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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12560

16 September 2020
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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
HOME AFFAIRS: Covid-19, European Parliament in turn calls for better coordination of measures limiting intra-EU travel
Brussels, 15/09/2020 (Agence Europe)

In a plenary debate on Tuesday 15 September MEPs backed Commission efforts to harmonise national measures restricting travel in the EU and the varying risk classifications related to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Together with Didier Reynders, the Commissioner for Justice responsible for free movement, most of them denounced the "chaos" in which citizens found themselves this summer, as French MEP Véronique Trillet-Lenoir (Renew Europe) said.

"The magic world of co-ordination does not exist for...

Contents

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
HOME AFFAIRS: Covid-19, European Parliament in turn calls for better coordination of measures limiting intra-EU travel
MEDITERRANEAN: MEPs call for firmness and dialogue
LEBANON: MEPs advocate helping Lebanese, but not without conditions
BELARUS: EU does not recognise Lukashenko as legitimate president, warns Mr Borrell
RULE OF LAW: European Parliament calls on Commission and EU Council to react to abuses observed in Poland
BUDGET: on creation of new own resources, MEPs say, “the ball is in the [EU] Council’s court”
CLIMATE: European Parliament wants maritime transport to be included in ETS system from 2022 onwards
ENVIRONMENT: Commission seeks to reassure MEPs on its action against pharmaceutical pollution
CIVIL PROTECTION: European Parliament united to strengthen EU’s rapid response capacity to major disasters
TRANSPORT: European Parliament plenary vote on post-Brexit operation of Channel Tunnel postponed to October
WEAPONS: public database on arms exports will be operational this year, Borrell announces
FINANCE: European Parliament confirms appointment of Klaus Löber as head of ESMA’s Central Counterparty Supervisory Committee
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF EU: MEPs expect Mrs von der Leyen to turn her ambition for EU into concrete commitments
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: without legislative proposals, Commission’s anti-racism commitments will be “only words”, warns Alice Kunhke
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: ETS, European Court of Auditors points finger at indiscriminate allocation of free allowances
MIGRATION: Berlin confirms reception of 1,500 people from Greece
SPACE: Rodrigo da Costa elected as head of future EU Space Programme Agency
SPACE: German EU Council presidency emphasises intergovernmental nature of European space policy
FISHERIES: multi-annual Baltic Sea stock management plan is “useful tool”, according to Commission
FISHERIES: NGO Bloom denounces extent of illegal electric fishing
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED KINGDOM: draft bill breaching agreement on an orderly Brexit passes first stage in British Parliament
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPANIES: SMEs want to be better taken into account in process of drawing up European legislation
FINANCE: European Ombudsman publishes her inspection report in BlackRock case
FINANCE: Commission to adopt temporary equivalence decision for UK clearing houses
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: coordination of social security systems, note from European Commission promotes digital solution to prior notification
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: social equity, key parameter in responding to Covid-19 crisis
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
DIGITAL: Court of Justice of EU interprets, for first time, principle of net neutrality
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
BELARUS: Council of Europe's objective remains accession of Belarus, says Parliamentary Assembly
NEWS BRIEFS
AFGHANISTAN: Mr Borrell reaffirms that EU support will be conditional
CLIMATE: European geothermal industry calls for extension of ETS to heating sector
CLIMATE: more than 150 business leaders call on EU to agree on 2030 target to reduce emissions by at least 55%
ENERGY: European electricity industry calls for EU funding dedicated to ‘renovation wave’