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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12659

17 February 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 4 / 30
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Economy
GDP down 0.6% and employment up 0.3% in eurozone in December 2020
Brussels, 16/02/2021 (Agence Europe)

In the fourth quarter of 2020, seasonally adjusted GDP decreased by 0.6% in the euro area and by 0.4% in the EU, compared with the previous quarter, according to a flash estimate published by the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat) on Tuesday 16 February.

According to data received from 20 Member States, the largest decline was recorded in Austria (-4.3% of GDP), Italy (-2.0%) and France (-1.3%). On the other hand, GDP grew by 5.3% in Romania and by 2.1% in Bulgaria. Growth...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: EU ‘black’ list of tax havens, Turkey gets another four-month reprieve
TAXATION: ‘FATCA’, EU Council and Commission stress importance of dialogue with Biden administration
ECONOMY: calendar of ministerial discussions with a view to reaching an agreement on EU’s fiscal position for 2022
ECONOMY: GDP down 0.6% and employment up 0.3% in eurozone in December 2020
BUDGET: EU Council conclusions on budget guidelines for 2022
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
ECONOMY: loans linked to European Recovery Plan will be accounted for as public debt
DEVELOPMENT: EU mulls coordinated economic recovery aid for low-income countries
HEALTH: European Union adapts to new variants of virus SARS-CoV-2
HOME AFFAIRS: Commission reminds Member States of their commitment not to close intra-EU borders abruptly
TRADE: eight business federations and chambers of commerce from non-Member States call on EU to review export controls on Covid-19 vaccines
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: EU should create more tools for legal economic migration instead of leaving people in hands of smugglers, according to Javier Moreno Sánchez
JUSTICE: law applicable to third-party effects of assignments of claims, new Portuguese compromise in EU Council on secured claims
COHESION/REGIONS: adjustment reserve for Brexit, negotiations stalling in both EU Council and European Parliament 
AGRICULTURE: new CAP delivery model problematic for EU Member States
FISHERIES: European Commission proposals on new EU/Greenland agreement
ENERGY: Energy Charter Treaty revision—European Commission sends ECT Secretariat a new proposal
ENERGY: European regulators put forward ideas on future electricity storage needs in EU
INDUSTRY: France and Germany align their position in view of revision of industrial strategy update
INDUSTRY: renovation wave, SMEs in the European construction sector call for stabilisation of the regulatory framework
CONSUMERS: BEUC files complaint against TikTok for unfair practices and violation of children’s rights
SECURITY - DEFENCE
SAHEL: G5 Sahel welcomes increased military commitment of European partners
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: ILGA-Europe reports “increasingly fragile” progress on LGBTI rights in EU
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: three Catalan MEPs call on Commission to take action against repression of artists in Spain
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: European Commission approves two new geographical indications from Croatia
MYANMAR: Borrell supports UN envoy’s efforts
ENERGY: new European initiative for transition of coal regions in Western Balkans and Ukraine
SPACE: three flagship actions to create synergies between civil, space and defence industries 
JUSTICE: European Commission consults on digitalisation of cross-border legal proceedings
NATO: Alliance’s remotely piloted aircraft for ground surveillance reaches its operational capability
SOCIAL: Ceemet concerned about content of negotiations over coordination of social security systems