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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12821
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NEWS BRIEFS / Citizenship

Registration of a European Citizens’ Initiative to integrate environment into all EU27 policies

27/10/2021 (Agence Europe) – The European Commission decided on Wednesday 27 October to register a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) asking the institution to present a proposal for a legal act to ensure that EU Member States take environmental considerations into account when adopting measures at national level. The title of this ECI is ‘Call to Action - Environmental protection in all policies’. The European Commission has ruled that it is admissible - which is why the ECI has been registered - but has not yet taken a decision on the substance. Registration means that the ECI organisers can start collecting the one million signatures required in seven EU countries for follow-up action. In due course, it will be up to the European Commission to decide what action it will take on this ECI. (AN)

Contents

COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
POLAND: daily fine of one million euros imposed on Warsaw for failing to stop activities of disciplinary chamber of Supreme Court
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
BANKS: Commission submits reform faithful to ‘Basel III’ agreement and adapted to specificities of European banking sector
ECONOMY: EESC in favour of introducing a golden rule for investment in EU budget rules
COMPETITION: European Commission opens in-depth investigation into NVIDIA’s proposed acquisition of Arm
SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT: EU Council and European Parliament reach interim agreement on vehicles hired without drivers
INTERNAL MARKET: European Chips Act should be a legislative act
INTERNAL MARKET: firearms directive, transposition and implementation can still be improved
DIGITAL: DSA/DMA, MEPs need more time to work out their compromises
HEALTH: MEPs angered by proposal on in vitro diagnostic devices urge EU-27 and Commission to take responsibility
FISHERIES: France to announce retaliatory measures in response to insufficient fishing licences in UK waters
FISHERIES: NGOs call for a more transparent and sustainable system for allocating fishing quotas
AGRICULTURE: MEPs disagree on registration of ‘Prošek’ wine as a traditional term
MIGRATION: Manfred Weber says EU budget should fund anti-migrant fences
ENERGY: Spain calls for flexibilities to allow Member States to decouple electricity market prices
ENERGY: fossil fuel subsidies have increased in eleven Member States since 2015, according to European Commission
CLIMATE: emissions from sectors covered by ETS have fallen by around 43% since its introduction according to European Commission
CLIMATE: new commitments by states remain largely insufficient to meet Paris Agreement targets, United Nations warns
ENVIRONMENT: EEA report calls for reduced water consumption in EU
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: inter-institutional negotiations on role of ECDC are continuing on basis of revised mandate from EU Council
HOME AFFAIRS: European Parliament will require a Digital COVID Certificate for access to its premises starting 3 November
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED STATES: Margrethe Vestager and Valdis Dombrovskis reassure European Parliament on work of EU-US Trade and Technology Council
TRADE: Commission applauds its actions to promote trade
TRADE: MEPs want a readable and enforceable instrument on international public procurement
SECURITY - DEFENCE
AFGHANISTAN: no one expected Afghan government to fall so quickly, confesses John Manza
DEFENCE: EU wants to develop its partnerships
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF EU: S&D group in European Parliament presents Social Democracy's proposals for building fairer and more sustainable societies
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: European strategy for safety and health at work, ‘Vind’ report receives unanimous support from European Parliament shadow rapporteurs
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: sixteen EU Member States have transposed Unfair Trading Practices Directive
FOOD: Stella Kyriakides visits Cyprus to support implementation of EU's ‘Farm to Fork’ strategy
CHINA: Emmanuel Macron calls on Xi Jinping to “rebalance the Euro-China relationship”
CITIZENSHIP: registration of a European Citizens’ Initiative to integrate environment into all EU27 policies
MOLDOVA: European Commission makes €60 million available to Chișinău to tackle energy crisis
SOCIAL: European long-term residential care sector has lost over 400,000 workers in two years
TRANSPORT: Greenpeace calls for ban on short-haul flights within EU