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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12815

20 October 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 22
YOUTH / Youth
EU Council sees European Year of Youth as an opportunity to promote civic spaces for young people
Brussels, 19/10/2021 (Agence Europe)

The Council of the European Union Working Party on Youth will meet on Wednesday 20 October. During this meeting, it is expected to discuss a new version of the Slovenian Presidency of the EU Council’s draft conclusions on “safeguarding and creating civic spaces for young people”.

The draft conclusions, of which EUROPE has obtained a copy, suggest in particular that the European Commission and the EU27 take advantage of the European Year of Youth, which should start next January (see...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
POLAND: EU European Affairs Ministers renew support for Commission over its Rule of law dispute with Warsaw
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: European Commission confirms its new ‘one in, one out’ approach in its 2022 Work Programme
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
POLAND: Commission and Polish government acknowledge their disagreement on principle of primacy of European law
CULTURE: MEPs call for European status for cultural and creative professionals
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: new start for a “no-taboos” reflection on reform of EU fiscal rules
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: facing rising energy prices, Warsaw calls on EU to review or postpone some ‘Fit for 55’ package proposals
ENERGY: rising energy prices—Slovenian Council Presidency consults Member States
DIGITAL: EU Council adopts conclusions on potential for a Joint Cyber Unit
AGRICULTURE: study by Europe Jacques Delors think tank reconciles CAP and ‘Farm to Fork’ strategy
ENVIRONMENT:  pesticides—PAN Europe opposes possible renewal of flumioxazin and cypermethrin in EU
EXTERNAL ACTION
ENLARGEMENT: Olivér Várhelyi highlights progress in Western Balkans
EASTERN PARTNERSHIP: EU to work on ‘fundamentals’
AFRICA: pandemic and preparation of 6th EU/AU Summit on agenda of second EU/AU ministerial meeting on 26 October in Kigali
UNITED STATES: launch of consultation platform for EU-US Trade and Technology Council
YOUTH
YOUTH: EU Council sees European Year of Youth as an opportunity to promote civic spaces for young people
NEWS BRIEFS
CLIMATE: more than 110 million Africans at risk to be exposed to extreme consequences of global warming by 2030, warns UN
TRADE: new public consultation on trade agreements with Georgia and Moldova
COMPANIES:  SMEunited raises alarm on soaring energy prices
SPACE: Eurospace publishes recommendations to significantly strengthen European space sector
DIGITAL: European Commission consults to adapt rules on compensation for defective products
PARLIAMENT: Stéphane Séjourné is new Chair of Renew Europe group in European Parliament
SYRIA: EU welcomes start of sixth round of negotiations of Syrian Constitutional Committee