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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12848

8 December 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 25 / 31
NEWS BRIEFS / Germany
German Greens, Liberals and Social Democrats sign coalition agreement

07/12/2021 (Agence Europe) – Germany has taken another step towards having a federal government. The Grünen (Greens), the FDP (Liberals, ‘Freie Demokratische Partei’) and the SPD (Social Democrats, ‘Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands’) signed a coalition agreement on Tuesday 7 December, reported the national press. This should allow the election of Olaf Scholz as head of the Chancellery by the Bundestag (the national lower house) on Wednesday 8 December. He will then take...

Contents

SOCIAL - YOUTH
SOCIAL: European Commission is preparing five main criteria to properly determine employment status of workers on digital platforms
SOCIAL: France wants to explore Belgian-Spanish proposal to establish a European social alert mechanism
YOUTH: European Parliament and Council of the EU agree on modalities of European Year of Youth 2022
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: calls for Slovenian Council Presidency to continue work on regulation on emergency management of medical countermeasures
HEALTH: EU ministers take stock of national responses to Covid-19 pandemic
STATE AID: Covid-19, green light for €133 million Swedish support for rail freight and passenger transport
ECONOMY: Hungarian and Polish recovery plans unlikely to be approved in 2021, says Valdis Dombrovskis
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: political agreement in EU Council on a new regulatory framework for reduced VAT rates
TAXATION: Hungary and Estonia block adoption of revised Code of Conduct on business taxation
FINANCE: EU Member States welcome legislative package to boost capital markets
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: Poland unhappy with Commission’s proposed solutions to help manage situation on border with Belarus
MIGRATION/HOME AFFAIRS: EU Member States expected to end year without a breakthrough on Pact on Migration and Asylum
TRANSPORT: EU Transport Ministers to discuss alternative vehicle fuels in aviation and maritime sectors on 9 December
CLIMATE: ‘Fit for 55’ package, Slovenian Presidency of EU Council takes stock of discussions between Member States
AGRICULTURE: new Common Agricultural Policy is gradually coming into force
AGRICULTURE: MEPs to debate draft report on organic action plan on 9 December
FOOD SAFETY: public consultation to formalise EU rules on recycled plastic in food packaging
ENVIRONMENT: MEPs no longer oppose raising maximum residue level for flonicamid in food
ENERGY: 20 civil society organisations call on European Commission to review gas package
EXTERNAL ACTION
KOSOVO: Josep Borrell calls for further reforms and Dialogue with Serbia
CHINA: Slovakia in turn defies Beijing by strengthening ties with Taiwan
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: Josep Borrell calls on Member States to invest more in defence innovation
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: European Commission gives POSEI programme positive report
AGRICULTURE: European Commission gives a positive evaluation of information policy on CAP
GERMANY: German Greens, Liberals and Social Democrats sign coalition agreement
ENERGY: EU co-legislators will meet on 14 December for a 4th round of negotiations on revision of TEN-E Regulation
EU2022FR: French Presidency of EU Council to focus on recovery, strength and belonging
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Polish conservative Kosma Złotowski to run for European Parliament presidency
CIVIL PROTECTION: Janez Lenarčič launches EU Knowledge Network to improve disaster preparedness
RUSSIA: Council of Europe, Dunja Mijatović calls for abandonment of procedures to liquidate human rights NGOs
SOCIAL: transition to electric mobility could destroy one million jobs over 20 years, according to CLEPA