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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12695
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Cohesion

‘Brexit’ reserve, funds distribution key continues to be hotly debated in European Parliament

The distribution key for allocating funding and the trigger point for the second tranche of funding from the ‘Brexit’ reserve fund continue to be hotly debated in the European Parliament.

At the end of March, the rapporteur for the opinion of the Committee on Budgets, Valérie Hayer (Renew Europe, France), presented a new distribution key for the funds to the other shadow rapporteurs, according to information obtained on Friday 9 April.

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Contents

EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: Johnson & Johnson vaccine’s turn to come under scrutiny at European Medicines Agency for blood clots
BUDGET: EU Council approves €121.5 million to address urgent needs related to Covid-19
TRADE: European Commission has not blocked any further exports of vaccines to Australia
EXTERNAL ACTION
IRAN: nuclear talks to continue next week in Vienna
RUSSIA: 78 European parliamentarians concerned about Alexei Navalny’s health
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU grants €24.5 million in aid to vulnerable populations in Southern Africa and Madagascar
TRADE: sharp rise of trade in pharmaceuticals in 2020
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENERGY: TEN-E revision, MEP Zdzisław Krasnodębski comes to rescue of natural gas
COHESION: ‘Brexit’ reserve, funds distribution key continues to be hotly debated in European Parliament
MIGRATION: European Commission clarifies Frontex’s obligations under EUROSUR system
JUSTICE: Council of the EU prepares conclusions on protection of vulnerable adults in Europe
AGRICULTURE: CAP measures to promote generational renewal could be improved according to European Commission
ENVIRONMENT: European Commission publishes its roadmap for possible revision of Marine Strategy Directive
TRANSPORT: treatment of air traffic controllers in Albania considered unworthy of candidate country by European trade unions
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
GENDER EQUALITY: European Parliament, Renew Europe and Greens/EFA will co-lead negotiations on pay transparency
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
HUMAN RIGHTS: Council of Europe calls for Member States to address increase in human trafficking linked to pandemic
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
STATE AID: extension of asset protection scheme for Greek banks until October 2022
FINANCE: MEP Damien Carême disappointed with Commission’s guidelines on managing conflicts of interest
NEWS BRIEFS
CLIMATE: EU Parliament and EU Council negotiators to meet on 21 April for sixth round of talks on ‘Climate Law’
DEVELOPMENT: EU welcomes milestone of 100 countries supplied with Covid-19 vaccines through Covax
ENERGY: electricity and gas consumption returns close to pre-Covid-19 levels
JUSTICE: European Public Prosecutor’s Office and Hungary sign a working arrangement
RESEARCH: European Innovation Council, European Commission launches first calls for funding
SOCIAL: steady increase in rental and housing prices in EU since 2010
CALENDAR
Main activities of European institutions: until 16 April 2021
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other events: until 16 April 2021