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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12863
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SECURITY - DEFENCE / Csdp

EU is working on alternatives for Operation Atalanta, in event of UN resolution not being extended

While the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) agreed in early December to a technical extension of UN Security Council Resolution 2554 (2020) on piracy and armed robbery at sea off the coast of Somalia for only three months, rather than the previous 12 months, the EU is considering alternatives for its Operation Atalanta should the mandate not be renewed.

In a document obtained by EUROPE and dated 5 January, the European External Action Service (EEAS) explains that without a new...

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