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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12825

4 November 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 23
NEWS BRIEFS / Agriculture
EU and US launch collaboration platform

03/11/2021 (Agence Europe) – EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski and US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced on Wednesday 3 November the launch of a collaborative platform on agriculture “designed to take on the global challenges of sustainability and climate change”, according to a joint statement. It will allow the US Department of Agriculture and the European Commission’s DG for Agriculture and Rural Development “to exchange knowledge and information and...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
FISHERIES: Commission makes its proposals for 2022 fishing opportunities in Atlantic, Kattegat and Skagerrak
SPACE: architecture and financing of EU space-based Secure Connectivity initiative become clearer
MIGRATION: Viktor Orbán again pleads for EU funding for anti-migrant barriers at EU’s external borders
CIVIL PROTECTION: EU helps Austria fight forest fires
CLIMATE/FINANCE: WWF alarmed over a proposal to include nuclear and gas in EU taxonomy
DIGITAL: Věra Jourová announces presentation of future text concerning online political advertising
DIGITAL: MEPs call on European Commission to act to protect rights of non-EEA artists
INDUSTRY: for IndustriAll and E3G, EU industrial strategy must be translated into concrete actions
EXTERNAL ACTION
TAIWAN: European Parliament sends a delegation for first time ever
ETHIOPIA: alarmed by state of emergency and a year of war in Tigray, EU calls for an end to fighting
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
WOMEN: European Commission distances itself from Council of Europe campaign against hate speech
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
DEVELOPMENT: good progress in implementing moratorium on debt servicing for poorest countries, according to Paris Club
HEALTH: EMA forced to suspend review of potential Covid-19 treatment due to lack of demand in EU
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: recovery of hours worked in EU will be slower than employment, according to European Trade Union Institute
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: European Commission launches a call for contributions on social aspects of green transition
NEWS BRIEFS
AFGHANISTAN: EU condemns terrorist attack on military hospital
AGRICULTURE: EU and US launch collaboration platform
ECB: Christine Lagarde considers rate hike in 2022 “very unlikely”
CLIMATE: formal conclusion of partnership for decarbonisation technologies at COP26
COMPANIES: Covid-19, EU’s Temporary Framework for State aid is a success, says European Commission report
PERU: towards signing a Memorandum of Understanding framing future bilateral relations between EU and Lima
SOUTH SUDAN: EU mobilises €2 million in emergency humanitarian aid for flood victims
TRANSPORT: European manufacturers call on EU to accelerate deployment of charging stations for electric vehicles