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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12911

16 March 2022
Contents Publication in full By article 33 / 33
NEWS BRIEFS / Gender equality
Recommendations to strengthen presence of women in sport in EU

15/03/2022 (Agence Europe) – On Tuesday, 15 March, the High-Level Group on Gender Equality in Sport presented an action plan for achieving gender balance in sport to the European Commission, Member States, and relevant sports organisations, according to a press release. “The actions were developed considering eight transversal topics and six thematic areas of engagement such as participation, media coverage or leadership”, adds the European Commission. The high-level group is...

Contents

Russian invasion of Ukraine
RUSSIA: EU adopts fourth sanctions package
TRADE: EU decides to withdraw Russia’s ‘most-favoured-nation’ status at WTO
ECONOMY: Bruno Le Maire outlines “a common economic strategy” to mitigate impact of Russian invasion of Ukraine on EU
UKRAINE: three European Prime Ministers in Kyiv to demonstrate EU support
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Russia announces its exit from Council of Europe, but it may be expelled
NATO: Stoltenberg concerned about possible Russian chemical attack in Ukraine
CIVIL PROTECTION/HUMANITARIAN AID: EU emergency aid for Ukraine and neighbouring countries being stepped up
MIGRATION: more than three million people have fled Ukraine, according to IOM
HEALTH: EU health ministers agree to better coordinate health care for Ukrainian refugees and strengthen health systems
COHESION: Ukrainian refugees, European Commission cautious on possible new flexibilities
ENERGY: European Commission’s REPowerEU plan fails to convince MEPs
DIGITAL: Angelika Winzig calls on European telephone operators to eliminate roaming charges for Ukrainian refugees
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN COUNCIL: EU27 will stress urgency of building up strategic gas stocks
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE/CLIMATE: EU Council adopts its negotiating position with European Parliament on EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
ALBANIA: Mr Rama and Mr Borrell call for EU accession negotiations to begin as soon as possible
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: EU Council will try again in April to find compromise on ‘OECD agreement’s Pillar II’ directive
COMPANIES: MEPs almost unanimous on Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive
BANKS: Paschal Donohoe notes “renewed determination” of Member States to complete banking union
COMPETITION: European Commission carries out unannounced inspections in automotive sector
COMPETITION: European Commission approves Amazon’s acquisition of MGM
COMPETITION: MEPs advocate adjustments to competition policy
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE/FINANCE: EU taxonomy, chair of ‘Platform on Sustainable Finance’ calls for creation of an intermediate category
HOME AFFAIRS: EU Council and European Parliament agree on Europol’s role in introducing new alerts in Schengen Information System
TRANSPORT: TEN-T, Barbara Thaler calls for better supervision of implementation of measures by Member States
DIGITAL: data protection, EDPB adopts guidelines to facilitate cooperation between national authorities
AGRICULTURE: first analysis by European Commission of Member States’ priorities in CAP strategic plans
ENVIRONMENT: four European NGOs call on EU Council to be as ambitious as European Parliament on sustainable batteries
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HOME AFFAIRS: more than 1.7 billion EU Covid Certificates issued in Member States
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
FINANCE: Court of Justice of EU clarifies conditions justifying disclosure of inside information for journalistic purposes
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: reaching agreement with European Parliament on regulation coordinating social security systems remains objective of French Presidency of EU Council
NEWS BRIEFS
BUDGET: EU Council presents its ‘budget guidelines’ for 2023
EUROPEAN COUNCIL: US President Joe Biden will attend summit on 24 March
GENDER EQUALITY: recommendations to strengthen presence of women in sport in EU