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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12727
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INSTITUTIONAL / Eu2021si

Resilience and recovery as priorities of Slovenian EU Council Presidency in second half of 2021

On Wednesday 26 May, at a press conference with the President of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša listed the priorities of his country, which will take over the Presidency of the Council of the EU on 1 July.

“I am very happy to see the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel. But the time ahead of us is going to be the time of recovery and of building greater resilience in case similar crises occur again”, he told the media after a...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: negotiations between EU institutions on CAP reform are progressing step by step
BIODIVERSITY: huge parliamentary compromise work ahead of vote on EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030
CLIMATE: Portuguese Presidency of EU Council to finalise draft conclusions on adaptation to climate change
ENERGY: revision of TEN-E Regulation, Portuguese Presidency of EU Council proposes a transition period until 2030 for retrofitted gas assets
MIGRATION: persistent divergences at the EU Council on solidarity and responsibility for asylum and migration
HOME AFFAIRS: MEPs urge Member States to restore normal functioning in Schengen area
JUSTICE: European Public Prosecutor’s Office will officially start its work on 1 June in Luxembourg
DIGITAL: high performance computing, MEPs ready to negotiate with EU Council on future of EuroHPC joint undertaking
COHESION: Elisa Ferreira and MEPs concerned about slow pace of cohesion funds programming
COHESION: Brexit Adjustment Reserve, European Parliament and EU Council differ over regional dimension
SPACE: Eutelsat’s participation in OneWeb constellation could jeopardise its participation in European Secure Connectivity constellation project
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
DEMOCRACY: European Commission steps up efforts to enlist support of platforms in fight against online disinformation
GENDER EQUALITY: Commission not doing enough to ensure gender mainstreaming in EU budget, says European Court of Auditors
EXTERNAL ACTION
SWITZERLAND: Ursula von der Leyen “regrets” Bern’s decision to abandon negotiations on institutional framework agreement
CHINA: first EU-US High Level Dialogue
BELARUS: Lukashenko turned country into Europe’s North Korea, says Svetlana Tikhanovskaya
HOME AFFAIRS/DEFENCE: Africa, EU neighbourhood, Near East, and Indo-Pacific region on agenda of informal ministerial meetings
JAPAN: EU to further strengthen ties with Japan at 27 May summit
TRADE: European Parliament committee approves report on trade-related implications of Covid-19
INSTITUTIONAL
EU2021SI: resilience and recovery as priorities of Slovenian EU Council Presidency in second half of 2021
BUDGET: MEPs want an investigation into conflict of interest involving Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPANIES: revised mandate for Portuguese Presidency of EU Council over country-by-country reporting
TAXATION: agreement on international tax reform within reach, says Franco-German duo
NEWS BRIEFS
HOME AFFAIRS: MEPs on European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties endorse agreement reached on EU digital Covid certificate
AGRICULTURE: CAP contribution to EU climate targets for 2014-2020 is 26%, study finds
ENERGY: new European nuclear safety instrument to be adopted
SPACE: General Court rejects OHB System’s request to suspend award of space contracts to Thales Alenia and Airbus
FINANCE: Single Resolution Board updates its policy on MREL-eligible assets in case of bank resolution
SEAS: EU Council conclusions on a sustainable blue economy
FOOD SAFETY: European Commission preparing regulation to restrict use of red yeast rice as food supplement
TRANSPORT: European Aviation Safety Agency asks airlines to avoid Belarusian airspace