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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12789

14 September 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 6 / 25
SECTORAL POLICIES / Agriculture
Impact of EU’s ‘Green Deal’ strategies on agricultural production would be severe, according to European study
Brussels, 13/09/2021 (Agence Europe)

The measures proposed by the European Commission as part of the ‘Farm to Fork’ and ‘Biodiversity’ strategies, if fully implemented, would result in a significant drop in agricultural production in the EU, according to an EU study published on Monday 13 September.

This impact study published on behalf of the Grain Club Alliance and other associations and written by Professor Christian Henning, Director of the Institute of Agricultural Economics at Kiel University, Germany, confirms...

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