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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12691

2 April 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 24 / 25
CALENDAR / Main activities of european institutions
Until 9 April 2021
Brussels, 01/04/2021 (Agence Europe)

Thursday 8 April

  • Brussels. Council of the EU. Preparatory proceedings: Political and Security Committee (PSC), Working Party on the United Kingdom.

Friday 9 April

  • Brussels. Council of the EU. Preparatory proceedings: Standing Committee on Operational Cooperation on Internal Security (COSI).

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