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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12649

3 February 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 18 / 36
INSTITUTIONAL / Future of eu
Agreement hoped for in EU Council on governance of Conference on Future of Europe
Brussels, 02/02/2021 (Agence Europe)

The ambassadors of the Member States to the European Union will discuss, on Wednesday 3 February, the governance of the Conference on the Future of Europe, and a political agreement is hoped for soon on the basis of a recent proposal by the Portuguese Presidency of the EU Council.

The Portuguese authorities, who had already tested the ground last weekend (see EUROPE B12647A19, B12640A28), suggest modifying the EU Council's position, which dates back to June 2020 (see EUROPE B12513A25), by...

Contents

EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: Covid-19, Ursula von der Leyen and António Costa call for unity in face of difficulties in vaccination campaigns
DEVELOPMENT: post-Covid-19 recovery in poor countries - moving towards a discussion between EU finance and development ministers
SOCIAL: SURE instrument, payments to Member States are continuing
SECTORAL POLICIES
HEALTH: EU Council discussions on Health Technology Assessments nearing a successful conclusion in fully intransparent manner
INTERNAL MARKET: Member States highlight need to actively tackle obstacles to single market
AGRICULTURE: debates between EU institutions continue on CAP reform
AGRICULTURE: MEPs give go-ahead to extension of wine sector measures for 2021
FISHERIES: European Parliament Committee on Fisheries concerned about loss of 25% of fishing rights in UK waters
FISHERIES: European Parliament committee calls for voluntary installation of cameras on board fishing vessels
CLIMATE: interinstitutional negotiations on ‘Climate Law’ are stalled
ENVIRONMENT: EU’s 8th action programme is to promote economy of wellbeing, according to a draft EU Council decision
ENVIRONMENT: Commission consults on new EU soil protection strategy
RESEARCH: Portuguese Presidency launches Horizon Europe, the 2021-2027 European Research Framework Programme 
RESEARCH: informal ministerial meeting on promoting research careers in EU
TRANSPORT: Commission adopts a first regulation governing deployment of functionalities developed in framework of SESAR
DIGITAL: EU Council draft conclusions support legislation on cybersecurity of connected objects
DIGITAL: Commission consults on future interoperability framework for public services
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF EU: agreement hoped for in EU Council on governance of Conference on Future of Europe
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CSDP: HS Aegean becomes new flagship of EUNAVFORMed Irini operation
DEFENCE: without a European strategic culture, it is utopian to have a CSDP, according to Mr Borrell
EXTERNAL ACTION
MYANMAR: EU27 united in their strong condemnation of military coup
RUSSIA: Borrell advocates maintaining dialogue with Moscow if EU wants to be a global player
MEDITERRANEAN: UfM ministerial declaration in favour of sustainable blue economy 
UNITED KINGDOM: choice of a trade and cooperation agreement with exclusive competence is right one, confirms EU Council Legal Service
TRADE: WTO urges members to strengthen cooperation on Covid-19 vaccines
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Nicolas Schmit confirms presentation, on 3 March, of action plan for European pillar of social rights
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: GDP to fall by 6.8% in eurozone and by 6.4% in EU in 2020, according to initial estimate by Eurostat 
FINANCE: stakeholders call on Commission to revise PRIIPs regulation, instead of adopting new technical standards
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: EU law allows natural person accused of insider trading to remain silent, says court
NEWS BRIEFS
FOOD: Coldiretti concerned about possible EU health measures damaging to meat and wine
RULE OF LAW: European Commission launches consultation to develop its second annual report on Rule of law
FINANCE: EU Council adopts new rules on replacement of critical benchmarks
FINANCE/TAXATION: European Parliament’s Economic Affairs Committee adopted its opinion on agreement on future relationship between EU and the United Kingdom
JUSTICE: European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties requests access to EU Council documents on several appointments to European Public Prosecutor's Office
KAZAKHSTAN: EU denounces pressure on human rights NGOs
HEALTH: Denmark joins list of signatories of declaration on genomic data