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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12908

11 March 2022
Contents Publication in full By article 26 / 34
ECONOMY - FINANCE / State aid
European Commission’s in-depth investigation into Greek support for Hellenic Post (ELTA)
Brussels, 10/03/2022 (Agence Europe)

The European Commission decided on Thursday 10 March to open an in-depth investigation to determine whether certain Greek support measures for ELTA comply with EU State aid rules.

ELTA, the main postal service provider in Greece, is the postal operator entrusted with the provision of the Universal Service Obligation (USO), which is a public service mission.

The in-depth investigation concerns:

- whether ELTA was legally entitled to receive additional compensation (of €149 million) for...

Contents

VERSAILLES SUMMIT
RUSSIA/UKRAINE: EU leaders want to bring Vladimir Putin back to negotiating table
FUTURE OF THE EU: EU ‘likely’ to need new common spending to assert sovereignty, says Macron
Russian invasion of Ukraine
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Russia’s exit from Council of Europe becomes clearer
STATE AID: European Commission submits to EU countries a draft temporary framework to support economy in context of war
ENERGY: around 100 MEPs call for embargo on Russian gas, oil, and coal
TRADE: Russia bans exports of over 200 products 
MIGRATION: Commission proposes to strengthen Frontex assistance to Moldova
MEDIA: RSF calls on Member States to provide EU with a protection system to respond to propaganda and disinformation activities
TRANSPORT: according to Greenpeace, end of short-haul flights in EU could reduce Russian oil imports by €2 billion
UKRAINE: EU strongly condemns shelling of a maternity hospital in Mariupol and supports an investigation
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
BUDGET: European Parliament calls for “immediate” application of Rule of Law Conditionality Mechanism
ENVIRONMENT: European Parliament very ambitious for future EU regulation on sustainable batteries
ENVIRONMENT: European Parliament validates agreement with EU Council on EU Environmental Action Programme 2021-2030
GMO: European Parliament opposes EU authorisation of glyphosate-tolerant genetically modified cotton and oilseed rape
ENERGY: European Parliament does not oppose EU’s fifth list of ‘projects of common interest’
HOME AFFAIRS : European Parliament approves creation of its committee of inquiry to investigate use of Pegasus spyware in EU
MEDIA: MEPs adopt Sandra Kalniete’s report on foreign interference and disinformation
SOCIAL: MEPs call for more ambitious vision on post-2020 framework strategy for health and safety at work
CAUCASUS: European Parliament denounces destruction of cultural heritage in Nagorno-Karabakh
MYANMAR: European Parliament calls for stronger international response to Burmese coup
HEALTH: European Parliament sets up ‘special committee’ on Covid-19 pandemic
DEMOCRACY: European Parliament approves creation of new special committee on foreign interference
ECONOMY - FINANCE
ECB: despite geopolitical uncertainty, monetary institute continues gradual normalisation of its monetary policy
TAXATION: some Member States still have doubts about Directive implementing Pillar II of OECD agreement in EU
ECONOMY: GDP growth at 0.3% in fourth quarter of 2021 in euro area
STATE AID: European Commission’s in-depth investigation into Greek support for Hellenic Post (ELTA)
EXTERNAL ACTION
MOROCCO: Mr Várhelyi and Mr Bourita stress importance of EU-Morocco partnership
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: European Parliament’s political groups start looking for compromises on ETS review
NEWS BRIEFS
DEVELOPMENT: European Parliament calls for gender equality to be a priority in EU external policy
SPACE: EUSPA and UNOOSA sign an agreement to strengthen cooperation in space sector
FINANCE: European Securities and Markets Authority makes specific recommendations to Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission
MIGRATION: more than 2.3 million people have fled Ukraine since 24 February
WTO: agreement to lift patents on Covid-19 vaccines remains far away
SLOVENIA: European Parliament Conference of Group Presidents postpones decision on Slovenian parliamentary observation mission