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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12863

7 January 2022
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 16
NEWS BRIEFS / Transparency
Former European Commissioner Cecilia Malmström joins international law firm Covington

06/01/2022 (Agence Europe) – Former EU Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström has joined the law firm Covington as a senior advisor, the specialist media Contexte reported, on Thursday 6 January. Ms Malmström will focus notably on EU public policy, in particular on trade and technology issues, the cabinet said on its website. Ms Malmström was Commissioner for Home Affairs from 2010 to 2014 and for Trade from 2014 to 2019. Former members of the ‘Juncker’ European Commission do not...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE/CLIMATE: interview with Mohammed Chahim, “As long as free ETS allowances exist, the polluter pays principle will not be respected”
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: French Presidency of EU Council consults Member States on revision of aviation ETS
CLIMATE: MEP Henna Virkkunen delivers her draft opinion on ‘LULUCF Regulation’ revision
MIGRATION: common asylum and return procedures, several countries, including Italy, want to keep their current system of issuing two separate acts
CONSUMERS: proposal for regulation on general product safety to be discussed by MEPs
JUSTICE: ‘e-evidence’—French Presidency details its strategy to break deadlock in negotiations with European Parliament
TRANSPORT: Belgium asks European Commission for further relaxation of airport slot rules
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CSDP: EU is working on alternatives for Operation Atalanta, in event of UN resolution not being extended
ECONOMY
STATE AID: European Commission approves 2022-2027 regional aid map for Greece
BANKS: European Banking Authority warns of “de-risking” impacts
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
HUMAN RIGHTS: European Court of Human Rights declares Northern Irish “gay cake” case “inadmissible”
NEWS BRIEFS
FUTURE OF EU: EU Council compiles national actions to communicate on Conference on the Future of Europe
SPACE: government spending in space sector at its highest, according to Euroconsult
INSTITUTIONAL: Secretariat-General of EU Council is looking for new Head of Office
HEALTH: EU has donated 380 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to low- and middle-income countries, says Ursula von der Leyen
TRANSPARENCY: former European Commissioner Cecilia Malmström joins international law firm Covington