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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12749

26 June 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 22 / 28
NEWS BRIEFS / Cohesion
REACT-EU, Commission approves €93 million for City of Berlin

Brussels, 25/06/2021 (Agence Europe) – On Friday 25 June, the European Commission approved the modification of two operational programmes of the European Social Fund (ESF) and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), under REACT-EU, for a total amount of around €93 million. Under the ESF, €37 million will be put towards training for disadvantaged young people, in order to support ‘start-ups’ in the medical and health care sectors, and to help the homeless. As regards the...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: political agreement between EU institutions on elements of CAP reform
AGRICULTURE: European Court of Auditors criticises EU aid during 2014-2016 dairy crisis
JUSTICE: European Parliament in turn considers transfer of management of e-CODEX system
EUROPEAN COUNCIL
HEALTH: vigilance and coordination remain watchwords of EU-27, which is “very concerned” about spread of Delta variant
HOME AFFAIRS : EU-27 call for caution as Member States re-open to EU and third-country tourists
MIGRATION: new €3 billion aid package to help Turkey will soon be on table of Member States, confirms Ursula von der Leyen
EMU: EU leaders view economic recovery with optimism and caution
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: after summit debate on controversial Hungarian bill, Hungary’s place in EU is in question
EUROPEAN COUNCIL: EU-27 to discuss relations with China on 5 October in Slovenia
RUSSIA: Europeans divided on holding a summit with Vladimir Putin
TURKEY: EU will never accept two-state solution in Cyprus, warns Ms von der Leyen
BELARUS: leaders welcome adoption of sanctions against regime
SAHEL: European Council reiterates its call for respect for Transitional Charter in Mali and its support for stabilisation of region
LIBYA: European Council calls for progress on political dialogue and foreign troop withdrawal
CYBERSECURITY: EU leaders condemn latest cyber attacks and call for response
EXTERNAL ACTION
NORTH MACEDONIA: Bulgaria will not allow its arm to be twisted into accepting opening of negotiations, warns Rumen Radev
WTO: EU defends its proposal on intellectual property rights for Covid-19 vaccines at WTO
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
DEVELOPMENT: European Parliament calls on EU to mobilise significantly more funding to help poor countries cope with impact of pandemic
BUDGET/COHESION: Just Transition Mechanism, European Parliament adopts interinstitutional agreement reached on public sector loan facility
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
DEMOCRACY: LinkedIn joins EU code of conduct on countering illegal hate speech online
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
MIGRATION: European Pact on Migration and Asylum strongly challenged in debate at Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly
NEWS BRIEFS
COHESION: REACT-EU, Commission approves €93 million for City of Berlin
TRADE: agri-food trade rose sharply in March
DEFENCE: EU and South Korea to strengthen cooperation on maritime safety
FINANCE: ECB to supervise systemic investment firms
FOOD SAFETY: European Commission consulting on revision of labelling rules for alcoholic beverages
CALENDAR
Main activities of the European institutions: until 2 July 2021
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other events: until 2 july 2021