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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12728
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NEWS BRIEFS / Tourism

EU Council calls for mobilisation of EU budget and European Recovery Plan for tourism sector

27/05/2021 (Agence Europe) – On Thursday 27 May, the Council of the European Union adopted conclusions on the future of tourism for the next decade (see EUROPE B12712A6). As the summer season approaches and while the tourism sector is among those most affected by the health crisis, the institution calls for “intelligent use of existing funding opportunities under the EU’s Multiannual Financial Framework and the Next Generation EU instrument”. Member States and the European...

Contents

BEACONS
Beacons: 2021, the European Year of Rail. Really? (1)
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: ‘DMA/DSA’, Member States support legislative package, but want more involvement of national competition authorities
INDUSTRY: European Commission will not make public list of critical industrial components on which EU is dependent, for now
ENERGY: revised ‘RED II’ Directive remains reserved for renewables, Kadri Simson tells MEPs
AGRICULTURE: final push for political compromise between EU institutions on CAP
PLANTS: Agriculture Council supports an adaptation of legislative framework for new biotechnologies
FISHERIES: EU Ministers want full agreement with UK on 2021 quotas
BIODIVERSITY: EU pollinators initiative useful but not sufficient, says Commission assessment
HEALTH: political groups in European Parliament detail their priorities for new Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe
MIGRATION: European Parliament is trying to identify main problems of ‘Pact on Migration and Asylum’ with Member States
COHESION: EU Council adopts a series of cohesion policy regulations
CONSUMERS: BEUC warns EU about toxic chemicals found in non-plastic disposable tableware
EXTERNAL ACTION
JAPAN: EU and Tokyo launch “Green Alliance” to strengthen cooperation on climate, environment and biodiversity
JAPAN: EU ready to engage with its Japanese partner to tackle various global challenges
BELARUS: Mr Borrell calls for quick decision on new EU economic and sectoral sanctions
NEIGHBOURHOOD: EU to step up involvement in resolving frozen conflicts
MALI: European Foreign Ministers concerned about “coup within a coup”
AFRICA: EU Foreign Ministers want “more proactive, more engaged, and more vocal” EU-Africa relations
ANGOLA: EU Council gives green light to opening of negotiations for an agreement on investment facilitation
SYRIA: EU denounces presidential elections of 26 May
PAKISTAN: Shah Mehmood Qureshi calls for relations between his country and EU to be strengthened
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Portuguese Presidency of Council of EU makes a new proposal regarding coordination of social security systems
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: MEPs take initial stock of strategy for Covid-19 treatment options
COHESION: REACT-EU—European Commission approves new support for four EU countries
HEALTH: EU wants to ensure that AstraZeneca will deliver all approved doses of Covid-19 vaccine
ECONOMY: Finland officially submits its national recovery plan
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF EU: timetable and content of Conference on Future of Europe work are becoming clearer
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: preparations are well underway for return to Strasbourg on 7 June for plenary session
NEWS BRIEFS
HOME AFFAIRS: EU Council adopts new Regulation on Visa Information System
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU increases humanitarian aid for Palestinians by 8 million euros
INSURANCE: Petra Hielkema to chair European regulator EIOPA from 1 September
GENDER EQUALITY: Commission unable to “fully accept” all Court of Auditors’ recommendations on gender mainstreaming in EU budget
COMPANIES: 60 organisations urge EU to lead on public country-by-country reporting
SPACE: space sector suggests reducing imports in EU
MIGRATION: more asylum applications in EU from Moroccan and West African nationals
SYRIA: EU extends sanctions against regime until 1 June 2022
TOURISM: EU Council calls for mobilisation of EU budget and European Recovery Plan for tourism sector