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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12813

16 October 2021
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SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL: European Semester, Spain and Belgium propose an alert mechanism in case of social imbalance
EMPLOYMENT: Member States broadly welcome new OSH strategy on safety and health at work
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
RULE OF LAW: MEPs say it is necessary to continue monitoring respect for Rule of law in Slovenia
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: MEPs pave way for legal action against European Commission for failing to implement ‘Rule of law’ conditionality mechanism 
GENERAL AFFAIRS: Polish Constitutional Tribunal judgment invited to meeting of EU Ministers for European Affairs
PARLIAMENTARY PLENARY: MEPs will ask Polish Prime Minister to clarify his country’s relationship with EU law
GERMANY: SPD, die Grünen and FDP parties lay foundations for a government agreement
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED KINGDOM: Commission and UK government to continue talks next week on Northern Ireland Protocol flexibilities
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Eastern Partnership Summit, Gulf region, Nicaragua and Ethiopia on agenda of EU Foreign Ministers
MOZAMBIQUE: EU military mission EUTM Mozambique will be fully operational in December
TRADE: European Parliament discusses its expectations for 12th WTO Ministerial Conference
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENT: European Parliament/EU Council negotiations on EU’s 8th General Environment Action Programme will continue on 1 December
HEALTH: European Commission proposes phased implementation of Regulation on in vitro diagnostic medical devices
ANIMAL HEALTH: European Commission launches public consultation on an “ambitious” revision of animal welfare rules
ENERGY: EU Member States’ recovery plans do not go far enough on renovation, says E3G study
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: European Medicines Agency begins to evaluate AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 treatment
STATE AID: Covid-19, green light for €31.9 billion Italian scheme to support companies
STATE AID: green light for €700 million French aid scheme for certain retailers and service sectors
HOME AFFAIRS: vaccinated European tourists will be welcome in US again from 8 November
ECONOMY: Bulgaria officially submits its National Recovery Plan
CIVIL PROTECTION: EU provides Covid-19 equipment and medicines to Romania
NEWS BRIEFS
CLIMATE: ‘Fit for 55’, European Parliament Conference of Presidents postpones decision on division of competences between parliamentary committees again
CLIMATE: French State ordered to pay compensation for ecological damage for which it is responsible
DEMOCRACY: Pegasus project wins 2021 Daphne Caruana Galizia journalism award
ENERGY: Bulgaria sets goal of phasing out coal by 2040
ENERGY: study by Imperial College London Consultants highlights potential of biomass in European Union
UNITED STATES: negotiations on steel and aluminium tariffs stall between EU and Washington
FINANCE: Verena Ross to take over as head of ESMA on 1 November

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