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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12819
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YOUTH / Youth

European Year of Youth, MEPs want more resources and guarantees regarding youth participation

MEPs in the Committee on Culture and Education (CULT) held a first discussion, on Monday 25 October, on the Commission’s proposals for theEuropean Year of Youth 2022 (see EUROPE B12791A9).

In mid-October, the Commission presented a draft decision on the subject (see EUROPE B12812A1), which must be approved by the co-legislators by the end of December.

This particularly short deadline “irritates” the Parliament and has forced the CULT Committee to adopt its position by means of a...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
Interview on MIGRATION: Tomas Tobé says EU can no longer wait to reform its asylum and migration system
ENERGY: nine Member States torpedo idea of electricity market reform
ENERGY: European Commission surveys Member States ahead of COP26
TRANSPORT: ‘vehicles hired without drivers’, EU Council and European Parliament to start negotiations
ANIMAL HEALTH: MEPs to vote for optional animal welfare labelling
FISHERIES: European Commission hopes to resolve issue of fishing licences in UK waters as quickly as possible
DIGITAL: EU Council and Parliament expect intense discussions over free data roaming
DIGITAL: Greens/EFA group in European Parliament calls for caution on biometric and behavioural mass surveillance in Member States
INTERNAL MARKET: regulation on machinery products,  Ivan Štefanec wants to extend proposed deadlines
ENVIRONMENT: EU Ecolabel extended to all cosmetic and animal care products
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: EEB and Ökopol call on EU to ban destruction of unsold goods
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
BANKS: European Commission fine-tunes measures aimed at finalising integration of ‘Basel III’ Accord in EU
ECONOMY: disbursement of second tranche of €600 million in macrofinancial assistance to Ukraine
ECONOMY: slight decrease in average government deficit and debt in euro area and EU in second quarter
COMPETITION: unannounced inspections by European Commission in animal health sector in Belgium
EXTERNAL ACTION
TURKEY: EU takes note of designation of ten ambassadors as ‘personae non gratae’
SUDAN: EU calls for immediate release of government members and avoidance of bloodshed
YOUTH
YOUTH: European Year of Youth, MEPs want more resources and guarantees regarding youth participation
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
SOCIAL: European Commission does not rule out presentation of a permanent unemployment reinsurance instrument
HEALTH: Charles Michel outlines global health governance that EU intends to promote with WHO
HEALTH: European Medicines Agency to start review of a ninth candidate treatment for Covid-19
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: MEPs want to shed light on misuse of EU agricultural funds in Slovakia
NEWS BRIEFS
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Barcelona, Helsinki, Leuven, Luxembourg, Palma and Porto in running for 2022 Access City Award
ENERGY: rise in energy prices, Renovate Europe calls on Member States to prioritise building renovation
ENVIRONMENT: Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Unilever are three biggest plastic polluters in world, according to Break Free From Plastic
SPACE: call launched for contributions on European strategy for space traffic management
IRAQ: EU deplores threats against UNAMI and Independent High Electoral Commission
ISRAEL: EU denounces publication of tenders for more than a thousand housing units in settlements
SEAS: targeted consultation launched on Action Plan to conserve fisheries resources
SYRIA: EU condemns execution of more than 20 people responsible for starting fires