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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12995

19 July 2022
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Enlargement
Long-awaited opening of North Macedonia and Albania negotiations will take place on Tuesday
Brussels, 18/07/2022 (Agence Europe)

On Monday 18 July, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, announced that the first intergovernmental conference on North Macedonia would take place on Tuesday 19 July. Albania’s is also scheduled for Tuesday.

“Tomorrow, the Intergovernmental Conference will launch the negotiation process - a process that is long overdue”, Borrell announced as he arrived at the Foreign Affairs Council. This conference is intended to launch the...

Contents

BEACONS
Beacons: Return of the European Political Community. And its ambiguities… (1)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE: ministers give political agreement for further military aid
FOOD SECURITY: Josep Borrell wants to “counter Russian narrative” while hoping for a quick unblocking of grain exports from Ukraine
FOOD SECURITY: European Commission finalises decision on crop rotation derogations in 2023 in context of war in Ukraine
ENERGY: EU needs to save an extra 12 bcm of gas over next 3 months, says IEA
EXTERNAL ACTION
ENLARGEMENT: long-awaited opening of North Macedonia and Albania negotiations will take place on Tuesday
LATIN AMERICA: EU plans to hold a summit with CELAC countries in second half of 2023
ISRAEL: Association Council with EU could meet again, 10 years later
DEVELOPMENT: EU Council welcomes increase in EU aid levels in 2021, boosted by vaccine donations
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: EU Council agrees on more concerted European approach to challenges posed by new digital technologies
SECTORAL POLICIES
FOOD SAFETY: EU ministers highly critical of proposal on sustainable use of pesticides
ANIMAL HEALTH: a number of EU ministers are calling for an eight-hour limit on transport of animals going to slaughter
AGRICULTURE: European Commission has finalised discussions on ‘CAP strategic plans’ of five EU countries
FISHERIES: EU ministers call for measures in favour of sustainable aquaculture
ENERGY: EU and Baku agree to double gas supplies from Azerbaijan
DIGITAL: Czech Presidency of EU Council works to better align Data Act with existing legislation
COMPETITIVENESS: EU ministers to discuss regional dimension of competitiveness in Prague
JUSTICE: EDPB and EDPS call on European co-legislators to clarify issue of secondary use of data in European Health Data Space
COHESION: European Commission validates three partnership agreements with Slovakia, Estonia and Portugal to set targets for Cohesion Funds 2021–2027
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT: Commission launches new digital skills partnership
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY/TAXATION: ongoing divisions at G20 over Russian invasion of Ukraine
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: ECDC and WHO Europe want to equip Europe against Covid-19 by second half of 2022
ECONOMY: Hungarian recovery plan, European Commission and Budapest still negotiating on anti-corruption measures, audit and education
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: green light for €155 million Dutch scheme for fishery sector in context of Brexit
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: EU Council extends mandate of four EU Special Representatives
BUDGET: EU Council adopts position on 2021 budget surplus
DEFENCE: EU approves €25 million for Niger’s armed forces
MOLDOVA: EU Council approves temporary suspension of tariffs on seven Moldovan agricultural products
MOLDOVA: Commission announces additional budget support of €22 million
DIGITAL: EU Council approves agreement with European Parliament over Digital Markets Act
UN: EU adopts its priorities for 77th General Assembly
FISHERIES: EU Council adopts measures to help sector cope with effects of war in Ukraine
CIVIL PROTECTION: forest fires, EU supports Slovenia and continues assistance to France
RESEARCH: EU Joint Research Centre indicates worrying drought conditions in Europe
HEALTH: 54,530 doses of monkeypox vaccine secured through European health programme
TERRORISM: EU extends sanctions against individuals and entities linked to terrorism by six months
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