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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12941

29 April 2022
Contents Publication in full By article 10 / 36
EXTERNAL ACTION / Albania
Mr Rama warns Tirana will ask to be decoupled from Skopje if no progress is made in accession negotiations by end of June
Brussels, 28/04/2022 (Agence Europe)

On Thursday, 28 April, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama announced that if his country did not succeed in officially opening EU accession negotiations by the end of June, he would request that the applications of his country and North Macedonia no longer be processed together.

“[W]e have gone through a national consultation process with the Albanian citizens. The Albanian citizens were asked whether they would agree that, even if after the end of the French Presidency [of the Council...

Contents

Russian invasion of Ukraine
ENERGY: no Member State will comply with Russian demand to pay for gas in roubles, say senior EU officials
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Ms Metsola and Mr Stoltenberg highlight enhanced EU-NATO cooperation
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly calls for firm and “non-bureaucratic” responses to war in Ukraine
JUSTICE: French Presidency of EU Council proposes to move forward as soon as possible on modification of Eurojust’s mandate
TRANSPORT: MEPs adopt draft resolution on impact of war on transport and tourism sectors in European Parliament committee
REGIONS: European Commission pays 3.5 billion euros for CARE initiative
STATE AID: approval of €169 million Spanish scheme to support milk producers in context of war
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: ‘Strategic Compass’, French Presidency of EU Council highlights its implementation priorities
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: latest compromise on anti-competitive foreign subsidies proposed to EU Council further relaxes rules
ALBANIA: Mr Rama warns Tirana will ask to be decoupled from Skopje if no progress is made in accession negotiations by end of June
TUNISIA: EU denounces reform of Independent High Authority for Elections
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: Frans Timmermans calls on MEPs to move forward as quickly as possible on adoption of ‘Fit for 55’ package
ENERGY: European Parliament’s Committee on Environment supports a target of at least 45% energy efficiency improvement by 2030
ENVIRONMENT: interinstitutional negotiations on sustainable batteries regulation to continue in late May or early June
FISHERIES: EU and Norway strengthen cooperation for sustainable fishing in Northeast Arctic
TRANSPORT: ‘ReFuelEU Aviation’, French Presidency of EU Council wants to give Member States option to set some higher targets
CONSUMERS: French Presidency of EU Council submits compromise proposal on Credit Agreements Directive
MIGRATION: Frontex again accused of covering up pushback practices
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HOME AFFAIRS : European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties validates extension of EU Covid certificate until end of June 2023
HEALTH: Covid-19, European Commission wants to negotiate a transatlantic programme on behalf of EU to ‘defeat the global pandemic’
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF THE EU: final negotiations on launch of a process in European Parliament leading to establishment of a Convention for reform of EU Treaties
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: MEPs call for a direct right of legislative initiative for European Parliament
BUDGET: “Our decisions on ‘Rule of law conditionality’ are independent of geopolitical considerations”, says Johannes Hahn
ADMINISTRATION: Johannes Hahn hopes for a faster recruitment process in EU institutions
ECONOMY - FINANCE
BANKS: European Parliament/EU Council provisional agreement on targeted revision of banking resolution framework
TAXATION: MEPs call on EU Council to rapidly integrate into EU, OECD agreement on minimum taxation of multinationals
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
MEDIA: Council of Europe publishes alarming report on safety of journalists
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
JUSTICE: according to CJEU, GDPR allows representative actions against alleged infringement of personal data protection
COURT OF JUSTICE: nine judges appointed to General Court
AGRICULTURE: Court clarifies conditions for marketing wine in EU
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: just transition, EU Council amends draft recommendation to incorporate recent developments in Russian invasion of Ukraine
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: European Commission proposing extending possibilities of advance payments in all sectors
FOOD: second public consultation to prepare Regulation on a sustainable EU food system
ENERGY: new EU strategy on international energy cooperation postponed to 18 May
DIGITAL: EDPS and Commission collaborate on a pilot project to support use of social media based on open source software
DIGITAL: EU and some 30 international partners launch Declaration for the Future of Internet