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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12827
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NEWS BRIEFS / Climate

Benelux countries launch digital climate platform

05/11/2021 (Agence Europe) – Under the Belgian Presidency of the Benelux countries (Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg), the Belgian Minister for Climate and Environment, Zakia Khattabi, and the Secretary General of the Benelux countries, Alain de Muyser, launched a digital climate platform on Tuesday 2 November at the 26th session of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow. According to the press release issued for the occasion, this tool aims to accelerate the...

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EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED KINGDOM: Maroš Šefčovič calls talks with London to find solutions for Northern Ireland “disappointing”
TAIWAN: “Taiwan is not alone”, insists Raphaël Glucksmann
CENTRAL ASIA: EU and Central Asian countries to strengthen economic cooperation
WESTERN BALKANS: Skopje, Belgrade and Tirana call for region to move closer to EU
ALBANIA: EU disburses second tranche of macrofinancial assistance programme
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECOFIN: reform of EU fiscal rules and European Recovery Plan on ministerial agenda
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENERGY: Poland retains 2049 as deadline for phasing out coal
AGRICULTURE: EU Council expected to defend a balanced vision of EU Forest Strategy on 15 November
AGRICULTURE: MEP Irene Tolleret questions European Commission on organic salt
DIGITAL: delegation of MEPs to Washington reiterate need for human-centric regulation of artificial intelligence
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET/RULE OF LAW: “The very survival of the European project” is at stake, warns Koen Lenaerts
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
WOMEN: Council of Europe should learn from outcry over “Freedom in hijab” campaign
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HOME AFFAIRS: Ukraine and Singapore removed from list of third countries whose nationals may travel to EU for non-essential reasons
NEWS BRIEFS
BIODIVERSITY: almost 6,500 hectares of Slovak old-growth forest will be declared a nature reserve on 1 December 2021
CLIMATE: Benelux countries launch digital climate platform
ENERGY: in 2020, 8% of EU population was unable to afford adequate heating, according to Eurostat
WOMEN: European Parliament delegation visits Reykjavik to learn from Iceland’s good practices on transparency and equal pay
KOSOVO: Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee calls for greater efforts towards European integration
MERCOSUR: Borrell says Brazil’s climate commitments are ‘crucial’ to unlocking trade deal with EU
DIGITAL: publishers’ associations point out remaining loopholes in Digital Markets Act
FOOD SAFETY: European Commission consults on updating risk assessment programme for biocidal products
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