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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12726

26 May 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 8 / 32
SECTORAL POLICIES / Regions
Brexit adjustment reserve, MEPs revise method of resource allocation
Brussels, 25/05/2021 (Agence Europe)

On Tuesday 25 May, MEPs in the Committee on Regional Development (REGI) adopted (35 votes in favour, 1 against, 6 abstentions) the draft report by Pascal Arimont (EPP, Belgium) on the Brexit adjustment reserve, substantially modifying the method of allocating the fund’s resources, which amount to 5 billion euros, to bring it into line with the position of the EU Council.

Thus, the final agreement provides for an eligibility period from 1 July 2019 to 31 December 2023. This...

Contents

EUROPEAN COUNCIL
CLIMATE: EU27 will meet after summer to discuss future legislative package to achieve EU’s climate ambition
HEALTH: satisfied with progress of Covid-19 vaccination in EU, EU27 nevertheless call for vigilance
HOME AFFAIRS: EU leaders want to prepare for a return to free movement in EU
MIGRATION: EU27 to address migration question in June
BELARUS: Macron says additional sanctions were most effective response to Ryanair hijacking
RUSSIA: Merkel and Draghi call for EU unity in face of Russian actions
MALI: EU27 call for immediate release of Malian President Bah N’Daw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane
SECTORAL POLICIES
REGIONS: Brexit adjustment reserve, MEPs revise method of resource allocation
COMPETITIVENESS: industrial strategy, high performance computing and space policy on agenda of EU Council on 27-28 May
SPACE: official launch of new European Union Agency for the Space Programme
TRANSPORT: European airline pilots concerned about consequences of forced landing of Ryanair flight in Minsk
FISHERIES: European Fisheries Control Agency wants to strengthen its inspection fleet
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CSDP: European External Action Service learns initial lessons from Coordinated Maritime Presences pilot project
CSDP: EU to extend EUBAM Libya mission until 30 June 2023
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: MEPs call for steel and aluminium safeguard measures to be extended
CHINA: EU needs trade defence tools before expanding relations with Beijing, say MEPs
UNITED STATES: MEPs support creation of a Transatlantic Trade and Technology Council
MYANMAR: EU denounces junta’s proposal to dissolve Aung San Suu Kyi’s party
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: country-by-country reporting, Portuguese Presidency of EU Council takes a step towards Parliament
TAXATION: energy taxation, EU Member States support inclusion of aviation and maritime sectors 
STATE AID: green light in Germany for 2.1 billion euros in aid for high-speed mobile communications services
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
AFRICA: EU ready to invest €1 billion in vaccines, medicines and access to biotechnology
SOCIAL: SURE instrument - European Commission disburses another tranche of financial support to 12 Member States
COHESION: REACT-EU - European Commission approves new modifications of operational programmes for France, Malta, and Slovenia
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: European Parliament is drafting its recommendations for extension of European crime list to gender-based violence
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: CAP support helps stabilise farm income, says European Commission
ECONOMY: eurozone inflation confirmed at 1.6% in April
ENVIRONMENT: European Commission consults on data on separate collection of single-use plastic bottles
ENVIRONMENT: Poland does not intend to close Turów mine, despite EU Court of Justice’s order
DIGITAL: European media want rapid adoption of digital markets act
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: MEP Lucia Nicholsonová leaves ECR group to join Renew Europe
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