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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12861
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NEWS BRIEFS / Nato

Alliance convenes extraordinary ministerial meeting to discuss situation in Ukraine

04/01/2022 (Agence Europe) – NATO announced on Tuesday 4 January, a virtual meeting of Allied Foreign Ministers on Friday 7 January to discuss Russia’s military build-up on and around the Ukrainian border and broader European security issues. The meeting comes as High Representative of the Union Josep Borrell is in Ukraine (see EUROPE B12860A14). The latter had a telephone conversation with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on 4 January to discuss the Ukrainian situation and...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE/FINANCE: EU taxonomy, European Commission accused of greenwashing
MIGRATION: instrumentalisation of migrants, Schengen reform and continued work on Pact on Migration and Asylum, a busy start to new year for European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties
ENVIRONMENT: toxic chemical substances now banned in tattoo inks within EU
AGRICULTURE: significant growth in EU agri-food trade continues
HEALTH: French Presidency of EU Council wants to consolidate Europe of health
ENERGY/CLIMATE: ‘Fit for 55’ package, rising energy prices, energy poverty, and nuclear energy in French Presidency’s programme
DIGITAL: French Presidency’s priorities centre around DSA, DMA, and cybersecurity
SPACE: French Presidency of EU Council will focus on secure connectivity constellation project and on space traffic management
COHESION: implementation of new cohesion policy will be focus of French Presidency of EU Council
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: green recovery at heart of French Presidency’s programme
EDUCATION - YOUTH - CULTURE - SPORT
EYCS: French Presidency of EU Council wants to support young people
NEWS BRIEFS
COMPETITION: green light for acquisition of joint control of certain Suez activities by Meridiam and Global Infrastructure Management
HUMAN RIGHTS: period for submitting an application to European Court of Human Rights is reduced from six to four months
MOLDOVA: Commission proposes a new Macro-Financial Assistance operation of €150 million
NUCLEAR: permanent members of UN Security Council commit to preventing spread of nuclear weapons
NATO: Alliance convenes extraordinary ministerial meeting to discuss situation in Ukraine
HEALTH: PGEU calls for strengthening role and resources of EMA in managing shortages of medicines