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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12691

2 April 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 25
EXTERNAL ACTION / Syria
Eighteen EU Ministers call for action against impunity
Brussels, 01/04/2021 (Agence Europe)

The Foreign Ministers of 18 EU Member States called for action against impunity for crimes committed in Syria in an op-ed published on 31 March.

The 18 Ministers (Germany, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia and Sweden) believe that “full light must be shed on this decade of atrocities”.

“Our countries are committed to ensuring that war criminals and torturers will not...

Contents

Time off: Easter
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: Vienna, Prague and Ljubljana refuse to show solidarity for Pfizer-BioNTech’s 10 million Covid-19 vaccines
FINANCE: European supervisors fear a new shock to markets in face of third wave of Covid-19
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Domènec Ruiz Devesa wants to make 2024 election a single European election
INSTITUTIONAL: MEPs come back to issue of respect for Rule of EU law in Germany
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
DEMOCRACY: European Commission is preparing to upgrade its Code of Practice on Disinformation
SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT: Caroline Nagtegaal calls for a European fund for inland navigation
ENERGY: renovation strategies, a preliminary analysis by European Commission highlights good practices among Member States
ENERGY: European Commission consults on new guidance on sustainability criteria for forest biomass
JUSTICE: directive on presumption of innocence, European Commission will not hesitate to pursue its infringement proceedings
AGRICULTURE: European Commission proposes five criteria to define ‘active farmer’
BIODIVERSITY: EFSA publishes report on analysis of background variability of honey bee colony size in relation to pesticides
EXTERNAL ACTION
SERBIA: Commissioner Várhelyi calls for further reforms
NORTH MACEDONIA: European Parliament Bureau of Delegation condemns remarks by MEP Angel Dzhambazki
SYRIA: Eighteen EU Ministers call for action against impunity
WTO: G7 to advance joint e-commerce initiative
TRADE: WTO revises upwards its forecast for a recovery in world merchandise trade in 2021
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
HUMAN RIGHTS: Council of Europe report says efforts needed to implement European Court of Human Rights judgments
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: crop losses have tripled over past 50 years, according to study 
ECONOMY: eurozone inflation at 1.3% in March
ENVIRONMENT: WWF Romania launches video surveillance tool to combat illegal logging
INDUSTRY: European Commission launches consultation on intelligent speed adaptation system
SOCIAL: inheritance continues to increase inequality, says Eurofound
CALENDAR
Main activities of European Institutions: until 9 April 2021
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other events: until 11 april 2021