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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12859

23 December 2021
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Christmas: winter break
BEACONS
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INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: European Commission hopes new own resources will bring in €17 billion per year to EU budget
POLAND: European Commission launches new infringement proceeding against Warsaw after Constitutional Tribunal questions primacy of European law
ECONOMY - FINANCE
TAXATION: European Commission wants to put an end to abuse of shell entities
TAXATION: European Commission proposes swift transposition of OECD agreement on minimum taxation
BANKS: political agreement in EU Council on targeted revision of banking resolution framework
STATE AID: European Commission consults on revision of guidelines on support to railway undertakings
STATE AID: European Commission authorises €2.55 billion Portuguese aid to TAP Group
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EDUCATION
SOCIAL: member States reject Interinstitutional Agreement on coordination of social security systems
SOCIAL: unanimous support for interinstitutional agreement on fourth revision of directive on protection from carcinogens or mutagens in EU Council
EDUCATION: EU Council to promote European mobility of trainee teachers
SECTORAL POLICIES
FISHERIES: EU and UK seal deal on shared fish stocks for 2022
ENERGY: green light from Member States for provisional agreement between European Parliament and EU Council on revision of TEN-E Regulation
ENERGY: MEP Nils Torvalds publishes his draft opinion on ‘RED II’ Directive revision
HOME AFFAIRS : European Commission specifies model for cooperation agreements between Frontex and third countries
HOME AFFAIRS : Slovenian Presidency notes progress on Europol reform, but questions remain on Schengen alerts and fundamental rights
MIGRATION: three member countries remain excluded from visa waiver programme for visas to US
BIODIVERSITY: Commission issues guidance to help Member States combat river fragmentation in EU
COHESION: structural and investment funds supported 45 million people in 2020
DIGITAL: Slovenian Presidency of EU Council presents its recommendations for development of digital technology in humanitarian crisis management
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: European Commission presents specific PCR detection method for ‘Omicron’ variant to Member States
STATE AID: Covid-19, green light for support to Deutsche Bahn and Charleroi Airport
COHESION: REACT-EU, Commission approves funding for €681.15 million
EXTERNAL ACTION
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: EU has set priorities for its ‘Peace, Stability and Conflict Prevention’ programme with €871 million until 2027
OACPS: signing on behalf of EU of post-Cotonou Partnership Agreement is still in limbo
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
EDUCATION: Observatory on History Teaching in Europe is a Council of Europe priority shared by European Union
NEWS BRIEFS
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU mobilises additional €15 million to alleviate food crisis in Sahel
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU mobilises €10 million in aid for vulnerable populations affected by drought in Syria
BIODIVERSITY: EU Council takes note of likely postponement of second part of COP15 by at least 1 month
Op-Ed
REGIONS: It is time to start taking climate induced migration seriously, says CPMR
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