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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12697
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Development

Despite increase in 2020, aid from rich countries is not enough to cover immense needs of poor countries

Standing at USD 161.2 billion in 2020, official development assistance from the 29 richest countries has reached a record high, according to preliminary data from the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC), which was released on 13 April.

This represents an increase of 3.5% in real terms compared to 2019, and has been driven by additional spending to assist developing countries dealing with the Covid-19 crisis.

This amount only represents 0.31% of aggregate GNI, however, which is...

Contents

EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HOME AFFAIRS : operational “at end of June”, the digital green certificate will not be “in any way a passport” necessary to travel, Didier Reynders assures
HEALTH: coronavirus, Johnson & Johnson vaccine rollout delayed in Europe
EXTERNAL ACTION
UKRAINE: Westerners are concerned about Russian troop build-up on borders
SYRIA: Syrian opposition calls on EU to push for implementation of Resolution 2254
TUNISIA: Mohamed Ali Nafti believes that relations with EU must be modernised
AFRICA : EU mobilises €54.5 million in humanitarian aid for African Great Lakes region
DEVELOPMENT: despite increase in 2020, aid from rich countries is not enough to cover immense needs of poor countries
DEVELOPMENT: EU allocates €6.5 million to global fund for education of children in emergencies
INSTITUTIONAL
RULE OF LAW: Commission’s annual report must do more to highlight serious breaches of Rule of law, says European Parliament
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: more ambitious contract between French State and Alsatian authorities to defend ‘Strasbourg, European capital’.
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: Portuguese Council Presidency suggests compromise on targeting of aid
FISHERIES: MEPs regret lack of progress in implementing EU/UK agreement 
CLIMATE/FINANCE: original purpose of EU taxonomy is at risk of being undermined, says ‘Platform on Sustainable Finance’
ENERGY: presentation of draft report by MEP Zdzisław Krasnodębski on revision of TEN-E Regulation
ENERGY: NGO Fern is concerned about Member States’ intention to increase use of biomass
ENERGY: according to WindEurope, almost €43 billion invested in new wind farms in Europe in 2020
DIGITAL: DSA/DMA, Committee on Civil Liberties MEPs focus on users’ rights and role of gatekeepers
TRANSPORT: European Court of Auditors points to EU shortcomings in electro-mobility
MIGRATION: new Eurodac regulation could be voted on as early as June in parliamentary committee
MIGRATION: MEPs want new tools for legal labour migration
JUSTICE: work on updating Budapest Convention is nearing completion, according to European Commission
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: stakeholders of Porto Social Summit limit themselves to supporting voluntary national targets
EMPLOYMENT: carcinogens and mutagens in workplace, MEPs hold “formal” vote on mandate of far-right MEP Stefania Zambelli
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: delegated regulation presented on model of certificate attesting to compliance with rules on organic production
TAXATION: UN backs solidarity tax to reduce inequalities exacerbated by pandemic
IRAN: Tehran takes countermeasures against new EU sanctions
FISHERIES: sixty-two out of 110 shark and ray species in Portuguese waters under threat, according to WWF