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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12837
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Research

EU Council to vote on future governance of European Research Area and new R&I ‘pact’

On Friday 26 November, the EU Research Ministers will meet for their last Council under the Slovenian Presidency.

As promised by Ljubljana, the final version of the new Pact for Research and Innovation (R&I) will be submitted to the vote of the EU27 on this occasion.

This pact, drawn up on the basis of a Commission proposal (see EUROPE B12765A9), sets out new European guidelines for R&I: the EU27 will therefore have to refer to it and try to comply with it when implementing their national...

Contents

BEACONS
Beacons: The Europe of walls and barbed wire fences (1)
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: EU Member States asked to adopt positions on DSA and DMA on 25 November
AGRICULTURE: European Parliament set to validate CAP reform on Tuesday 23 November, despite numerous criticisms
CIVIL PROTECTION: forest fires, Commission finalises contract with Greece to add two Canadair to rescEU reserve
SPACE: Member States give ESA green light to define five key projects to strengthen Europe’s role in space
RESEARCH: EU Council to vote on future governance of European Research Area and new R&I ‘pact’
HEALTH: Commission clarifies EU rules for reference laboratories for in vitro diagnostic devices
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: European Commission to tackle under-utilisation of European Long-Term Investment Funds
FINANCE/ENERGY: ESMA publishes its preliminary assessment of functioning of EU carbon market
BANKS: European banks’ progress in addressing climate risks too slow, warns ECB
STATE AID: European Commission approves changes to Pan-European Guarantee Fund
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: ‘minimum wages’ directive, Slovenian EU Council presidency reaches political level
INSTITUTIONAL
GENERAL AFFAIRS: Rule of law, enlargement and December EU summit on agenda of EU’s European Affairs Ministers
BUDGET: Rule of law conditionality, European Commission sends letters to Poland and Hungary
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: EU and GAVI announce delivery of nearly 100 million additional doses of Covid-19 vaccine to African countries
HEALTH: European Medicines Agency will decide “in a few weeks” on use of a booster dose of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine
EXTERNAL ACTION
BELARUS: EU reiterates its support for people of Belarus
CENTRAL ASIA: countries in the region and EU commit to strengthening their cooperation
CAUCASUS: Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders to meet on margins of Eastern Partnership Summit
SUDAN: EU and Troika welcome reinstatement of Mr Hamdok as transitional Prime Minister
SOUTH CHINA SEA: EU underlines its “strong opposition” to China’s unilateral actions
WTO: No agreement yet at WTO on lifting Covid-19 vaccine patents
NEWS BRIEFS
BIODIVERSITY: European Commission consults on updating EU list of invasive alien species
PATENTS: European Patent Office and Saudi Arabia sign Reinforced Partnership Agreement
CLIMATE/FINANCE: European Commission reportedly planning to present delegated act on fossil gas and nuclear on 1 December as part of EU taxonomy
CLIMATE/FINANCE: taxonomy, Helsinki opposes adoption of Delegated Act regarding climate change
ENERGY: Denmark calls on EU to provide framework for co-existence of renewable energy and biodiversity
Op-Ed
SPACE: The Matosinhos Manifesto - Accelerating the Use of Space in Europe, by Josef Aschbacher