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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12729

29 May 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 32 / 33
CALENDAR / Main activities of the european institutions
Until 4 June 2021
Brussels, 28/05/2021 (Agence Europe)

Monday 31 May

  • Brussels. Council of the EU. Preparatory proceedings: Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management (CivCom); Working Party on the United Kingdom.
  • Brussels. European Parliament. Committee activities. – BUDG: Building policy – exchange of views with the rapporteur on the subject, Fabienne Keller; presentation of the results of the study on the potential of new own resources for policy guidance; exchange with Shalanda Young, from the Biden administration’s Office...

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: 2021, the European Year of Rail. Really? (2)
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: political agreement in EU Council on EuroHPC Joint Undertaking for high performance computing
RESEARCH: EU Council stresses need to create more attractive working conditions for European researchers
SPACE: EU ministers support approach of European Commission and Portuguese Presidency of EU Council on space traffic management
INDUSTRY: announced presentation of Single Market Emergency Instrument unanimously welcomed in EU Council
AGRICULTURE: new negotiations in June between EU institutions to try to overcome blockages on CAP
AGRICULTURE: impact of ‘Farm to Fork’ strategy is of concern to several EU Member States
BIODIVERSITY: MEPs are being ambitious with a Biodiversity Law for an effective EU 2030 strategy
FISHERIES: EU fishermen strongly reject Norway’s unilateral mackerel quota increase
HEALTH: Member States discuss ways to address shortages of medicines and medical devices in EU
JUSTICE: despite delays in appointment of European Delegated Prosecutors, European Public Prosecutor’s Office will start work on 1 June
MIGRATION: Greece among first countries to put digital Covid-19 certificate into operation
TRANSPORT: Borrell wants to shed light on air traffic disruptions from EU to Moscow
EXTERNAL ACTION
BELARUS: European Commission presents its €3 billion plan of economic support for a democratic Belarus
AFGHANISTAN: despite foreign troop withdrawal, EU will continue to pursue goals, says Niklasson
MEDITERRANEAN: regional integration is progressing slowly
MALAYSIA: opening of a WTO panel on EU-Kuala Lumpur biofuels dispute
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CSDP: João Cravinho hopes for approval of Mozambique mission in June
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: European Medicines Agency authorises inoculation of Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for adolescents
BUDGET/ECONOMY: European Recovery Plan financing operations will start in June
STATE AID: green light for €10 billion German aid for businesses after Covid-19
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPETITION: European Commission suggests updating Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation
BANKS: banking industry’s requirements to facilitate economic recovery in EU
NEWS BRIEFS
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU to mobilise €25.4 million in humanitarian aid for Ukraine
CHINA: China invites four European foreign ministers to promote cooperation with EU
TRADE: WTO sees solid recovery in goods trade in 2021
DEFENCE: EU defence ministers discuss disruptive technologies
FINANCE/BANKING: birth of French think tank Association Europe - Finances - Régulations
NATO: Mr Borrell wants to revise joint declaration
REGIONS: European recovery plan, the European Committee of the Regions calls for special attention for outermost regions
SOMALIA: EU ready to support peaceful and early elections
CALENDAR
Main activities of the European institutions: until 4 June 2021
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other events: until 4 June 2021