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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12828

9 November 2021
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FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
Interview DEMOCRACY: MEPs will ensure that SLAPP Directive is “legally realistic” but politically ambitious, promises Roberta Metsola
Brussels, 08/11/2021 (Agence Europe)

On Thursday 11 November, the European Parliament will vote on an own-initiative report on the fight against “SLAPPs”: legal actions often brought against journalists or activists with the sole aim of intimidating or silencing them. When MEPs started working on this report last July, the main objective was to keep the pressure on the European Commission to come up with a legislative proposal (see EUROPE B12753A19). In the meantime, the European Commission has confirmed that it will...

Contents

FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
Interview DEMOCRACY: MEPs will ensure that SLAPP Directive is “legally realistic” but politically ambitious, promises Roberta Metsola
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: DSA, Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen insists on a ‘dynamic and evolving’ system
CLIMATE: COP26 enters its negotiation phase
ENERGY: France details its ideas for reforming European retail market
ENERGY: over 100 civil society organisations call for exclusion of fossil gas projects from 5th PCI list
MIGRATION: Commission reiterates offer of assistance to Poland, affected by new arrivals of migrants from Belarus
INTERNAL MARKET: European Commission points out shortcomings of Postal Services Directive
INTERNAL MARKET: MEPs prepare compromise amendments for opinion on Batteries and Waste Regulation
FISHERIES: new international strategy to strengthen sustainability of fisheries in Mediterranean and Black Sea
FOOD SAFETY: EFSA consults on a draft opinion on risk assessment of plasticisers such as phthalates in contact with food
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Member States to hold a final technical discussion on Minimum Wage Directive
SOCIAL: statutory minimum wages are still undervalued in many Member States, according to ETUC
SOCIAL: EU Council prepares new conclusions on lifelong working conditions
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: EU Council and European Parliament to seek agreement on 2022 budget on 12 November
EXTERNAL ACTION
NICARAGUA: EU does not rule out further sanctions targeting Ortega regime
MYANMAR: EU calls for calm
SECURITY - DEFENCE
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: EU approves Assistance Measure of €10 million for European Peace Facility
CSDP: since its launch, EUNAVFOR MED Irini operation has contacted nearly 4,500 vessels
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
POLAND: European Court of Human Rights once again condemns Poland after its judicial reforms
NEWS BRIEFS
LATIN AMERICA: 5th Congress of Media Editors European Union - Latin America
ENERGY: Netherlands joins commitment to stop financing fossil fuel projects abroad by end of 2022
INDUSTRY: HGVs, T&E calls for stricter nitrogen oxide emission standards
IRAQ: EU condemns assassination attempt on Prime Minister
WTO: US and China join Initiative on Trade and Environmental Sustainability
ANIMAL HEALTH: EFSA assesses welfare of sheep and goats during slaughter
SOCIAL: Covid-19, European Commission proposes €1.4 million European Globalisation Adjustment Fund support for Spain
TRANSPORT: CER and ETF sign agreement to promote women’s employment in railway sector