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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12789
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Afghanistan

EU and UN want a robust, immediate and coordinated humanitarian response to Afghan crisis

Preventing a large-scale humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan through an immediate and robust international response is an imperative, stressed the EU and all stakeholders at the opening of the High-level Ministerial meeting by video conference, convened on Monday 13 September in Geneva by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, to put the spotlight on acute humanitarian needs.

The UN is appealing is for $606 million to provide life-saving assistance to 11 million people. And another...

Contents

BEACONS
Beacons: State of Union and parliamentary confidence
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
MEDIA: protection of women journalists and dialogue between press and law enforcement agencies at heart of European Commission’s concerns
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE interview: should the EU create a European carbon market for road transport and buildings? Interview with Andreas Graf and Thomas Pellerin-Carlin
MIGRATION: European Court of Auditors recommends that European Commission be more flexible in readmission agreements
MIGRATION: vote on Eurodac planned for mid-November in Committee on Civil Liberties
AGRICULTURE: impact of EU’s ‘Green Deal’ strategies on agricultural production would be severe, according to European study
FOOD SAFETY: European Commission consults on updating European Catalogue of feed materials
SPACE: Slovenian Presidency of EU Council reports rather timid national positions on space traffic management
EXTERNAL ACTION
SERBIA/KOSOVO: Biden administration supports EU-facilitated dialogue
LEBANON: after formation of a government, EU calls for urgent implementation of reforms
TUNISIA: Borrell underlines European apprehensions about political situation
AFGHANISTAN: EU and UN want a robust, immediate and coordinated humanitarian response to Afghan crisis
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: Ireland seeks guarantees on minimum tax levels before joining reform of international tax rules
CROATIA: Valdis Dombrovskis highlights economic risk of low vaccination rates
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT: European trade unions are calling more than ever for a directive to regulate working conditions on digital platforms
NEWS BRIEFS
AFGHANISTAN: Europe has a “moral duty” to help Afghan people, says EESC
STATE AID: European Commission approves EUR 7 million Hungarian aid to support investments to ensure safe operation of Debrecen International Airport
FUTURE OF EU: almost half of Europeans trust European Union, according to a Eurobarometersurvey
COHESION: European Commission approves €100 million for Spain and Cyprus
CLIMATE/FINANCE: France insists on including nuclear energy in EU taxonomy
ENERGY: more than 2,000 scientists sign open letter calling for a ‘Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty’
HOLOCAUST: a special session of European Parliament will commemorate victims of Holocaust every year
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: several recommendations from European Parliament internal reform working groups will be applied on a trial basis
TRANSPORT: UK supports goal of carbon neutrality for global shipping by 2050
TRANSPORT: CER calls on European Commission to better include Western Balkans in revision of TEN-T Regulation