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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12974
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NEWS BRIEFS / Eurogroup

Ministers adopt their work programme for 2nd half of 2022

17/06/2022 (Agence Europe) – Euro area finance ministers have adopted their work programme for the second half of 2022. They will focus their work on a revised European economic governance framework, the digital euro, the banking union (see other news), and the international role of the single currency. See the work programme: https://aeur.eu/f/26o (MB)

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
ENLARGEMENT: European Commission recommends candidate status for Ukraine and Moldova, but Georgia will have to wait
WTO: white smoke in Geneva on fisheries subsidies, intellectual property of Covid-19 vaccines, food safety and e-commerce
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: global repercussions of war in Ukraine, Egypt and Horn of Africa on agenda of EU ministers on Monday
HUMANITARIAN AID: back from Moldova, MEPs call on EU to focus on country’s medium- and long-term needs
INDIA: Valdis Dombrovskis and Piyush Goyal formally reopen EU-India trade negotiations
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
ECONOMY: EU Council adopts Polish recovery plan
HEALTH: EMA initiates ongoing evaluation of Pfizer-BioNTech SARS-CoV-2 vaccine tailored to one or more variants of concern
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: faced with Hungarian veto on minimum taxation, Bruno Le Maire calls for an end to unanimity in tax matters
TAXATION: European Commission does not intend to regulate tax professionals
BANKS: Eurogroup favours small steps to deepen banking union
ECONOMY: euro area inflation confirmed as 8.1% in May
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL/CLIMATE: French Presidency of EU Council submits its proposals to Member States in order to obtain an agreement on 28 June on Social Climate Fund
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: Member States underline importance of NIS 2 Directive for cyber security of EU institutions, bodies and agencies
COHESION: European Commission seals partnership agreement with Sweden
ENERGY: EU must develop joint energy procurement platform into emergency tool, says Bruegel
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF EU: European Commission delivers its first analysis of recommendations of Conference on the Future of Europe
NEWS BRIEFS
INSURANCE: EU Member States agrees position on revision of ‘Solvency II’ Directive
ENERGY: REN21 report warns of stagnating share of renewables in global energy consumption
ENERGY: about 15 civil society organisations urge European Commission to guarantee principle of additionality for hydrogen
ENERGY/TRANSPORT: industry and NGO coalition calls on EU co-legislators to establish hydrogen quota for maritime transport
COMPANIES: BusinessEurope says war in Ukraine should not be an excuse to let public finances slip
COMPANIES: SMEunited and EESC Employers’ Group strengthen their cooperation
EUROGROUP: ministers adopt their work programme for 2nd half of 2022
FINANCE: EU Member States agree on their position on review of alternative investment fund rules
TAXATION: EU Council authorises opening of negotiations with Norway to extend cooperation agreement regarding recovery of VAT claims
MIGRATION: Member States asked on 27 June to commit to figures on solidarity mechanism for people rescued at sea