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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12667

27 February 2021
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NEWS BRIEFS / Future of eu
Potentially decisive week for Conference on Future of Europe

26/02/2021 (Agence Europe) – While the Portuguese Secretary of State for European Affairs, Ana Paula Zacarias, hoped for an imminent agreement on the inter-institutional declaration laying the foundations for the Conference on the Future of Europe (see EUROPE B12664A15), the week beginning Monday 1 March could be decisive. The ambassadors of the Member States to the European Union (Coreper) will discuss this issue at two meetings, Monday 1 and Wednesday 3 March. If an agreement is...

Contents

EUROPEAN COUNCIL
CSDP: EU leaders pledge to strengthen EU capabilities
NEIGHBOURHOOD: EU leaders want to intensify Mediterranean dialogue
HEALTH/HOME AFFAIRS: António Costa is hoping for a vaccination certificate by summer to facilitate free movement of people within EU
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
G20: progress on international tax reform
FINANCE: taxonomy on sustainable finance, second delegated act already in progress
FINANCE: EESC supports digital finance package
SECTORAL POLICIES
RESEARCH: Mariya Gabriel is confident that research will be taken into account in development of national recovery plans
TOURISM: European Parliament committee in favour of introduction of vaccination certificate for resumption of travel
TRANSPORT: report on future of maritime transport adopted by European Parliament committee
MIGRATION: Fabrice Leggeri welcomes European Parliament’s enquiry group and control activities of Frontex agency
CLIMATE: Paris agreement signatory countries’ current plans remain largely insufficient, United Nations warn
ENVIRONMENT: NGOs and 119 French MEPs and MPs call on EFSA to address flaws in pesticides risk assessment
ENERGY: more than 20 NGOs call on EU to speed up introduction of energy labels for more products
EXTERNAL ACTION
CHINA: Emmanuel Macron calls on China to ratify core labour conventions “as soon as possible”
SOUTH KOREA: Seoul ratifies three fundamental conventions of International Labour Organization
DEVELOPMENT: MEPs’ suggestions for EU to combat biodiversity loss in poor countries
DEVELOPMENT: MEPs call on EU to do much more for vulnerable populations affected by climate change
TRADE: European Commission launches investigation into safeguard measures for steel imports
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CSDP: EU will have presence in Gulf of Guinea throughout 2021
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: PACE should be present in EU Rule of law mechanism, says Despina Chatzivassiliou-Tsovilis
UKRAINE: Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe reiterates its condemnation of illegal annexation of Crimea and calls for respect for human rights
NEWS BRIEFS
FUTURE OF EU: potentially decisive week for Conference on Future of Europe
BELARUS: EU extends targeted sanctions for another year
CLIMATE: European Commission and United Nations are strengthening their cooperation to tackle climate and biodiversity crisis
DEVELOPMENT: EU mobilises €10 million in West Africa for Covid-19
ENERGY: European regulators are looking into cybersecurity of cross-border flows of electricity
UNITED KINGDOM: EU Council formally requests European Parliament give its consent to bilateral agreement with London
SOCIAL: 230 million proposed for Estonia under SURE instrument
CALENDAR
Main activities of European Institutions: until 5 March 2021
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other events: until 6  March 2021