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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12890
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Trade

Member States insist on deterrent nature of future EU anti-coercion tool

“There are very strong points of convergence on the anti-coercion tool”, said the French Trade Minister, Franck Riester, on Monday 14 February in Marseille, during an informal meeting with his European counterparts. During this meeting, the ministers reiterated their support for the instrument under discussion in the European Parliament and in the Council of the EU (see EUROPE B12849A1).

However, some have expressed their concerns about this legislative proposal. “Sweden has a lot of...

Contents

BEACONS
Beacons: War between Russia and Ukraine likely, if not imminent?
EXTERNAL ACTION
UKRAINE: international community preparing for Russian offensive
WTO: twelfth Ministerial Conference expected to be held by end of June in Geneva
TRADE: Member States insist on deterrent nature of future EU anti-coercion tool
UNITED STATES: next meeting of Trade and Technology Council expected to take place in May in France
AFRICA: Member States call for more trade ahead of EU-AU summit
AFRICA: mRNA vaccines, Ursula von der Leyen will participate via video in conference on ‘vaccine equity’ organised by BioNTech
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Borrell calls for serious dialogue between political leaders
SECURITY - DEFENCE
GULF OF GUINEA: EU Council could decide to extend implementation of Coordinated Maritime Presence Concept by two years
SECTORAL POLICIES
SPACE: European Commission to present key initiative on new constellation for secure connectivity
SPACE: Space Summit, EU and ESA Member States meet to give new impetus to European Space Policy
DIGITAL: cyber attack simulation exercise, Member States discuss EU-level response
MIGRATION: gradual approach on ‘Migration and Asylum’ Pact – progress on reflections in EU Member States
HOME AFFAIRS: reform of Schengen evaluation mechanism, French EU Presidency’s compromise proposals welcomed
CLIMATE/ENVIRONMENT: EU and Colombia sign joint declaration to strengthen cooperation on climate and environment
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: rule of law conditionality, Johannes Hahn to represent European Commission at European Parliament plenary debate on 16 February
FUTURE OF EU: Conference on future of Europe, European Council conclusions expected in June
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: European Securities and Markets Authority has identified three priorities for its work on sustainable finance
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
JUSTICE: Dunja Mijatović intervenes in review of Spanish Law on Citizens’ Safety
NEWS BRIEFS
WEST AFRICA: Denmark to redirect aid to Mali and Burkina Faso to communities
CLIMATE: launch of approval process for ‘adaptation to climate change’ component of sixth IPCC report
CLIMATE: IEEP study points to climate potential of restoring degraded terrestrial habitats in EU
COLOMBIA: Commission to negotiate cooperation agreement with Bogota
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: two new MEPs join S&D group
TURKEY: EU denounces Çavuşoğlu’s remarks questioning Greek sovereignty over some of its islands
CORRIGENDA
AFRICA: target for reallocation of SDRs by rich countries to African countries is 100 billion
EP2024: opinion establishing compatibility between creation of transnational lists and Treaty on European Union was issued by European Parliament