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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12809

12 October 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 13 / 28
SECTORAL POLICIES / Regions
European Week of Regions and Cities opens with many challenges
Brussels, 11/10/2021 (Agence Europe)

The 2021 edition of the European Week of Regions and Cities opened in Brussels (but still in a hybrid format) on Monday 11 October, as local and regional authorities face as many difficulties and challenges as opportunities with the European Recovery Plan and the new post-2020 cohesion policy programming.

At a long press briefing late Monday morning, the Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, Elisa Ferreira, and the Committee of the Regions President Apostolos Tzitzikostas (EPP, Greece)...

Contents

BEACONS
Beacons: Be consistent, Mr Morawiecki: trigger article 50!
SECTORAL POLICIES
FISHERIES: France gains support in EU Council over insufficient number of fisheries licences granted by UK
AGRICULTURE: European Commission calls on Member States to submit their strategic plans on CAP by end of 2021
AGRICULTURE: rising fertiliser prices concern several EU agriculture ministers
AGRICULTURE: MEPs debate impact assessments on effects of European Green Deal
BIODIVERSITY: COP15, Council of the EU gives green light to approval of ‘Kunming Declaration’ on behalf of EU
CLIMATE: MEPs finalise their position for COP26
CLIMATE: 24 more countries join global commitment to reduce methane emissions
ENVIRONMENT: EU’s position at seventh meeting of Parties to Aarhus Convention is formally established
ENVIRONMENT: member States have made little recent progress in reducing water pollution from nitrates, according to European Commission
HEALTH: cross-border threat preparedness, health system strengthening and vaccination against Covid-19 on EU ministers’ agenda
TRANSPORT/DIGITAL: MEPs put safety centre stage with artificial intelligence in transport
REGIONS: European Week of Regions and Cities opens with many challenges
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED KINGDOM: London puts role of Court of Justice of EU back on table, just days before new proposals on Northern Ireland
UKRAINE: a bilateral summit to reiterate EU’s continued support for Kiev
CHINA: European Commission suspends anti-dumping duties on Chinese aluminium for nine months
EMPLOYMENT - YOUTH
EMPLOYMENT: MEPs take stock of European Labour Authority’s work
YOUTH: European Year of Youth, MEPs call on Commission to provide means without touching Erasmus+ budget
NEWS BRIEFS
WEAPONS: EU sanctions on 15 individuals and two entities extended until October 2022
FUTURE OF THE EU: promotion of recycling and defending of values among priorities set by 10,000 young Europeans
ENERGY: revision of TEN-E Regulation: inter-institutional negotiations start on 13 October
SPACE: ESA launches NEOCC to track most threatening asteroids
WOMEN: 15 Polish cities commit to gender equality
YOUTH: 60,000 young Europeans will be able to get free tickets for train travel in 2022
MIGRATION: British Government to give Paris money to monitor migrant departures
NICARAGUA: sanctions against fourteen Ortega regime officials extended until October 2022
HEALTH: European Commission proposes amending budget for 2021 with additional €450 million for global immunisation
Op-Ed
OP-ED: Resilient cities and regions, the role of digitalisation – by Olgierd Geblewicz