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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12767
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EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19 / Cohesion

REACT-EU, European Commission approves new funds for four Member States

22/07/2021 (Agence Europe) – On Thursday 22 July, the European Commission announced the approval of several operational programmes (OP) worth €336 million for Croatia, France, Germany and Greece. Croatia will benefit from an additional €10 million. France will receive an additional €60.3 million, notably for the overseas regions. Germany should receive €115 million for the region of Saxony and €56.5 million for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Finally, Greece should be allocated €100...

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EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED KINGDOM: Ursula von der Leyen rejects Boris Johnson’s request to renegotiate Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Viktor Orbán announces referendum on Hungarian discriminatory law condemned by EU
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENERGY: Nord Stream 2 , European Commission takes note of agreement between Germany and US
ENERGY: European energy regulators provide their recommendations for combatting methane leakage
ENERGY: IEA expects record CO2 emissions in 2023
AGRICULTURE: EU Member States expected to confirm their agreement on consolidated texts reforming CAP on Friday, 23 July
BIODIVERSITY: EU must take lead in strengthening draft UN text for COP15, say EU-27 environment ministers
HEALTH: Council’s position on regulations on cross-border health threats and ECDC mandate to be validated
JUSTICE: Member States green-light installing e-CODEX computer system in Tallinn
JUSTICE: European Commission wants to upgrade digital company law
SPACE: France and Germany agree to guarantee European preference in space launchers
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
WTO: Covid-19, WTO publishes list of trade measures to facilitate production and distribution of critical products
TRANSPORT: Covid certificate, European Commission publishes new guidelines to streamline airport checks and controls
RESEARCH: European Commission provides €120 million to support 11 research projects on coronavirus and its variants
COHESION: REACT-EU, European Commission approves new funds for four Member States
ECONOMY - FINANCE
ECB: Frankfurt-based institute specifies evolution of its monetary policy, in particular forward guidance on its key rates
ECOFIN: EU Council to endorse four more national recovery plans
COMPETITION: public consultation on revision of Short-Term Export-Credit Insurance Communication
NEWS BRIEFS
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: convening of an extraordinary ministerial meeting at end of July by Mr Borrell is not excluded
TRADE: France and Germany want to protect European businesses in view of Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Poland condemned again by ECHR for its judicial reform
ENVIRONMENT: European Commission consultation to make legislation more effective at protecting marine environment
DIGITAL: EU lags behind US in business digitalisation
PERU: EU welcomes victory of President-elect Pedro Castillo
HEALTH: just over half of adults in EU are considered overweight, says Eurostat