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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12809

12 October 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 2 / 28
SECTORAL POLICIES / Fisheries
France gains support in EU Council over insufficient number of fisheries licences granted by UK
Brussels, 11/10/2021 (Agence Europe)

On Monday 11 October in Luxembourg, France received the support of ten EU Member States in its battle to obtain more fisheries licences for British waters.

In fact, a statement criticising the UK's position was put forward by France and supported by Spain, Germany, Belgium, Cyprus, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal and Sweden. This text focussed on ‘The proper implementation of the Fisheries Chapter of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement’.

“We call on the United...

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