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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12781

2 September 2021
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SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE Interview: Matej Tonin says EU must be able to act more quickly
Brussels, 01/09/2021 (Agence Europe)

On the eve of the informal meeting of EU defence ministers, Slovenian Defence Minister Matej Tonin, whose country holds the EU Council Presidency, spoke to EUROPE on Wednesday 1 September about the meeting’s programme and the efforts of his country’s army to combat climate change. (Interview by Camille-Cerise Gessant)

Agence Europe – Afghanistan will be one of the topics of the informal meeting on Thursday. What should the EU do about Afghanistan in terms of defence?

Matej Tonin –...

Contents

SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE Interview: Matej Tonin says EU must be able to act more quickly
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
RULE OF LAW: MEPs still not convinced of effectiveness of Commission’s annual Rule of law reports
MEDIA: STA news agency calls for EU support to obtain funding it is owed by Slovenian government
SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: Ljubljana is working on rapid appointment of its European Delegated Prosecutors, promises Slovenian Justice Minister
TRANSPORT: ‘Fit For 55’, MEPs question charging infrastructure
TRANSPORT: Marian-Jean Marinescu expects very difficult inter-institutional negotiations over Single European Sky
TRANSPORT: Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar hopes for agreement with EU Council on driverless car hire by end of the year
AGRICULTURE: EU ministers to discuss strengthening dialogue between urban and rural areas on Tuesday 7 September
ENVIRONMENT: MEPs call for improved EU regulatory framework to enforce polluter pays principle
CLIMATE: number of disasters has increased fivefold over past 50 years, according to WMO
DIGITAL: Google to appeal €500 million fine imposed by French competition authority
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
ECONOMY: imminent disbursement of pre-financing of recovery plans in four EU countries
SOCIAL: some 30% of financial allocation of European Recovery and Resilience Facility earmarked for social expenditure
ECONOMY - FINANCE
GREECE: Greek economy has weathered Covid-19 pandemic well, says Christos Staikouras
FINANCE: US SEC Chairman calls for appropriate regulation of crypto-assets
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: MEPs set out their expectations for future public procurement instrument
UNRWA: UN agency has reviewed textbooks, says Mr Lazzarini
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
TRANSPARENCY: General Court of EU annuls OLAF decision refusing access to a case report
NEWS BRIEFS
ENERGY: fifteen NGOs announce boycott of media events sponsored by fossil fuel companies
ENVIRONMENT: MEPs endorse European Parliament/EU Council agreement on amending EU’s Aarhus Regulation on public access to justice
MIGRATION: David Sassoli disappointed with EU Ministers for Home Affairs’ conclusions on Afghanistan
MIGRATION: green light for new agreement with Cape Verde on short-stay visas
CIVIL PROTECTION: Cyprus asks for EU help to stem oil spill from Syria
SOCIAL: ETUC appoints new Deputy General Secretary