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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12522

8 July 2020
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: economic impact of Covid-19 pandemic in EU will be greater than expected, according to European Commission
TAXATION: tax revenues in EU were overall stable before Covid-19 pandemic, according to a Commission report
FINANCE: according to Finance Watch, EU should guarantee access to a minimum basket of basic financial products
COMPETITION: Commission approves AMS acquisition of OSRAM
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
MIGRATION: Horst Seehofer expresses renewed optimism about future Pact on Asylum
BUDGET/ECONOMY: Hahn sees no major obstacle to agreement on governance of European recovery plan
AGRICULTURE: coronavirus, European Commission adopts new measures for wine sector
STATE AID: green light for €150 million Austrian subordinated loan to Austrian Airlines due to pandemic
INSTITUTIONAL
RULE OF LAW: Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz proposes to abolish unanimity rule in Article 7 procedure
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: first discussion under German EU Council Presidency regarding confidentiality of online communications to take place on 13 July
EU2020DE: Germany presents its digital priorities to European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs
DIGITAL: Commission opens public consultation on network security directive
DIGITAL: governance of data spaces, Commission publishes its inception impact assessment
EU2020DE: European Parliament Environment Committee welcomes Green Deal oriented priorities of German Presidency
ENERGY: MEPs call for post-Covid-19 recovery plan to prioritise building renovation
ENERGY: TEN-E Regulation allowed gas industry to benefit from more than one billion in public funds since 2013, denounce two NGOs
CLIMATE: European Parliament’s Environment Committee calls for inclusion of maritime transport in ETS
CONSUMERS: toys still top the list of dangerous products reported through RAPEX, EU alert system that is being used more and more
MIGRATION: Commission promises to better monitor suspected cases of anti-migrant violence reported at external borders
TERRORISM: no meeting between European Parliament and EU Council before September on issue of removal of terrorist content online
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Helena Dalli at work developing Commission's strategy on Rights of Persons with Disabilities
COHESION: MEPs and NGOs unhappy with European Parliament vote on Just Transition Fund
EXTERNAL ACTION
TURKEY: Borrell wants to change dynamic of relationship
TRADE: MEPs call for ambitious revision of trade Enforcement Regulation
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: coronavirus, nearly 90 MEPs want to shed light on situation in long-term care facilities
NEWS BRIEFS
CONSUMERS: European Parliament/EU Council political agreement on European class actions endorsed by European Parliament Legal Affairs Committee
HUMAN RIGHTS: Council of Europe online conference concerned with human rights consequences of pandemic
FINANCE: European Ombudsman has decided to launch an inquiry into BlackRock affair
GREECE: implementation of third tranche of aid to alleviate Greek debt servicing
NEW ZEALAND: agreement to restart consultations on human rights
CIVIL PROTECTION: EU delivers 65,000 masks to several Balkan countries
SOCIAL: non-EU citizens residing in EU suffer from a higher unemployment rate than EU citizens, according to Eurostat
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