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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12870

18 January 2022
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NEWS BRIEFS / Health
Covid-19, EU biggest contributor to first billion vaccines delivered by Covax so far

17/01/2022 (Agence Europe) – The Covax Facility, led by GAVI, WHO and CEPI, has delivered its first billion doses of Covid-19 vaccine to 144 countries and territories around the world, GAVI, the Global Vaccine Alliance, said on Saturday 15 January via Twitter (see EUROPE B12868A20). Relaying the news, EU Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen welcomed the news, saying that the EU had delivered 265.3 million doses [up from 255 million on 6 January (see EUROPE...

Contents

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: European Parliament pays tribute to David Sassoli’s action as President and to his personality
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: agreement by three main European Parliament groups on their common political priorities from now to 2024
INSTITUTIONAL
EU2022FR: Paris’s choice to use French as main working language in EU Council raises questions
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: France confirms that it wants to advance debate in EU Council on ‘mirror clauses’
AGRICULTURE: Julien Denormandie expects EU Council conclusions in March or April on ‘low carbon’ agriculture
AGRICULTURE: Greens/EFA group in European Parliament calls on European Commission to reject French strategic plan on CAP
ENERGY: real effect of EU funding on businesses’ energy efficiency remains unclear, says Court of Auditors
INDUSTRY: informal meeting in Lens on industry will focus on themes of strategic metals
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: international tax reform at heart of EU finance ministers’ discussions
ECONOMY: Bruno Le Maire sets out agenda for extraordinary European summit on 10 and 11 March
EXTERNAL ACTION
UKRAINE: NATO and Kiev strengthen their cyber cooperation
SERBIA: EU welcomes outcome of constitutional referendum
HUMANITARIAN AID: European Commission adopts €1.5 billion humanitarian budget for 2022 in response to unprecedented needs
TRADE: EU extends anti-dumping duty on certain Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, and US steel products
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: homelessness, European Commission wants to focus on quality of data collected
NEWS BRIEFS
HUMANITARIAN AID: defender of “Untouchables” in India receives Council of Europe Wallenberg Prize
STATE AID: green light for €150 million French support for forestry and forest adaptation to climate change
ECONOMY: reform of fiscal rules, Germany and France set out different starting points
ENERGY: quarterly reports from European Commission confirm influence of global gas markets on European energy prices
CSDP: Brigadier General Jacky Cabo to be next Force Commander of EUTM RCA
HEALTH: Covid-19, EU biggest contributor to first billion vaccines delivered by Covax so far
FOOD SAFETY: E171 banned as a food additive in EU with a transitional period of 6 months
TRANSPORT: European Commission consults on security of parking areas for trucks