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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12730
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INSTITUTIONAL / Future of eu

Matteo Salvini wants to bring together “the best” of the EPP, ECR, and Identity and Democracy groups in European Parliament

The time has come to bring together “the best” of the Christian Democrat (EPP), sovereignist (ECR), and far-right (Identity and Democracy) groups to play a decisive role in the European Parliament, said the leader of the Italian party La Lega, Matteo Salvini, on Sunday 30 May, at the end of a conference organised in Cascais, Portugal by the ID group, which includes his party’s elected representatives.

According to him, such a recomposition in the European Parliament would allow a new...

Contents

EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HOME AFFAIRS: Commission proposes that lifting restrictions on intra-EU travel be harmonised
HEALTH: WHO to convene special assembly in November to negotiate international treaty on pandemic prevention and preparedness
HEALTH: European Commission’s turn to approve use of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for young people aged 12 to 15 years
HEALTH: Commission still counting on the delivery of the Covid-19 vaccine doses agreed with J&J
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT: new EU rules for environmental and energy State aid take shape
CLIMATE: EU reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 3.8% in 2019, confirms EEA
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: European Commission publishes guidelines for proper implementation of Directive on Single-Use Plastics
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: European Commission consults on possible new measures for ecodesign and labelling of phones
DIGITAL: European Parliament points to lack of knowledge about 5G risks
SPACE: EU states support deployment of progressive and flexible European framework on space traffic management
AGRICULTURE: thirteen EU trade organisations call for caution on reducing pesticide use
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPANIES: country-by-country reporting, Ibán García del Blanco believes that a European Parliament/EU Council agreement is possible Tuesday 1 June
COMPANIES: European Parliament seeks clarification on new EU SME Envoy
ECONOMY/TAXATION: OECD revises economic forecast upwards for euro area in 2021 and 2022
SECURITY - DEFENCE
NATO: Afghanistan, developments in Belarus and Ukraine and future of Alliance on agenda of defence ministers’ video conference
EXTERNAL ACTION
UKRAINE: Kiev wants to attract foreign investors to Donbas
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF EU: Matteo Salvini wants to bring together “the best” of the EPP, ECR, and Identity and Democracy groups in European Parliament
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: coordination of social security systems: EFBWW and FIEC are against exemptions from prior notification
NEWS BRIEFS
HOME AFFAIRS: US spying on EU leaders, European Commission stresses importance of privacy
CLIMATE/FINANCE: EU taxonomy, NGOs back on ‘Sustainable Finance Platform’
COHESION: REACT-EU, European Commission gives green light for seven million euros for Austria and Belgium
CONSUMERS: European Commission and national authorities enter into dialogue with TikTok on its unfair commercial practices
SPACE: Arianespace deploys 36 new satellites in OneWeb constellation, a direct competitor to European constellation project
FISHERIES: mixed EU report on compliance with landing obligation in Baltic
DRC: EU allocates €2 million in humanitarian aid for people displaced by eruption of Mount Nyiragongo
ANIMAL HEALTH: MEPs to discuss draft report of animal transport board of inquiry on 16 June