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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12643
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Turkey

Borrell wants to continue positive momentum with Ankara

On Monday 25 January, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, advocated continuing the positive momentum with Turkey, a few days after the head of Turkish diplomacy, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, visited Brussels. (see EUROPE B12641A17).

According to Mr Borrell, the Foreign Affairs Council reaffirmed the importance of engaging with Turkey in order to make progress in consolidated dialogue and cooperation. “Today, the irritations that poisoned...

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