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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12937

23 April 2022
Contents Publication in full By article 22 / 27
NEWS BRIEFS / Cohesion
European Commission adopts Lithuania’s Partnership Agreement

22/04/2022 (Agence Europe) – And then there were three! On Friday 22 April, the European Commission adopted the Partnership Agreement for Lithuania, which defines the main objectives of the €6.4 billion expenditure of the Cohesion Policy 2021–2027. The Partnership Agreement with Lithuania paves the way for implementation on the ground, and covers 11 programmes: 3 national programmes and 8 INTERREG programmes. Lithuania’s Partnership Agreement is the third agreement for the...

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EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED STATES: Stefano Sannino and Wendy Sherman hope that China “learns the right lessons from the Russian-Ukrainian” crisis
UNITED STATES: Valdis Dombrovskis in Washington DC to prepare for next EU-US Trade and Technology Council meeting
UNITED KINGDOM: new confrontation between Commission and UK government on Northern Ireland Protocol in sight
NORTH KOREA: EU extends list of persons and entities sanctioned for Pyongyang’s illegal weapons programmes
Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE: Charles Michel calls for humanitarian ceasefire for Orthodox Easter
BUDGET: European Commission proposes to amend 2022 budget to ensure support for people fleeing Ukraine
AGRICULTURE: European co-legislators give green light to release agricultural crisis reserve
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: European Parliament negotiators still far from agreement on ETS review
CLIMATE: Europe had its warmest summer on record in 2021, according to data from Copernicus programme
ENVIRONMENT: combating imported deforestation in EU, Christophe Hansen caught between ambition and pragmatism
FISHERIES: European Commission proposes transposal of new rules of International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
DIGITAL: European Parliament/EU Council negotiations on EU rules for digital services prove arduous
COHESION: Constanze Krehl wants to profoundly change cohesion policy post-2027
TRANSPORT: Commission consults to evaluate work of European Union Aviation Safety Agency
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: EU provides further €45 million in aid to Mozambique’s armed forces
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: government deficit reduced to 5.1% of GDP and government debt to 95.6% in euro area by end of 2021
COMPETITION: Kingspan and European Architectural Systems abandon proposed transaction to purchase Trimo
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: European Commission says it is committed to transparency over Covid-19 vaccine procurement contracts
NEWS BRIEFS
AFGHANISTAN: EU calls on Afghan authorities to ensure safety of citizens after new attacks in country
BANKS: MREL asset deficit reduced from €110 to 67.6 billion in 2020
CLIMATE: European Commission formally commits to achieving climate neutrality as an institution by 2030
COHESION: European Commission adopts Lithuania’s Partnership Agreement
COURT OF JUSTICE: hearings and pleadings soon to be broadcast online
ECONOMY: euro area inflation at 7.4% in March
INTERNAL MARKET: European Parliament vote on machinery and equipment regulation is postponed
DIGITAL: artificial intelligence, EDRi calls on MEPs to strengthen measures to protect human rights
TIMOR LESTE: EU congratulates José Ramos Horta on winning presidential elections