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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12757

8 July 2021
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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Trade
MEPs approve report on Covid-19 trade repercussions
Brussels, 07/07/2021 (Agence Europe)

The European Parliament approved (by 509 votes to 63 with 120 abstentions) the own-initiative report by Kathleen Van Brempt (S&D, Belgium) on the trade impact of Covid-19 on Wednesday 7 July. 

The report details the direction MEPs believe EU trade policy should take. It was an opportunity to return to the European Parliament's request, expressed in June, to engage in a “constructive dialogue” on a temporary lifting of patents on Covid-19 vaccines at WTO level. 

It should be noted that,...

Contents

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
RULE OF LAW/FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: MEPs speak out against Hungary’s law stigmatising LGBTI people and urge European Council to stay engaged
HEALTH: Stella Kyriakides disapproves of European Parliament’s plan to create a platform on medicines stocks
HOME AFFAIRS: European Commission broadly satisfied with start of EU digital Covid certificate
TRADE: MEPs approve report on Covid-19 trade repercussions
ETHIOPIA: MEPs urge EU to act to secure immediate humanitarian access to Tigray at all costs
NATO: European Parliament calls for strengthening of EU-NATO strategic partnership
GMO: European Parliament opposes authorisation of products containing herbicide-resistant GM maize and soybeans
TRANSPORT: European Parliament approves three reports on TEN-T network, Connecting Europe Facility 2.0 and ERTMS
MIGRATION: European Parliament gives final green light to new EU funds on asylum and migration management
MIGRATION: European Parliament confirms new Visa Information System rules
BUDGET: European Parliament approves budgeting of €1.7 billion budget surplus
FISHERIES: offshore wind farms should be placed mainly where fishing is not permitted, according to European Parliament
TAXATION: European Parliament says ‘yes’ to transforming VAT Committee into a comitology committee
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
MONEY LAUNDERING: new EU agency will be centrepiece of Commission’s proposed future anti-money laundering framework
ECONOMY: accelerated lifting of health restrictions fuels economic rebound, says European Commission
ECONOMY: European Commission says it has not suspended assessment of Hungarian recovery plan
TAXATION: a new step in international corporate tax reform is expected at G20 ‘Finance’ Summit in Venice
STATE AID: European Commission publishes results of evaluation of EU rules on aid for broadband networks
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
WTO: EU regrets lack of progress on Covid-19 vaccine patent issue at WTO
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENERGY: Slovenian Presidency seeks to finalise EU Council's position on revision of TEN-E Regulation
AGRICULTURE: positive short-term outlook for EU agricultural sector
INDUSTRY: European Battery Alliance, Maroš Šefčovič signs new Memorandum of Understanding on skills
EXTERNAL ACTION
GEORGIA: Várhelyi calls for freedom of expression and assembly
IRAN: France, UK and Germany are concerned about continued production of enriched uranium metal
TURKEY: EU Facility meets refugees’ needs, says independent study
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: labour market and dual transition issues will be focus of next informal meeting
EMPLOYMENT: rural areas more greatly affected by consequences of pandemic than urban areas, according to European Commission report
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
RUSSIA: Russian legislation on “foreign agents” violates basic rights, says Council of Europe’s Venice Commission
TURKEY: according to Venice Commission, law on prevention of financing of weapons of mass destruction is of great concern from a basic rights perspective
NEWS BRIEFS
BELARUS: EU denounces expulsion of two Lithuanian diplomats
BUDGET: ‘Rule of law conditionality’, “we will start first files this autumn”, promises von der Leyen
COURT OF JUSTICE: appointment of two judges and two advocates-general
MEDIA: EU institutions unanimously condemn the attack on Dutch journalist Peter R. de Vries
MOLDOVA: European Parliament delegation will observe early parliamentary elections on 11 July
SOCIAL: ‘Fit for 55’, trade unions, employers and NGOs in automotive sector call for specific European measures
SOCIAL: Slovenian EU Council Presidency considering adoption of three conclusions
TRANSPORT: green light for signing of contracts for construction of Lyon-Turin rail tunnel on French side