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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12643

26 January 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 19 / 33
SECTORAL POLICIES / Transport
Baltic States threaten to jeopardise own resources decision if financing of Rail Baltica is called into question
Brussels, 25/01/2021 (Agence Europe)

The Baltic States, frustrated by the current round of negotiations on the regulation establishing the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for the 2021-2027 period, are threatening to block the post-Covid-19 European Economic Recovery Plan.

In a letter dated 18 January, of which EUROPE has obtained a copy, Latvian Prime Minister Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda and now former Estonian Prime Minister Jüri Ratas expressed concern at the European Parliament’s...

Contents

EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HOME AFFAIRS: Commission presents new travel restrictions in EU
HEALTH: European Commission castigates delays in delivery of Covid-19 vaccines
HEALTH: Covid-19, Mr Borrell convinced that sharing vaccines with non-Member States “is part of the solution”
ECONOMY: European Commission revises guidelines on Recovery and Resilience Facility
EXTERNAL ACTION
RUSSIA: EU ministers denounce mass arrests of peaceful demonstrators
TURKEY: Borrell wants to continue positive momentum with Ankara
VENEZUELA: EU notes establishment of a new national assembly
HORN OF AFRICA: Pekka Haavisto to travel to Ethiopia at beginning of February on behalf of EU
CLIMATE: EU Council calls for global phase-out of coal and fossil fuel subsidies
UNITED KINGDOM: Josep Borrell deplores London's “unfriendly” gesture regarding fate of EU delegation
SOUTH KOREA: EU-commissioned panel of experts say Seoul must comply on workers’ rights
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CSDP: EU launches coordinated maritime presence in Gulf of Guinea
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: Portuguese Presidency of EU Council leaves little room for compromise on key points of ‘Climate Law’
AGRICULTURE: Member States do not want to concede too much to European Parliament on CAP reform
AGRICULTURE: EU countries split on benefits of trade agreements 
FISHERIES: European Commission increases provisional quotas for certain stocks managed by EU and UK
FISHERIES: EU Council adopts decision extending EU/Mauritania agreement until November 2021
CONSUMERS: Didier Reynders launches pilot phase of voluntary commitments by companies in favour of ‘green’ consumption
TRANSPORT: Baltic States threaten to jeopardise own resources decision if financing of Rail Baltica is called into question
TRANSPORT: European Parliament committee is ready to adopt as soon as possible proposal extending certain certificates and approvals
ENERGY: renewable energies supplied more electricity to EU in 2020 than fossil fuels, according to Ember and Agora Energiewende
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: EU Member States to sign revised ESM Treaty on Wednesday 27 January
FINANCE: taxonomy on sustainable finance, European Commission confirms delay of its first delegated act
FINANCE: new BETTER FINANCE report highlights potential of financial robo-advisors
NEWS BRIEFS
ECB: ECB to launch a climate change centre to shape and steer its climate agenda
EGYPT: five years after Mr Regeni’s death, EU calls on Cairo to cooperate to ensure justice is done
COMPANIES: SMEunited welcomes ESAP, European Single Access Point initiative
ENVIRONMENT: EU amends REACH regulation to ban lead shot in wetlands in two years
TAXATION: country-by-country reporting, Austria supports text
MIGRATION: UNHCR hopes that 2020 will remain “anomaly” in terms of resettlement of refugees around world
CSDP: Eugenio Díaz del Río should take lead in Atalanta operation in February 2021
REGIONS: local and regional authorities are too little consulted in preparation of national recovery plans, deplore CoR and CEMR 
TRANSPORT: EU Council adopts its first-reading position on reform of rail passenger rights