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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12812
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YOUTH / Youth

Commission presents its proposals to make 2022 European Year of Youth

The project to make 2022 the European Year of Youth (see EUROPE B12791A9) is taking shape: the European Commission published, on Thursday 14 October, its proposal on the subject. It still needs to be approved by MEPs and the EU Council before it can be implemented - ideally starting 1 January of next year.

“The overall objective of the European Year of Youth shall be to boost the efforts of the Union, the Member States, regional and local authorities to honour, support and engage with...

Contents

YOUTH
YOUTH: Commission presents its proposals to make 2022 European Year of Youth
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: EU Member States start discussions on artificial intelligence
DIGITAL: Angelika Winzig’s report on extending free data roaming adopted in European Parliament committee
ENERGY: MEPs call for more ambition to tackle rising prices
AGRICULTURE: MEP Herbert Dorfmann calls for reference to impact assessments in European Parliament report on Farm to Fork Strategy
FOOD: Greens in European Parliament slam agribusiness lobby’s attempt to torpedo ‘Farm to Fork’ strategy ahead of plenary vote
BIODIVERSITY: COP15, EU welcomes ‘Kunming Declaration’ as a starting point for negotiating an ambitious post-2020 global framework
CLIMATE: EU is not on track to limit global warming to 1.5°C, according to Climate Transparency and Climate Analytics
MIGRATION: migrants at border with Belarus; Ylva Johansson calls for a meeting with Polish, Lithuanian and Latvian Ambassadors to EU
COMPANIES: EU small and medium-sized enterprises are growing faster than expected
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
BANKS: Andrea Enria calls for “full, timely and faithful” implementation of ‘Basel III’ in EU
TAXATION: G20 finance group gives green light to international corporate tax reform
INSTITUTIONAL
POLAND: Mark Rutte will ask for Polish recovery plan to be blocked until further notice
EXTERNAL ACTION
HUMAN RIGHTS: MEPs shortlist Alexei Navalny, Jeanine Áñez and a group of eleven Afghan women activists for Sakharov Prize 2021
UNITED KINGDOM: David Frost in Brussels on 15 October to start talks on flexibilities for Protocol on Ireland
VENEZUELA: EU justifies its decision to send an election observation mission
CHINA: EU renews anti-dumping duties on Chinese wire rod
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
DEMOGRAPHY: EU countries surveyed on sustainability of their social protection systems in face of ageing populations
NEWS BRIEFS
DEMOCRACY: draft report on “SLAPPs” adopted by large majority in European Parliament committees
EMPLOYMENT: EU employment rate still rising in Q2 2021
WTO: Katherine Tai affirms US support for WTO appellate body reform
SOCIAL: EPSU and European Federation of Social Employers apply to set up a European sectoral social dialogue committee for social services
SOCIAL: working time practices changed significantly between 2019 and 2020 in European Union