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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12950

12 May 2022
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 37
EXTERNAL ACTION / Unrwa interview
Palestinian refugees feeling abandoned by international community, Philippe Lazzarini warns
Brussels, 11/05/2022 (Agence Europe)

On the occasion of the sixth annual Brussels Conference on Syria, the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, met EUROPE to take stock of the situation currently facing his agency.

UNRWA helps millions of Palestinian refugees in Gaza, the West Bank – including East Jerusalem – Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. In 2021, the agency gave 1.7 million Palestinian refugees access to healthcare services...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: European Commission proposes to tackle debt-equity bias in taxation
FINANCE: provisional agreement on proposal for a ‘DORA’ regulation on operational resilience of financial sector to cyber risks
ECONOMY: Paschal Donohoe in favour of a simple rule capping public spending
SECTORAL POLICIES
CONSUMERS: European Commission proposes to strengthen consumer protection for remotely sold financial services
HOME AFFAIRS: online child exploitation, European Commission wants to impose new monitoring obligations on service providers
DIGITAL: European Commission unveils its strategy for more child-friendly Internet
DIGITAL: artificial intelligence, Tudorache-Benifei report extends list of systems qualified as ‘high risk’
DIGITAL: EU Member States point to lack of maturity of open radio access networks for 5G
CLIMATE: European Parliament negotiators reach a series of compromises on ETS revision
CLIMATE: CO2 emissions from passenger cars, MEPs maintain 0% target for 2035
ENERGY: agreement between Member States on gas storage Regulation
FISHERIES: Experts and MEPs call on EU to set up cormorant management plans
AGRICULTURE: it is difficult to assess improvement in animal welfare brought about by CAP, according to a European Commission study
FOOD SAFETY: EFSA postpones conclusions on glyphosate re-evaluation by one year
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
RULE OF LAW: lack of action by EU Council has turned Hungary into electoral autocracy, laments draft report by European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNRWA interview: Palestinian refugees feeling abandoned by international community, Philippe Lazzarini warns
JAPAN: EU and Tokyo expected to announce launch of digital partnership at  12 May summit
IRAN: Enrique Mora in Iran to discuss nuclear deal
TRADE: Greenpeace publishes report critical of European Commission-commissioned trade sustainability impact assessments
Russian invasion of Ukraine
HOME AFFAIRS: European Commission submits to Member States an action plan to combat exploitation of refugees from Ukraine
MIGRATION: Council of Europe announces “targeted support” to Czech and Slovak Republics to help them receive vulnerable Ukrainian refugees
WESTERN BALKANS: EU and Western Balkan countries discuss consequences of war in Ukraine
NUCLEAR: Mr Grossi concerned about Zaporizhia power plant
FISHERIES: temporary cessation aid is “not right tool” to deal with crisis, says European Commission
STATE AID: green light for €125 million in Spanish aid for gas-intensive sectors in context of war in Ukraine
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
STATE AID: Covid-19, European Commission authorises €698 million Italian aid for tourism sector
BUDGET: Commission issues €9 billion of securities to finance European Recovery Plan
TRANSPORT: EASA abandons its recommendation on mandatory mask wearing at airports and on board flights
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
COMPETITION: General Court of EU condemns Commission for unjust enrichment in an anti-dumping duty recovery case
NEWS BRIEFS
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: European Commission publishes consolidated list of travel bans
AGRICULTURE: Commissioner Wojciechowski in Turkey for first High Level Dialogue on Agriculture
BIODIVERSITY: EU opens up MapMyTree online platform to citizens for 3 billion extra trees by 2030
ENERGY: Member States’ Foreign Ministers will adopt provisional agreement on revision of TEN-E Regulation on 16 May
ENVIRONMENT: fight against imported deforestation, Greenpeace conducts wildcat operation at port of Amsterdam
NEAR EAST: EU condemns murder of Al-Jazeera journalist
CSDP: Antti Hartikainen’s mandate as head of EUAM Ukraine mission should be extended
SRI LANKA: EU condemns repression of demonstrations in Colombo