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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12627

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Christmas: We wish our subscribers and loyal readers a merry Christmas and a very happy 2021! We are closed from December 22 to January 3 inclusive. EUROPE 12628 will be dated 5 January 2021
BEACONS
free to read - Beacons: A devastating year with a mixed bag of governance
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: EU paves way for Covid-19 vaccination campaigns
HOME AFFAIRS: variant of Covid-19, Member States invited to coordinate travel restrictions from United Kingdom
REGIONS: coronavirus, European Commission approves reprogramming package for Croatia and Poland
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED KINGDOM: European Parliament is no longer in a position to ratify a possible post-Brexit agreement which would enter into force at the beginning of 2021
IRAN: JCPOA participants reaffirm that full implementation of agreement by all is crucial
AFRICA: EU mobilises €82.5 million to strengthen Euro-African cooperation in digital and space technologies
ETHIOPIA: EU mobilises more than €23.5 million in emergency aid for victims of crisis in Tigray 
CHINA: EU close to an investment agreement with Beijing
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: European Commission to issue €62.9 billion worth bonds in 2021, under existing programmes
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPETITION: conditional green light for merger between Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot
FINANCE: European Commission completes rules on pan-European Personal Pension Product
TAXATION: European Commission proposes to transform VAT Committee into comitology committee
SECTORAL POLICIES
RESEARCH: EU Member States agree on new Euratom programme and financing of ITER
RESEARCH: EU Member States endorse provisional agreement on Horizon Europe Framework Programme
DIGITAL: European Commission publishes delegated act setting European termination rates
JUSTICE: more than 4 million pieces of information exchanged via European Criminal Records Information System in 2019
JUSTICE: EU Council gives green light to EU Agenda on Drugs 2021-2025
ENERGY: most of current national plans for development of gas network do not include hydrogen, ACER points out
ENVIRONMENT: European Commission awaits comments on its roadmap for revision of air quality standards 
COHESION: MEPs give go-ahead for interinstitutional agreements on Interreg and Just Transition Fund
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
COURT OF AUDITORS: Advocate General proposes that Mr Pinxten be deprived of two thirds of his pension rights
ECB: Court dismisses appeal by Mr De Masi and Mr Varoufakis seeking publication of internal documents relating to Greek crisis
NEWS BRIEFS
HOME AFFAIRS: European Commission grants €23 million to enhance protection of places of worship and public spaces in EU
CLIMATE: second round of negotiations between Parliament and EU Council on ‘Climate Law’
TRADE: tighter controls on foreign investment in France extended until December 2021
ECONOMY: eurozone inflation stable at -0.3% in November 
ENERGY: EU very close to its 2020 renewable energy target, according to Eurostat
SPACE: Member States give green light to interinstitutional agreement on EU Space Programme
GUINEA: EU urges authorities to launch investigation into death of opposition spokesperson Roger Bamba
MIGRATION: European Commission urges Bosnian authorities to address “alarming” migration situation
TRANSPORT: International Road Transport Union calls on France to lift driving restrictions for transport trucks arriving from UK
YEMEN: EU welcomes announcement of government of national unity as positive step
CALENDAR
Main activities of European Institutions: until 15 January 2021
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