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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12773
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Development

European Commission and EU27 will contribute €1.7 billion to Global Partnership for Education

The European Commission and the Member States (‘Team Europe’) recommitted on Thursday 29 July to contribute to the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) with €1.7 billion for the period 2021-2027.

The European Commission, as already indicated in June, will contribute €700 million - €100 million per year for seven years - which represents a 30% increase on its last contribution.

The remaining €1 billion will be disbursed by the EU27. “This represents the biggest contribution to...

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TIME OFF: Agence Europe is closed from 2 to 20 August inclusive. Issue 12774 will be published on Monday 23 August at the end of the day. Thank you for your loyalty.
BEACONS
Beacons: When the bits that work mask the things that don’t…
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: EMA approves increase in production capacity of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine and predicts “significant impact” for EU
TRANSPORT: European Commission announces additional support of €14 million for transport of vaccination-related materials
SOCIAL: Recovery Plan, European Commission looks at how to calculate social expenditure
STATE AID: green light for €2.5 billion German Covid-19 support for rail transport services
COHESION: REACT-EU, Spain gets €3.7 billion
ECONOMY - FINANCE
BANKS: European banks show good resilience despite pandemic
TAXATION: going through WTO is only acceptable route to challenge EU digital levy, says Valdis Dombrovskis
ECONOMY: EU returned to strong GDP growth in spring
STATE AID: European Commission approves 2022-2027 regional aid map for Czech Republic
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: ETS, European Commission publishes national allocation tables for free emission allowances for 2021-2025
CLIMATE: EESC calls for urgent strengthening of efforts to adapt to climate change
DIGITAL: Amazon fined a record €746 million
EXTERNAL ACTION
LEBANON: infringements of democracy or Rule of law, EU adopts a framework of sanctions
BELARUS: EU condemns regime’s use of migrants and refugees and threatens further sanctions
WTO: markets must remain open and predictable to help global trade recover, says WTO
DEVELOPMENT: European Commission and EU27 will contribute €1.7 billion to Global Partnership for Education
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
CATALONIA: rejection of request for suspension of waiver of parliamentary immunity of Mrs Ponsatí, Mr Puigdemont and Mr Comín
NEWS BRIEFS
WESTERN BALKANS: North Macedonia, Albania and Serbia sign agreements to establish their own ‘mini-Schengen area’
BHUTAN: EU sends over 430,000 doses of vaccine
COMPETITION: consultation on revision of State aid guidelines for broadband networks
ECONOMY: European Commission starts its assessment of Joint Harmonised EU Programme of Business and Consumer Surveys
HONG KONG: EU denounces Tong Ying-kit’s conviction
INTERNAL MARKET: European Commission consults on a draft delegated act to strengthen cyber security of connected objects
MIGRATION: Frontex deploys additional staff to Lithuania
POLAND: first president of Supreme Court calls on government to bring law on disciplinary regime of judges into line with EU law
SOCIAL: euro area and EU unemployment down in June
SOCIAL: European Commission consults on collection of data on income and living conditions
TRANSPORT: European Commission to look into revision of rules on river information services