EQUALITY: Portuguese Presidency of EU Council wants to make gender equality basic principle of European social model
NEWS BRIEFS
JUSTICE: Not. Ádám Tóth, new President of Notaries of Europe
CALENDAR
Main activities of European Institutions: until 15 January 2021
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other events: until 16 January 2021