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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12803

2 October 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 14 / 25
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Ecofin
Rising energy prices and Next Generation EU Recovery Plan on ministerial agenda
Brussels, 01/10/2021 (Agence Europe)

Following the example of their euro area counterparts the day before (see EUROPE B12801A18), the European Finance Ministers will discuss the sharp rise in energy prices in Luxembourg on Tuesday 5 October.

This surge in energy prices is by far the most important factor in the current rise in inflation. It reached 3.4% in September, according to a Eurostat estimate published on Friday 1 October (see other news).

At this stage, the ECB is maintaining its very accommodating monetary...

Contents

CALENDAR(S)
Calendar(s): now regularly updated on agenceurope.eu
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: data governance, EU Council is ready to negotiate with European Parliament
JUSTICE: “We have to work as if the European Public Prosecutor’s Office did not exist in Slovenia”, says an impatient Laura Kövesi
ENERGY: Greece recommends a temporary hedging mechanism linked to ETS to cope with rising energy prices
CLIMATE: seven Member States have still not submitted their ‘long-term national strategy’ to European Commission
ENVIRONMENT: ClientEarth takes European Commission to court over lack of transparency in pesticide authorisation
BIODIVERSITY: European Green Party calls on EU to act after success of ‘Save Bees and Farmers’ ECI
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: new accusation from MEPs over opaque procurement process for Covid-19 vaccines
REGIONS: regions adopt an opinion calling for greater involvement in national recovery plans
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
RULE OF LAW: situation in Hungary has worsened, says Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield
EXTERNAL ACTION
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: EU’s strategic autonomy has nothing to do with NATO, says Mr Borrell
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Glucksmann, Guetta and Maurel call for greater strategic autonomy for EU
AUSTRALIA: European Commission postpones next trade agreement negotiations with Canberra
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECOFIN: rising energy prices and Next Generation EU Recovery Plan on ministerial agenda
INSTITUTIONAL
PARLIAMENTARY PLENARY: soaring energy prices, transatlantic relations and post-pandemic recovery plans will dominate next plenary session
NEWS BRIEFS
DEMOCRACY: eight new platforms and organisations could join European Code of Practice on Disinformation
DEVELOPMENT: journalist Pari Saikia wins Lorenzo Natali Media Prize 2021
ECONOMY: euro area inflation estimated at 3.4% in September
COMPANIES:  sustainable corporate governance, trade unions worried about European Commission’s slowness
SPACE: Galileo, joint inter-institutional coordination office between ESA, European Commission and EUSPA now in place
ETHIOPIA: Janez Lenarčič highlights UN’s essential humanitarian role, after seven officials are deemed as ‘persona non grata’ by Addis Ababa
FINANCE: MEPs support appointment of Verena Ross as head of ESMA
INTERNAL MARKET: First opinion of European Commission on dispute resolution under new mutual recognition regulation
MIGRATION: European Commission technical mission to Poland on 6 October 
TRANSPORT: European Commission consults on revision of State aid rules for railways