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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12822
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Ecb

Despite high inflation, monetary institute maintains decision to slow down pace of PEPP

The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) confirmed, on Thursday 28 October, its September decision to slow down the pace of massive purchases of securities - mainly public sector securities - in the framework of the PEPP (see EUROPE B12787A1).

“We continue to judge that favourable financing conditions can be maintained with a moderately lower pace of net asset purchases under the pandemic emergency purchase programme (PEPP)than in the second and third quarters of this...

Contents

EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: European Parliament and EU Council agree on new role for European Medicines Agency
HEALTH: MEPs concerned that EU4Health programme to be deprived of some of initial budget in favour of HERA
ECONOMY: EU Council gives green light to Estonian, Finnish and Romanian recovery plans
HOME AFFAIRS: four third countries to be added to list of countries whose nationals can travel to EU without restrictions again
HOME AFFAIRS: Commission recognises Covid certificates issued by United Kingdom and Armenia as equivalent to European scheme
SECTORAL POLICIES
FISHERIES: France and United Kingdom attempt to calm conflict over fishing licences
FISHERIES: MEPs favour continuation of EU-Morocco fisheries agreement despite EU General Court’s judgment
FISHERIES: agreement between coastal states on catch volumes of mackerel, blue whiting, and Atlanto-Scandian herring for 2022
CLIMATE: Ursula von der Leyen makes a final call for more ambition before G20 summit and start of COP26
ENVIRONMENT: European Commission proposes to tighten limits on persistent organic pollutants in waste
DIGITAL: ‘Groothuis’ report extends cybersecurity monitoring to other essential sectors
DIGITAL: data governance, EU Council and European Parliament hope to reach agreement by end of November
TELECOMMUNICATIONS: data roaming, EU Council and European Parliament negotiators focus on wholesale price capping
CONSUMERS: toy safety, MEPs discuss how to improve EU directive
CONSUMERS: European Commission could consider a ban on practices related to dual quality of goods
MIGRATION: MEPs reiterate call for legal channels for economic migration
INSTITUTIONAL
RULE OF LAW: Didier Reynders to visit Poland in mid-November in bid to find solution after Constitutional Tribunal judgement on primacy of European law
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: despite high inflation, monetary institute maintains decision to slow down pace of PEPP
EXTERNAL ACTION
MOLDOVA: Mr Borrell denounces use of Russian gas as a geopolitical weapon
PALESTINE: EU High Representative calls for efforts on intra-Palestinian reconciliation
BANGLADESH: EU announces €12 million in additional humanitarian aid for Rohingya
NEWS BRIEFS
AFRICA: Second EU-Africa Business Summit will be held on 28-29 November in Marrakech
IRAN: nuclear talks could resume before end of November
DIGITAL: DMA, eight leading e-commerce companies call for a review of ‘end user’ concept
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: group of MEPs oppose requirement to show EU Covid certificate to enter Parliament
FISHERIES: European Parliament committee gives green light to EU/Gabon fisheries agreement
REGIONS: Nathalie Sarrabezolles elected chair of COTER Commission of European Committee of the Regions
REGIONS: local and regional authorities suffering from lack of long-term financial support to emerge from pandemic
TRANSPORT: road safety, European Commission welcomes United Nations’ global plan for period 2021-2030