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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12738

11 June 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 26 / 38
EXTERNAL ACTION / Western balkans
Várhelyi and Rama push for Western Balkans Schengen Area to be established
Brussels, 10/06/2021 (Agence Europe)

The Commissioner for Enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi, and Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama emphasised on Thursday 10 June how important it was to establish a common area of free movement in the Western Balkans – a mini-Schengen.

“We have been from the beginning, and still remain, firmly convinced that the regional Schengen project is a strategic project with enormous economic, social and political benefits for our whole region”, said Rama after a summit of Balkan leaders in Tirana.

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
TRADE: European Parliament votes to temporarily lift patents on anti-Covid-19 medical products
BUDGET: European Parliament calls for an end to conflict of interest case involving Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš
BUDGET: European Parliament ready to take European Commission to Court of Justice on ‘rule of law’ conditionality
ECONOMY: European Parliament calls on European Commission to take a hard look at national recovery plans
BELARUS: European Parliament calls for swift adoption of new sanctions against regime
RUSSIA: European Parliament calls on Moscow to end its attacks on civil society
SOCIAL: European Parliament gives a mixed reception to outcome of Porto Summit
GENDER EQUALITY: European Parliament calls for more women in science education and careers
WOMEN: unanimous condemnation in European Parliament of cyber-violence against female politicians
MIGRATION: European Parliament denounces Morocco’s use of migration as a means of pressure on Spain
ANIMAL HEALTH: cage farming could be phased out in Europe by 2027, says European Parliament
UN: European Parliament calls for continued support for effective multilateralism
DIGITAL: MEPs want tougher cybersecurity legislation by 2023
ENVIRONMENT: pesticides – European Parliament opposes extending authorisation of flumioxazin and other toxic active substances in EU
ENVIRONMENT: European Parliament opposes setting of acceptable residue level for imidacloprid in fish
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
COHESION: The European Commission must be flexible to take into account the extension of the pandemic, says Elisa Ferreira
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENT: ‘sustainable batteries’ regulation, Portuguese Presidency of EU Council to hand over to Slovenian Presidency
ENVIRONMENT: EU Environment Ministers want synergies between ‘zero pollution’ action plan and other ‘Green Deal’ strategies
CLIMATE: EU Council adopts conclusions on Adaptation to Climate Change
CLIMATE/TRANSPORT: Member States divided on setting deadline for sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans
ANIMAL HEALTH: outdoor pig farms carry a substantial risk of introducing African swine fever, says EFSA
JUSTICE: e-evidence, Portuguese Presidency of EU Council seeks compromise on notification
HOME AFFAIRS: Covid-19 pandemic has led to increased digitalisation of drug markets, notes EMCDDA
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: status quo on monetary policy
STATE AID: Spain must recover incompatible aid from certain digital terrestrial operators
EXTERNAL ACTION
WESTERN BALKANS: Várhelyi and Rama push for Western Balkans Schengen Area to be established
RUSSIA: EU denounces labelling Mr Navalny’s organisations ‘extremist groups’
UNITED KINGDOM: EU leaders to discuss Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland at G7
INSTITUTIONAL
EU2021SI: Slovenian Presidency of EU Council prepares for a demanding agenda
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
BANKS: Court rules that a limitation period for recovery of sums paid on basis of an unfair term in a loan agreement is incompatible with EU law
MIGRATION: CJEU says number of civilian casualties not sufficient to determine intensity of an armed conflict in context of an application for subsidiary protection
INDUSTRY: Dieselgate - Court Advocate General confirms that European Commission “illegally” modified emission limits in context of conformity factors
NEWS BRIEFS
FUTURE OF THE EU: Conference on the Future of Europe – composition of European Parliament delegation to plenary assembly finalised
ENERGY: Portuguese EU Council Presidency maintains its proposal for a transitional period for natural gas/hydrogen blending in revision of TEN-E Regulation
ENERGY: Member States urge European Commission to establish a biofuels database
ENERGY: ten NGOs call on European Commission to increase EU’s 2030 renewable energy target
MIGRATION: forty-seven MEPs are concerned about use of acoustic cannons against migrants in Greece
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: European Parliament Legal Service considers that ‘Employment and Social Affairs’ Committee should elect a new chair