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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12841
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EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19 / Economy

Paris asks for initial tranche of aid for French recovery plan

26/11/2021 (Agence Europe) – On Friday 26 November, France officially requested an initial payment of €7.4 billion to finance its national recovery plan under the Next Generation EU Recovery Plan. It will submit a payment request to the Commission every year until 2026, the French finance ministry said in a statement. France is the second Member State to make such a request after Spain (see EUROPE 12829/24). It should be noted that for a Member State to receive pre-financing, its National Recovery Plan must be adopted by the EU Council before 31 December 2021. Seventeen EU countries have already received pre-financing. (MB)

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
STATE AID: upcoming guidelines on climate and energy aid aim to support decarbonisation efforts
FINANCE: Member States ready to negotiate with European Parliament on crypto-asset market regulation
STATE AID: green light given for €700 million in French support for companies affected by Covid-19 pandemic
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENERGY: European Energy Performance of Buildings Directive is taking shape
ENERGY: MEPs launch a “club” on future of nuclear power in Europe
DIGITAL: data governance, EU Council Presidency prepared to make some concessions in upcoming inter-institutional negotiations
DIGITAL: Budapest Convention on Cybercrime, Commission launches process for ratification of a second additional protocol
RESEARCH: EU Council paves way for implementation of new European Research Area
SPACE: EU Member States agree on importance of creating a ‘global hub’ for European space entrepreneurship
SPACE: France and Italy sign a cooperation agreement on future Ariane 6 and Vega C launchers
INDUSTRY: priorities of French Presidency of EU Council are becoming clearer
AGRICULTURE: steady increase in EU agri-food trade in first eight months of 2021
ENVIRONMENT: glyphosate passed its preliminary safety test on the basis of truncated studies, denunciate scientists
FOOD SAFETY: European Commission publishes results of first coordinated purity control plan of herbs and spices
HEALTH: European Parliament unanimously calls for more European cooperation in field of rare diseases
TRANSPORT: European Court of Auditors points out significant delays in development of transport infrastructure in EU
EXTERNAL ACTION
EASTERN PARTNERSHIP: governance and investment pillars of post-2020 priorities
WTO: EU Trade Ministers to adopt their position on 12th WTO Ministerial Conference
SECURITY - DEFENCE
NATO: Ukrainian and Belarusian border tensions, arms control, Strategic Concept, Afghanistan and Western Balkans on Foreign Ministers’ agenda
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HOME AFFAIRS: Covid-19, EU Member States to suspend air travel to Southern Africa and neighbouring countries after new variant appears
TRADE: exports of Covid-19 vaccines from EU no longer authorised from 2022, but will still be monitored
COHESION: REACT-EU, Spain and Hungary receive €654 million
ECONOMY: Paris asks for initial tranche of aid for French recovery plan
EDUCATION - YOUTH - CULTURE - SPORT
EYCS: adult education, civic spaces for young people, new Bauhaus and dual careers for athletes are on agenda of European ministers
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: second rejection of request to suspend lifting of immunity of three Catalan separatist MEPs
NEWS BRIEFS
ASEM: Europeans and Asians take stock of bilateral relations
SPACE: EUSPA and EASA join forces to bring instrument flight to general aviation with EGNOS
MIGRATION: UK minister Priti Patel no longer welcome at EU ministerial meeting in Calais
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: tribute to former French President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing on 2 December in Strasbourg
UNITED KINGDOM: still no agreement between European Commission and London over Northern Ireland Protocol