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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12881

2 February 2022
Contents Publication in full By article 4 / 26
SECTORAL POLICIES / Agriculture
EU Member States look for ways to develop low-carbon agriculture
Brussels, 01/02/2022 (Agence Europe)

EU Member States are continuing discussions on one of the important themes of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, namely low-carbon agriculture and how to reward farms that are able to store carbon in biomass and in agricultural and forest soils.

On Monday 31 January, the Special Committee on Agriculture (SCA) discussed the French Presidency’s working document (https://aeur.eu/f/3y) on low-carbon agriculture. In addition, the EU countries’ ministers of...

Contents

BEACONS
EP2024: creation of transnational lists, a real-life test for pro-European majority in European Parliament
SECTORAL POLICIES
INDUSTRY: EU ministers want to speed up pace of securing EU empowerment
CLIMATE/FINANCE: draft EU taxonomy delegated act on fossil gas and nuclear will be adopted by Commission on 2 February
AGRICULTURE: EU Member States look for ways to develop low-carbon agriculture
HOME AFFAIRS: interinstitutional agreement on reform of Europol
JUSTICE: Éric Dupond-Moretti to speed up European Parliament/EU Council negotiations on electronic evidence
JUSTICE: Eurojust calls for more resources to strengthen its staff
ENERGY: French Presidency of EU Council consults Member States on revision of Energy Efficiency Directive
ENERGY: Ember report states soaring gas prices have halted process of moving away from coal in Europe
TRANSPORT: ReFuelEU Aviation, six Member States argue for possibility of setting more ambitious national targets
SECURITY - DEFENCE
RUSSIA: Ms Svetoka calls for sanctions regime against disinformation
EXTERNAL ACTION
UKRAINE: McAllister praises Ukrainian calm despite situation
DEVELOPMENT: Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne stresses geostrategic importance of proactive, more effective and more visible European policy
INSTITUTIONAL
RULE OF LAW: Clément Beaune explains choice of hearing Hungary at EU Council after Hungarian parliamentary elections
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: European Commission presents new €1.2 billion macrofinancial assistance for Ukraine
COMPANIES: Pascal Canfin sets out his expectations for sustainable corporate governance
STATE AID: Covid-19, European Commission approves German support of €1.7 billion to recapitalise Flughafen Berlin
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT: MEPs are calling for EU directive on psychosocial risks and well-being at work
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: Covid-19, green light for €10 million Italian scheme to support companies recycling aluminium
MYANMAR: Josep Borrell and 9 Foreign Ministers from third countries call for an end to violence
BUDGET: MEPs give green light to €3.7 million in aid for 297 redundant Airbus workers in France
EMPLOYMENT: euro area unemployment at 7.0% in December 2021
ENERGY: IEA expects global fossil gas demand growth to slow in 2022
JAPAN: 28 new European and Japanese geographical indications recognised
KENYA: a joint declaration with EU sets out priorities of Strategic Dialogue for an enhanced partnership
TRANSPORT: ReFuelEU Aviation, several NGOs and airlines call for more progress on sustainable fuels