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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12717

11 May 2021
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INSTITUTIONAL / General affairs
EU ministers to discuss European coordination on pandemic and extraordinary European Council at end of May
Brussels, 10/05/2021 (Agence Europe)

Two major issues await the EU ministers at the General Affairs Council (GAC) on Tuesday 11 May: preparations for the extraordinary European Council on 24 and 25 May and European coordination in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic. The ministers will also focus on relations between the EU and Switzerland.

Thus, the GAC meeting, which will be the first to be held physically under the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the EU, will open at around 10:00 a.m. on the thorny issue of...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
WESTERN BALKANS: EU Foreign Ministers call for more political engagement with region
MIDDLE EAST: European Foreign Affairs Ministers deeply concerned about violence in Haram Al-Sharif/Temple Mount
HORN OF AFRICA: EU takes on strengthened integrated strategy
TRADE: EU Council adopts regulation on export controls for dual-use items
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: EU Council determined to move forward with implementation of Security and Defence Programme
INSTITUTIONAL
GENERAL AFFAIRS: EU ministers to discuss European coordination on pandemic and extraordinary European Council at end of May
BUDGET: European Parliament's Committee on Budgets revises amounts of Brexit adjustment reserve upwards
SECTORAL POLICIES
FISHERIES: European Parliament Committee on Fisheries corrects proposal on Brexit adjustment reserve
AGRICULTURE: EU institutions resume negotiations on CAP reform on Tuesday 11 May
ENERGY: Portuguese Presidency of EU Council proposes new ‘Renovation Wave’ strategy draft conclusions
ENERGY/CLIMATE: CO2 emissions from energy use fell by 10% in EU in 2020, according to Eurostat
HEALTH: MEPs discuss funding for Europe’s beating cancer plan
JUSTICE: European Public Prosecutor’s Office on track to start operations on 1st June
MIGRATION: asylum pact will make migrant arrivals to EU quite “manageable”, say Ylva Johansson and Filippo Grandi
MIGRATION: voluntary return and reintegration of migrants, Member States invited to say how they intend to contribute to Commission’s strategy
RESEARCH: EU Council endorses Horizon Europe implementation programme and new priorities for Euratom and EIT
DIGITAL: EU Member States want to give more weight to national competition authorities under ‘Digital Market Act’
INDUSTRY: industrial strategy, steel sector awaits a concrete action plan
ECONOMY
TAXATION: EU co-legislators hope to reach agreement on public country-by-country reporting on 1 June
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
ECONOMY: European recovery plan, Commission maintains target for first payments in July 
SOCIAL: European Commission seeks to evaluate effectiveness of ESF and FEAD in context of Covid-19 pandemic
HEALTH: EU exports far more Covid-19 vaccines than China and Russia and will continue to lead the way, says Borrell
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
CITIZENSHIP: European citizens’ initiative still largely unknown to EU citizens, according to polling company YouGov
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
WOMEN: Liechtenstein ratifies Istanbul Convention, whose tenth anniversary will be celebrated soon
NEWS BRIEFS
AFGHANISTAN: EU strongly condemns attack in Dasht-e-Barchi
CLIMATE: European Parliament’s Environment Committee approves provisional agreement on ‘Climate Law’
CLIMATE: EU and US to work closely together to raise global climate ambition
EBOLA: additional medical equipment arrived in Guinea with EU support
CIVIL PROTECTION: EU Civil Protection Mechanism reform adopted for more effective crisis response
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