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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12913

18 March 2022
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Russian invasion of Ukraine / Home affairs
EU Council ready to release additional €420 million in aid for refugees from Ukraine

17/03/2022 (Agence Europe) – The national ambassadors of the Member States to the EU approved, on Wednesday 16 March, the negotiating mandate of the Council of the EU on a proposal amending the Home Affairs Fund 2014-2020 and the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund 2021-2027. The amendment, presented under a fast-track procedure, will allow member states to use unused funds urgently to deal with the influx of refugees from Ukraine and is expected to free up around €420 million in...

Contents

Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE: Ukrainian Defence Minister calls for more European military support
RUSSIA: EU welcomes decision of International Court of Justice
AGRICULTURE: European Commission proposes to mobilise, at this stage, €1.5 billion for farmers in crisis 
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: most vulnerable Ukrainian refugees are at mercy of human traffickers
EDUCATION: Europeans and Ukrainians work on educational continuity for Ukrainian refugee children and teachers in EU
SPACE: Russian invasion of Ukraine, ESA suspends ExoMars programme
BUDGET: MEPs call for significant funding in 2023 to deal with consequences of war in Ukraine
ECONOMY: OECD recommends taxing energy professionals to fund support for consumers affected by rising prices  
HOME AFFAIRS: meeting of EU interior ministers scheduled for 28 March to take stock of situation of refugees from Ukraine
HOME AFFAIRS: EU Council ready to release additional €420 million in aid for refugees from Ukraine
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Council of Europe suspends its relations with Belarusian authorities
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: European Parliament makes available one of its Brussels buildings for Ukrainian refugees
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENT: ‘sustainable batteries’ regulation, EU Council ready to negotiate with European Parliament 
ENVIRONMENT: imported deforestation, EU ministers want EU regulation based on robust and clearer definitions
CLIMATE: proposal for a new carbon market for buildings and road transport is struggling to convince Member States
CLIMATE: European Commission is trying to persuade Member States of need for a carbon market for road transport and buildings
SEAS: MEPs call for more EU funding for sustainable fishing
FISHERIES: European Parliament committee divided on need and modalities for CFP reform
TOURISM: package travel and sustainable tourism, Member States to take stock of their expectations from European Commission
DIGITAL: DMA-DSA, Margrethe Vestager expects more investment commitment from Member States
DIGITAL: European Commission consults on future Data Act legislative proposal
DIGITAL: MEPs in European Parliament committee divided over responses to online dark patterns
COHESION: European Commission launches new platform to show projects funded by Cohesion Policy since 2014
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: pay transparency—MEPs lower threshold for companies with at least 50 employees
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: EU Council Code of Conduct Group Chair seeks to reassure MEPs on corporate taxation
TAXATION: experts recommend creation of an EU asset registry to enforce sanctions against Russian oligarchs
ECB: Mrs Lagarde believes inflation trajectory has entered a new era
FINANCE: European financial supervisory authorities warn of risks linked to crypto-assets
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: MEPs sharply divided on link between Social Climate Fund and future ‘ETS 2’ system
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
AGRICULTURE: Denmark must stop exporting domestically produced products of registered name ‘Feta’ outside EU, says Advocate General of CJEU
NEWS BRIEFS
HOME AFFAIRS: MEPs confirm first agreement on Europol reform
AGRICULTURE: European Commission approves new geographical indication for Cameroon
STATE AID: European Commission approves 2022-2027 regional aid map for Spain
COHESION: European Alliance for Cohesion wants to strengthen cohesion policy in context of pandemic and Russian invasion of Ukraine
INTERNAL MARKET: online platforms increase penetration of counterfeit goods, says OECD and EUIPO report
MIGRATION: new regulation on asylum and migration in situations of instrumentalisation assigned to ECR group
DIGITAL: CSAM, 39 organisations call for protection of private communications to be kept in mind in future legislation
YEMEN: EU announces additional aid of €154 million