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Brussels, 5 July 2020 Weekly digest Council of the European Union 30/06/2020 18:14 | Press release | Foreign affairs & international relations Council extends the mandates of EU CSDP civilian missions for one more year The Council extended the mandates of three of its Common Security and Defence Policy civilian missions: EUBAM Rafah, EUBAM Libya and EUPOL COPPS. Read the full item 30/06/2020 18:14 | Δελτίο τύπου | Foreign affairs & international relations Το Συμβούλιο παρατείνει τις εντολές ορισμένων μη στρατιωτικών αποστολών ΚΠΑΑ της ΕΕ για ένα ακόμη έτος Το Συμβούλιο παρέτεινε τις εντολές τριών μη στρατιωτικών αποστολών της Κοινής Πολιτικής Ασφάλειας και Άμυνας: EUBAM Rafah, EUBAM Libya και EUPOL COPPS. Read the full item 29/06/2020 17:57 | Media advisory | Foreign affairs & international relations Media advisory - Republic of Korea- EU leaders' video conference meeting, 30 June 2020 The Republic of Korea-EU leaders' video conference will bring together the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the President of the Republic of Korea, Jae-in Moon. Read the full item 30/06/2020 10:47 | Press release | Foreign affairs & international relations Joint press release: Republic of Korea - EU Leaders’ video conference meeting European Council President Charles Michel, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and President of the Republic of Korea Moon Jae-in held a Leaders’ meeting via video conference on 30 June 2020. Read the full item 30/06/2020 21:23 | Speech | Foreign affairs & international relations "Aux côtés du G5 Sahel, l'Union européenne tient ses engagements" - discours du Président Charles Michel au Sommet de Nouakchott "Aux côtés du G5 Sahel, l'Union européenne tient ses engagements" - discours du Président Charles Michel au Sommet de Nouakchott Read the full item European Council 30/06/2020 13:41 | Press release | Consumer protection EU consumers obtain access to collective redress Coreper approved the early second reading agreement on the draft directive on representative actions for consumers. Read the full item Council of the European Union 30/06/2020 15:37 | Press release | Foreign affairs & international relations Council agrees to start lifting travel restrictions for residents of some third countries The Council today adopted a recommendation on the gradual lifting of the temporary restrictions on non-essential travel into the EU. Read the full item 30/06/2020 17:46 | Press release | Justice Modernising judicial cooperation across borders: Presidency and Parliament reach provisional agreement on the taking of evidence and the service of documents regulations The EU is working to modernise cross-border exchanges between authorities through digitalisation and the use of IT to improve judicial cooperation in civil and commercial matters. Read the full item Council of the European Union 30/06/2020 18:58 | Press release | Agriculture Extension of current CAP rules until the end of 2022: informal deal on transitional regulation Extension of current CAP rules until the end of 2022. Read the full item Council of the European Union 03/07/2020 11:05 | Press event | Euro area Media advisory - Press briefings ahead of the Eurogroup and Ecofin video conferences of 9 and 10 July 2020 Press briefings ahead of the Eurogroup and ECOFIN video conferences of 9 and 10 July 2020 Read the full item Eurogroup Meetings 29/06/2020 | Foreign affairs & international relations International Summit, 30/06/2020 Background brief - Republic of Korea- EU leaders' video conference meeting, 30/06/2020 Visit the meeting page European Council 29/06/2020 | Agriculture Main results - Video conference of agriculture and fisheries ministers, 29/06/2020 Agriculture and fisheries ministers exchanged views on the progress achieved on the common agricultural policy reform and the road ahead. They also discussed the fishing opportunities for 2021.For more details, see the meeting page. Visit the meeting page Council of the European Union 03/07/2020 | Security & defence Agenda highlights: European Union Military Committee (EUMC), EU Chiefs of Defence, 9 July 2020 The European Union Military Committee will meet at the level of EU Chiefs of Defence (CHODs). On the agenda: the EU's military operations and training missions, state of play of EU-NATO cooperation and security matters related to migration flows.For more details, see the meeting page. Visit the meeting page Council of the European Union 03/07/2020 | Economy & finance Agenda highlights - Economic and Financial Affairs Council, 10/07/2020 Finance ministers will exchange views on the progress achieved on measures to respond to the COVID-19 crisis at EU level. They will hold a discussion on the priorities to bring the capital markets union forward. They will also take stock of the convergence reports for the adoption of the single currency by non-euro member states published by the European Commission and the European Central Bank.For more details, see the meeting page. Visit the meeting page Council of the European Union 02/07/2020 | Library blog Readers of Europe Reading List - Slovenian recommendation The Council Library, in collaboration with the Croatian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, has started a new initiative - the Readers of Europe Reading List. The list is compiled of choices made by the Permanent Representations to the EU. Click to discover the book recommended by the Permanent Representation of Slovenia to the EU. Go to the website 29/06/2020 | Library blog Think Tank Review - June 2020 EU action to tackle Covid-19 impact on all policy areas, the recovery fund, the implications of Covid 19 especially for the European Green Deal, the ruling of the German Constitutional Court about the ECB’s public sector purchase programme and the ECB’s monetary policy mandate perspectives are amongst the topics covered in the present Think Tank Review. Go to the website 29/06/2020 | Library blog Readers of Europe Reading List - Portuguese recommendation The Council Library, in collaboration with the Croatian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, has started a new initiative - the Readers of Europe Reading List. The list is compiled of choices made by the Permanent Representations to the EU. Click to discover the book recommended by the Permanent Representation of Portugal to the EU. Go to the website 30/06/2020 | Library blog Supporting the future of Syria and the region - reading suggestions The Council Library has prepared a bibliography relating to the conference "Supporting the future of Syria and the region" held in Brussels. Go to the website 02/07/2020 | Library blog Think Tanks' reports on COVID-19 and the recovery fund To help you stay on top of the latest think-tank research on COVID-19 and the recovery fund, the Council Library is publishing on its blog a regularly updated list of related publications. Subscribe to the Council Library blog to receive the updates if you don't follow us yet. Go to the website 02/07/2020 | Library blog Readers of Europe Reading List - French recommendation La bibliothèque du Conseil, en collaboration avec la présidence croate du Conseil de l'Union Européenne, a lancé une nouvelle initiative : the "Readers of Europe Reading List". Cette liste de lecture se compose des choix effectués par les différentes représentations permanentes. Cliquez pour découvrir le livre recommandé par la représentation permanente de la France auprès de l'UE. Go to the website 03/07/2020 | Library blog Readers of Europe Reading List - Czech recommendation The Council Library, in collaboration with the Croatian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, has started a new initiative - the Readers of Europe Reading List. The list is compiled of choices made by the Permanent Representations to the EU. Click to discover the book recommended by the Permanent Representation of Czech Republic to the EU. Go to the website