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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12724

22 May 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 29 / 30
CALENDAR / Main activities of the european institutions
Until 28 May 2021
Brussels, 21/05/2021 (Agence Europe)

Monday 24 May

  • Brussels. European Council. Extraordinary meeting of Heads of State or Government (and 25/05). – Covid-19: update on the coordination of the EU’s response to the pandemic. – Climate change: stocktaking of decisions taken and guidance to the Commission for future proposals. – Russia: strategic debate on Russia and the way forward in relations with Moscow. – United Kingdom: debate on relations with London following the entry into force of the EU/UK Trade and...

Contents

EUROPEAN COUNCIL
CLIMATE: discussions between EU27 could prove complicated
HEALTH: SARS-CoV-2 variants, health certificates and vaccine deliveries via Covax on European Council agenda
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: European Council to return to subject of relations with Moscow in June
UNITED KINGDOM: EU-27 to review relations with London amid “worrying developments” over Northern Ireland protocol
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: Rome Summit commits to principles to guide global response to future pandemics
HOME AFFAIRS: EU Member States approve agreement with European Parliament on ‘EU Digital Covid Certificates’
HOME AFFAIRS: inclusion of UK on list of third countries whose residents can travel to EU is not yet guaranteed
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: recovery underway, but pandemic “will leave scars”, says Eurogroup
TAXATION: Germany and France welcome US proposals on minimum corporate taxation
STATE AID: launch of public consultation over revision of risk finance guidelines
SECTORAL POLICIES
REGIONS interview: Without regions, cohesion funds and European recovery plan risk failure, warns Apostolos Tzitzikostas
AGRICULTURE: EU institutions hope to reach an agreement on CAP reform on 26 or 27 May
AGRICULTURE: CAP reform, organic farming, seeds, new genomic techniques on menu of EU Council of 26-27 May
ANIMAL HEALTH: MEPs back calls to phase out caged farming
HOME AFFAIRS: Commission sets up a European information exchange system on refusals of requests to carry weapons
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
JUSTICE: UK personal data protection regime adequacy, European Parliament calls on Commission to reconsider
AGRICULTURE: European Commission rejects European Parliament request for support measures related to frost damage
COHESION: European Parliament wants to use Recovery Plan and Cohesion Policy to revitalise Europe’s demography
HAITI: European Parliament calls for rapid organisation of free and fair general elections
CHAD: European Parliament calls for rapid return to constitutional order
EXTERNAL ACTION
NEAR EAST: EU welcomes ceasefire announcement
CHINA: EU must abandon “confrontational attitude”, says Beijing
JAPAN: Europe and Japan to review bilateral relations on Thursday 27 May
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
ENVIRONMENT: EU Court of Justice orders Poland to stop lignite extraction at Turów mine
MIGRATION: Court of Justice of the European Union clarifies notion of subsequent asylum application
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
WOMEN: About 60 MEPs call on Maltese government to decriminalise abortion
NEWS BRIEFS
OACPS: Hungary refuses to approve post-Cotonou agreement
MIGRATION: national ambassadors give EU green light for political agreement on ‘Blue Card’ Directive
CALENDAR
Main activities of the European institutions: until 28 May 2021
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other events: until 28 may 2021