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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12783

4 September 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 19 / 24
NEWS BRIEFS / Future of eu
Conference on Future of Europe, decision on method of distributing seats among MEPs postponed

03/09/2021 (Agence Europe) – The coordinator of the European Parliament delegation to the Conference on the Future of the EU (COFE), Guy Verhofstadt (Renew Europe, Belgium) proposed on Friday 3 September that the decision on the distribution of seats between political groups be postponed. The proposed distribution based on a system of “fixed seats” does not seem to comply with the D’Hondt rules (see EUROPE B12782A27) and would be to the detriment of small political groups (those...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
AFGHANISTAN: EU Member States set conditions for operational engagement with Taliban
BELARUS: EU Member States ready to take necessary measures to support countries affected by influx of migrants
TRADE/CLIMATE: Valdis Dombrovskis defends Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism as incentive tool
MEDITERRANEAN: MEPs call for more sustainable and inclusive investment policy for Southern countries
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: European Commission and AstraZeneca agree on a new deadline for delivery of missing vaccine doses and end their litigation
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: ship emissions, European Commission surveys Member States ahead of next session at IMO
ENVIRONMENT: EU Member States and UNEP call for international treaty to beat plastic pollution
AGRICULTURE: new EU Forest Strategy criticised by MEPs
ANIMAL HEALTH: African swine fever is spreading in EU wild boar population
MIGRATION: Committee of the Regions and European Economic and Social Committee also have critical opinion of ‘Pact on Migration and Asylum’
INTERNAL MARKET: European Data Protection Supervisor calls for safeguards over general product safety
SPACE: Member States reflect on how to carry out normative activities to ensure EU autonomy
TRANSPORT: consultation on increase of fees due to EU Agency for Railways
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
EU LAW: Member States’ constitutional courts and EU Court of Justice are working on national “constitutional identity”
SOCIAL: Italian legislation restricting childbirth and maternity allowances infringes EU law, says Court
ENERGY: market liberalisation, Germany condemned by Court of Justice for incomplete transposition of EU law
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
STATE AID: green light for €10 million Irish support measure for fishery sector in context of Brexit
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: European Parliament Committee to vote on CAP reform texts on 9 September
FUTURE OF EU: Conference on Future of Europe, decision on method of distributing seats among MEPs postponed
ENERGY: European Commission gives green light to extension of Swedish tax exemption for biofuels
TRANSPORT: air traffic controllers’ right to strike, unions call on European Parliament to respond to Hungarian government’s decisions
VENEZUELA: International Contact Group welcomes talks between Maduro regime and political opposition
CALENDAR
Main activities of the European institutions: until 11 September 2021
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other events: until 10 September 2021