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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12958

24 May 2022
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EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19 / Health
Commission launches new tool in fight against Covid-19: Therapeutics Innovation Booster
Brussels, 23/05/2022 (Agence Europe)

The European Commission is making progress in the implementation of its Covid-19 Therapeutics Strategy.

On Monday 23 May, it published the Therapeutics Innovation Booster. It is a report written by independent experts proposing guidelines, selection criteria, tools and methodological elements to accelerate innovation and the development of promising new and repurposed Covid-19 treatments.

The report aims to facilitate the identification of promising research projects and technologies and...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: European Commission recommends maintaining freeze on Stability and Growth Pact until end of 2023
GREECE: Athens should no longer be subject to in-depth fiscal surveillance from August
FINANCE: EU Council of Ministers to adopt its position on European Long-Term Investment Fund ‘ELTIF’
FINANCE: European Supervisory Authorities were effective at height of Covid-19 pandemic, according to European Commission
INSTITUTIONAL
RULE OF LAW: Hungary’s fourth hearing was slightly more “constructive”, but no significant change on substantive issues
BUDGET: ‘blacklist’ is under-used tool to protect EU funds against fraud, according to EU Court of Auditors
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: French Presidency of the EU Council to test support for temporary solidarity mechanism to bring southern countries on board with ‘Screening’ and Eurodac regulations
AGRICULTURE: EU ministers to discuss, on Tuesday 24 May, agricultural markets and effects of war on food security
FISHERIES: ClientEarth takes legal action over quotas set by EU and UK
TRANSPORT: European Commission adopts its contingency plan to strengthen transport resilience in times of crisis
TRANSPORT: CORSIA offsetting mechanism - EU Council adopts its mandate for future inter-institutional negotiations
DIGITAL: French Presidency of EU Council stresses need to increase overall level of cyber security
SPACE: Copernicus 2035 - Member States suggest that programme should evolve towards dual activities
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: Commission launches new tool in fight against Covid-19: Therapeutics Innovation Booster
STATE AID: Covid-19, European Commission approves €890,000 Cypriot aid for cheese makers
EXTERNAL ACTION
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Michel proposes to work on a roadmap to move Bosnia and Herzegovina forward on path to EU
CAUCASUS: progress made in resolution of conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia
EGYPT: EU defines its partnership priorities with Cairo
DEVELOPMENT: EU wants to build global partnerships with LDCs to accelerate UN Agenda 2030 and SDGs
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
JUSTICE: Council of Europe proposes comprehensive framework to combat hate speech
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: Council of Europe recommendation on protecting rights of migrant women and girls
NEWS BRIEFS
HOME AFFAIRS: Member States must do everything possible to keep Schengen area “open”, demands EESC
ECB: Christine Lagarde considers end of negative interest rates in third quarter
SPACE: space traffic management - Member States support possibility of presenting a legislative act, but without giving a date
TRADE: EU imposes anti-dumping duty on Chinese and Brazilian chromium coated steel products
INTERNAL MARKET: European Commission opens call for evidence on banning forced labour products
WTO: merchandise trade struggling to recover, according to latest estimates
NEAR EAST: Metsola critical of Israeli refusal to let Manu Pineda in
SOCIAL: serious and fatal accidents related to use of machinery are constantly increasing
SOMALIA: Josep Borrell congratulates new President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud and hopes for a commitment to reform
TRANSPORT: Commission consults to define minimum electricity share in renewable fuel production
FISHERIES: organic aquaculture production has increased by 60% in 5 years, says EUMOFA report
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