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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12959

25 May 2022
Contents Publication in full By article 28 / 37
NEWS BRIEFS / State aid
Covid-19, green light for €33.4 million Latvian aid to recapitalise airBaltic

24/05/2022 (Agence Europe) – On Tuesday 24 May, the European Commission approved a €33.4 million Latvian aid measure to recapitalise airBaltic in the context of the coronavirus pandemic. airBaltic is the largest airline in Latvia and plays a major role in the Latvian economy. Its main shareholder is the Latvian State, which, after the recapitalisation approved on 3 July 2020, currently holds a stake of about 97% in the company. This €33.4 million recapitalisation, which will be...

Contents

Russian invasion of Ukraine
ECONOMY: “We must do maximum financially” for Ukraine, says Bruno Le Maire
FOOD SECURITY: in Davos, Mrs von der Leyen announces that she is working with Egyptian President al-Sissi to find a solution to food crisis in Africa
JUSTICE: EU Council adopts regulation to enable Eurojust to better support war crimes investigations in Ukraine
TRADE: EU Council gives green light to temporarily end tariffs on imports from Ukraine
UKRAINE: Council of Europe deplores Russia’s use of minority rights as a pretext for invasion and is concerned about interethnic tensions
DEFENCE: EU Council adopts two assistance measures for Ukraine under European Peace Facility worth €490 million
ENERGY: European Commission and United States reaffirm commitment to strengthen Europe’s energy security
MIGRATION: European Union Agency for Asylum deploys staff to Moldova for first time
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Greens/EFA call for Gazprom lobbyists to be banned from European Parliament
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: agreement on directive implementing minimum taxation of companies further delayed
EUROZONE: three candidates still in running to lead ESM
BANKS: uncertainty about ability of Eurogroup to agree on work programme to complete banking union
ECONOMY: continued freezing of Stability Pact does not change fiscal stance at euro area level, says Mr Donohoe
MONEY LAUNDERING: MEPs Paul Tang and Luděk Niedermayer want to strengthen anti-money laundering package
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: Ukraine must be helped to export grain, say EU ministers
AGRICULTURE: situation of agricultural markets remains worrying, according to European Ministers
ANIMAL HEALTH: EU Council supports vaccination against avian influenza as “complementary” tool to biosecurity measures
FISHERIES: Indian Ocean Tuna Commission fails to agree on management of yellowfin tuna stocks
HOME AFFAIRS: Member States have reintroduced checks at their internal borders more than 280 times since 2015, says first annual State of Schengen Report
INDUSTRY : semi-conductors, EU Member States invited to provide policy guidance
SPACE: resilience and competitiveness of EU’s space programme will be on next EU Council agenda
ENERGY: Commission consults on two delegated acts to clarify EU rules on renewable hydrogen
ENVIRONMENT: European Commission consults public to improve management of polluting nutrients
FOOD SAFETY: sharp rise in illegal pesticide residues on fruit in EU since 2011, says study
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
TURKEY: Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe calls on Turkish judiciary to find a solution to Kavala case
EXTERNAL ACTION
ISRAEL: Metsola pleads in favour of peace in speech to Knesset
NEWS BRIEFS
HOME AFFAIRS: EU Member States definitively approve new powers for Europol agency
STATE AID: Covid-19, green light for €33.4 million Latvian aid to recapitalise airBaltic
STATE AID: €100 million Romanian support for forest regeneration approved
COHESION: European Commission adopts €21.4 billion partnership agreement with Czech Republic over green and digital transition
COMPETITION: call for feedback on revised antitrust ‘informal guidance notice’
ENERGY: European Commission seeks green light from Member States to negotiate gas supplies with Egypt and Israel
ENVIRONMENT: European Commission launches a call for projects under LIFE Nature and Biodiversity
SPACE: delay in establishing ESA expert group in order to prepare 2023 Space Summit
FINANCE: Ecofin Council agrees its negotiating position on European Long Term Investment Fund, ‘ELTIF’
INDUSTRY : European Commission has opened a period for feedback on a draft amendment on type approval of light-duty vehicles
ANIMAL HEALTH: European Commission says ‘no’ to EU-wide positive list of species allowed as pets