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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12871

19 January 2022
Contents Publication in full By article 5 / 30
EDUCATION / Education
European Commission wants to encourage creation of a legal statute for alliances between European higher education institutions
Brussels, 18/01/2022 (Agence Europe)

The European Commission wants to improve transnational cooperation in the EU between European higher education institutions, in particular by setting up a legal statute for alliances of higher education institutions, in a Recommendation to the EU Council presented on Tuesday 18 January.

“The European Universities Alliances are paving the way; by mid-2024 the European budget will support up to 60 European Universities Alliances with more than 500 Universities across Europe”, said...

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