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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12871

19 January 2022
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NEWS BRIEFS / Home affairs
Europol dismantles a global VPN used to carry out ‘ransomware’ attacks

18/01/2022 (Agence Europe) – On Tuesday 18 January, the European police cooperation agency, Europol, announced the dismantling of a global virtual private network (VPN) used by criminals to carry out ‘ransomware’ attacks, putting more than 100 companies at risk of cyberattacks. “On 17 January, coordinated disruptive actions took place in Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, the Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Latvia, Ukraine, the USA and the UK. The authorities have now seized or...

Contents

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: newly elected President of European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, wants to continue work of her predecessors
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: EU Council ready to implement international tax reform despite some reservations
ECONOMY: reform of fiscal rules, political sequence in EU Council is becoming clearer
EDUCATION
EDUCATION: European Commission proposes strategy to significantly strengthen European Higher Education Area
EDUCATION: European Commission wants to encourage creation of a legal statute for alliances between European higher education institutions
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: EU Member States to assess possible measures for pigmeat sector
MIGRATION: ‘Asylum’ Pact, Greece considers definition of situations of migratory pressure too vague
HEALTH: draft decision is being finalised in EU Council in order to negotiate an international agreement on pandemics at WHO
CLIMATE: ESR regulation, MEP Jessica Polfjärd wants to sanction Member States that do not meet their national emission reduction targets
ENVIRONMENT: batteries and battery waste regulation, EU industry formulates recipe for compromise
DIGITAL : a report by Corporate Europe Observatory highlights weight of lobbying in DSA discussions
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: European Parliament rapporteurs want to better control earmarking and differentiate co-financing of Social Climate Fund
EXTERNAL ACTION
RUSSIA: Enrique Mora in Moscow to discuss European security architecture
SUDAN: Josep Borrell denounces disproportionate use of force by military against peaceful demonstrators
CHINA: MEPs call for united response from EU leaders to Chinese coercive actions
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU launches €268.3 million in direct aid projects for Afghan population
SECURITY - DEFENCE
GULF OF GUINEA: EEAS proposes extending coordinated maritime presences
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
INTERNAL MARKET: fees for architects’ services, a national court when hearing a dispute between individuals is not required to disapply that German legislation
CITIZENSHIP: revocation of an assurance of naturalisation must have due regard to principle of proportionality, CJEU rules
NEWS BRIEFS
HOME AFFAIRS: Europol dismantles a global VPN used to carry out ‘ransomware’ attacks
STATE AID: green light for €20 million loan from French State to Air Austral
COHESION: European Commission grants €382 million to Spain for 2022 under REACT-EU
EUROPEAN COMMISSION : Marina Zanchi appointed Director of Health and Digital Executive Agency
CULTURE: Commission opens application process for 2022 New ‘European Bauhaus’ Prizes
ECONOMY: EU Council endorses recommendation on economic policy for euro area
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: EU strongly condemns attacks claimed by Ansar Allah
ENVIRONMENT: survey commissioned by NGO T&E shows broad public support for tighter NOx emission standards for cars
FINANCE: Commission considers extending temporary equivalence for UK clearing houses to June 2025
GULF: 26th Joint Cooperation Council and EU-Gulf Cooperation Council Ministerial Meeting to be held on 21 February in Brussels
MEDIA: European Commission launches a call for proposals to develop an educational programme on EU and Cohesion Policy for journalism students