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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12694

9 April 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 8 / 25
EXTERNAL ACTION / China
Report by two French associations criticises Investment Agreement
Brussels, 08/04/2021 (Agence Europe)

TheInternational Association of Technicians, Experts and Researchers (Aitec) and Attac France published, on 7 April, a 50-page report deciphering the EU-China Investment Agreement (CAI). 

The two associations state that the agreement offers “no serious economic benefits” and commits China only marginally. “Beijing and Brussels have, above all, agreed to record in a bilateral agreement a set of existing commitments, whether multilateral, via the WTO agreements, or unilateral,...

Contents

BEACONS
LANDMARKS: Ankara scandal
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: member States continue to move forward piecemeal on AstraZeneca, despite EMA’s opinion
DEVELOPMENT: in one year, the EU has mobilised more than €26 billion to support 130 countries around the world with Covid-19
REGIONS: Baltic regions ask for better consideration of territorial specificities regarding recovery plan
EXTERNAL ACTION
TURKEY: case of missing chair, Mr Michel and Turkish authorities blame each other
JORDAN: King Abdullah II wants to strengthen relationship with EU
GEORGIA: EU concerned about revision of selection process for Supreme Court judges
CHINA: report by two French associations criticises Investment Agreement
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF EU: The Executive Board of the Conference on the Future of Europe approves creation of a digital citizens’ platform
ECONOMY - FINANCE
COMPANIES: European Commission soon to unveil its revision of Non-Financial Reporting Directive
TAXATION: US put new proposal on table for international corporate tax reform
STATE AID: European Commission proposes revision of state aid framework for research
SECTORAL POLICIES
HOME AFFAIRS : EU Member States to renew their support for ‘PNR’ agreements with US and Australia
JUSTICE: European Public Prosecutor’s Office could begin its work on 1 June, according to Laura Kövesi
ENERGY: EU Council Presidency proposes to strengthen role of Member States in energy infrastructure planning process by revising TEN-E Regulation
ENERGY: Global Energy Monitor report highlights risks of expanding EU gas import capacity
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
JUSTICE: incarceration rates continue to fall in Europe
RUSSIA: classified as “undesirable” by Moscow, Council of Europe’s Association of Schools of Political Studies files complaint
HEALTH: European Court of Human Rights rules compulsory vaccination “necessary in a democratic society”
NEWS BRIEFS
BAHRAIN: Ms Arena and Ms Neumann call for Abdulhadi al-Khawaja’s release
DEMOGRAPHY: European Commission publishes its roadmap for new Regulation on population statistics
ENVIRONMENT: European Commission prepares update of EU Regulation on pesticide sales statistics
UNITED KINGDOM: European Commission condemns violence in Northern Ireland
HEALTH: Life expectancy fell across EU in 2020
SOCIAL: pandemic has forced Member States to reform their social security systems, according to trade unions