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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12683

23 March 2021
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Human rights
EU condemns Chinese sanctions against EU bodies and five MEPs
Brussels, 22/03/2021 (Agence Europe)

On Monday 22 March, Europeans denounced China’s sanctions against, among others, the EU Council’s Political and Security Committee, the European Parliament’s Sub-Committee on Human Rights and five MEPs—Reinhard Bütikofer (Greens/EFA, Germany), Michael Gahler (EPP, Germany), Raphaël Glucksmann (S&D, France), Ilhan Kyuchyuk (Renew Europe, Bulgaria) and Miriam Lexmann (EPP, Slovakia). These actors, according to Beijing, “severely harm China’s sovereignty and interests and...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
HUMAN RIGHTS: EU condemns Chinese sanctions against EU bodies and five MEPs
TURKEY: EU Foreign Ministers express concern about human rights situation
MYANMAR: EU sanctions eleven Burmese responsible for coup and repression
ETHIOPIA: EU threatens sanctions against all those responsible for human rights violations in Tigray
SECURITY - DEFENCE
NATO: future of Alliance, climate change, Afghanistan and fight against terrorism on ministerial meeting agenda
SECTORAL POLICIES
PLANTS: EU ministers call for proper implementation of pest control legislation
AGRICULTURE: EPP, S&D and ECR groups in European Parliament present compromise on ‘new implementation model’ for CAP
AGRICULTURE: EU ministers call for post-2020 strategy respecting multifunctionality of forests
AGRICULTURE: EU ministers discuss implementation of future CAP strategic plans
FISHERIES: EU Fisheries Ministers finalise agreement on an extension of provisional quotas with UK
ENVIRONMENT: revision of air quality standards, EPP MEPs do not want full alignment with WHO standards
ENVIRONMENT: European Commission issues guidelines to improve forest fire prevention
CLIMAT/FINANCE: EU taxonomy, Commission is considering classifying certain gas-related investments as ‘sustainable’
CLIMATE: CO2 removals by forests should not be used to offset inaction on emissions reduction, say seven NGOs
INTERNAL MARKET/INDUSTRY: EU ministers again support European strategic autonomy, which remains open
DIGITAL: EU-27 eager for Commission to unveil recommendation for Joint Cyber Unit
TRANSPORT: European Commission empowered to sign, on behalf of EU, Declaration of Locarno on developing railway system
SPACE: Italy and France set up High Level Group to discuss future of European launchers
HEALTH: cross-border care, no real medical tourism 8 years after implementation of directive
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: MEPs support a swift agreement on digital taxation at OECD, but want a plan B
TAXATION: MEPs’ mixed reception to draft ‘Gruffat’ report on sustainable taxation post-Covid-19
BANKS: Single Resolution Fund could reach €70 billion at full capacity, according to Elke König
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: Austria is up in arms over German method of distributing Covid-19 vaccines delivered in advance by Pfizer-BioNTech
TRADE: European Commission continues to consider all options to ensure supply of Covid-19 vaccines to EU
SOCIAL: EU’s SURE instrument supports 26.5 million people forced into short-time work by Covid-19
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
WOMEN: Council of Europe and European Union protest Turkish withdrawal from Istanbul Convention
SPAIN: Dunja Mijatović calls for changes to Spanish criminal code to better guarantee freedom of expression
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: EU Council guidelines for the G20 Agriculture Ministers’ meeting
CLIMATE: Commission and EIB want a “Global Green Deal”
DEFENCE: EU launches its European Peace Facility
ENVIRONMENT: EU calls for sustainable water management worldwide
TAXATION: seventh revision of directive on administrative cooperation in field of taxation adopted
MIGRATION: five EU Mediterranean countries urge Member States to show solidarity in managing migration challenge
PAYMENTS: EU Council adopts its conclusions on European Retail Payments Strategy
REGIONS: close to €87 million in aid proposed for France and Greece affected by natural disasters
SOCIAL: minimum wage, regions are calling for a binding target in directive
ADDENDUM
CLIMATE: clarification of paper entitled “A study commissioned by the European Commission points out the weaknesses of the CORSIA system”
Op-Ed
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