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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12835

19 November 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 14 / 31
INSTITUTIONAL / Budget
European Parliament committee approves amending budgets for 2021 on humanitarian aid and vaccines
Brussels, 18/11/2021 (Agence Europe)

On Thursday 18 November the European Parliament’s Committee on Budgets approved two draft amending budgets on humanitarian support for refugees in Turkey and the provision of Covid-19 vaccines.

MEPs adopted (29 votes in favour, none against and no abstentions) two reports by Pierre Larrouturou (S&D, France) on draft amending budgets 5/2021 and 6/2021. Both reports were adopted with 29 votes in favour, no votes against and no abstentions.

Amending Budget 5/2021 aims to provide increased...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE Interview: MEP Éric Andrieu will vote against Regulation on strategic plans, as he does not want to “sign a blank cheque”
FISHERIES: France is preparing an exit plan for its vessels excluded from UK waters
ENVIRONMENT: fighting global deforestation caused by EU, MEPs welcome proposed regulation as an excellent first step
CLIMATE/FINANCE: Austria is ready to take EU to court if nuclear power is included in taxonomy, warns Leonore Gewessler
CLIMATE: climate risks in Europe are increasing in frequency and severity, warns EEA
COHESION: European Commission calls on Member States to speed up programming of post-2020 cohesion funds
DIGITAL: DSA, Member States agree on future interinstitutional negotiations
TERRORISM: EU Member States have generally strengthened their policies to prevent terrorism
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: European Commission finalises revision of EU rules on Alternative investment Funds
COMPETITION: “We are in the middle of a review of competition policy with unprecedented scope and ambition”, says Ms Vestager
PAYMENTS: if we do not meet demand for digital payments, others will, says Fabio Panetta
ECONOMY: better to act at European level to boost investment, says European Fiscal Board
INSTITUTIONAL
EU2022FR: digital, climate and social issues will be central to French Presidency of EU Council, says Clément Beaune
BUDGET: European Parliament committee approves amending budgets for 2021 on humanitarian aid and vaccines
RULE OF LAW: Didier Reynders in Poland for two days to assess situation of rule of law
EXTERNAL ACTION
BELARUS: G7 Foreign Ministers condemn orchestration of migration
CHINA: EU imposes definitive anti-dumping duties on Chinese optical fibre cables
TRADE: EU imposes definitive anti-dumping duties on Indian and Indonesian stainless steel cold-rolled flat products
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
COMPETITION: European Commission extends temporary framework in context of Covid-19 pandemic until 30 June 2022
HOME AFFAIRS : Commission is already considering extending EU Covid certificate system
HEALTH: European Medicines Agency could approve GSK's Covid-19 treatment within two months
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: despite health situation, European Parliament maintains its plenary sessions in Strasbourg
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EDUCATION
EDUCATION: EU Council concerned about low levels of adult education and training in Member States
SOCIAL: carcinogens and mutagens—EU co-legislators stumble over issue of exposure to hazardous drugs
NEWS BRIEFS
SOUTH-EAST ASIA: EU and ASEAN, partners in strengthening environmental dimension of sustainable development
EDUCATION: European Commission supports second call for projects to boost innovation in higher education
ENERGY: ‘Fit for 55’ package, 11 European associations call on EU co-legislators to promote flexible electricity consumption
ENERGY: regional risk groups for security of EU gas supply updated
TRANSPORT: rail infrastructure heads recall importance of digitisation and interoperability
TRANSPORT: ACEA and T&E call for better preparation of buildings for deployment of electric vehicle charging points
TRANSPORT: road safety—despite decrease in fatalities in EU in 2020, targets for last decade have not been met