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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12667

27 February 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 30 / 30
CALENDAR EXTRA / Other events
Until 6  March 2021

Calendar Extra includes events and conferences in French, English and sometimes other languages, so this section is not translated into English. Generally, however, readers can easily find information in the language of interest on the organiser's websites.

  

Lundi 1er mars

  • Bruxelles (au 05/03). Événement en ligne : « Civil Society Days 2021 – A Sustainable Recovery for the Future of Europe’s Citizens ». Organisateur : Comité économique et social européen. Infos :...

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