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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12803

2 October 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 22 / 25
NEWS BRIEFS / Finance
MEPs support appointment of Verena Ross as head of ESMA

01/10/2021 (Agence Europe) – On Thursday 30 September, the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) endorsed, by a large majority (46 votes in favour, 6 against and 5 abstentions), the appointment of German Verena Ross as head of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), following a hearing organised the same day. A confirmation vote is expected on Tuesday 5 October in the European Parliament plenary session. Ms Ross will replace Steven Maijoor,...

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