EUROPEAN COUNCIL:weekly digest

 

Weekly digest Sunday 1 November 2020

● European Council   29-10-2020 18:48:00 | Press material | Déclaration conjointe des membres du Conseil européen   Déclaration conjointe des membres du Conseil européen Visit the website 29-10-2020 16:40:52 | Press material | Joint press release: EU-Canada Leaders' virtual meeting   President of the European Council Charles Michel, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, and Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, held a Leaders' Virtual Meeting on 29 October 2020 and issued a joint press release. Visit the website 29-10-2020 11:04:19 | Press material | Media advisory - Press conference following the video conference of the members of the European Council, 29 October 2020   President Charles Michel called an informal leaders' video conference on 29 October 2020 to focus on COVID-19. EU heads of state or government will discuss the need to strengthen the collective effort to fight the pandemic. Visit the website 28-10-2020 18:02:32 | Press material | Media advisory - EU-Canada leaders' meeting via video conference, 29 October 2020   This EU-Canada leaders' video conference will be the first joint meeting involving the new EU leadership and PM Trudeau since his re-election and the bilateral summit held in July 2019. Visit the website ● Council of the EU   30-10-2020 16:52:26 | Meetings | Main results - Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council, 30/10/2020   Health ministers discussed the EU role in strengthening the WHO. View meeting page 30-10-2020 15:17:47 | Press material | Reinforcing the Youth Guarantee: the Council adopts a recommendation for more inclusive measures to boost youth employment   Council adopts a recommendation for more inclusive measures to boost youth employment Visit the website 30-10-2020 14:26:32 | Press material | Background brief - Video conference of economics and finance ministers, 4 November 2020   Video conference of economics and finance ministers, 4 November 2020 Visit the website 29-10-2020 15:20:56 | Meetings | Agenda highlights - Economic and Financial Affairs Council, 04/11/2020   Ministers will discuss measures to prevent money laundering and terrorism financing, non-performing loans, the European Semester and EU statistics. They will also hear a presentation on the 2020 annual report of the European Fiscal Board and receive a debrief on international finance meetings in October. View meeting page 29-10-2020 13:59:20 | Press material | Media advisory - Video conference of health ministers, 30 October   Media advisory - Video conference of health ministers, 30 October Visit the website 29-10-2020 13:55:54 | Press material | Climate finance: EU and member states' contributions continued to increase in 2019   The EU and its member states continued to scale up their climate finance contribution in 2019, providing €23.2 billion of support for mitigation and adaptation in developing countries. Visit the website 28-10-2020 19:17:58 | Press material | Video conference of economics and finance ministers of 4 November 2020   The press briefing will take place on 30 October 2020 at 14:00 Visit the website 28-10-2020 18:25:12 | Press material | Trade: EU reaches political agreement on updated enforcement regulation   The Council presidency has reached an agreement with the European Parliament on a revised enforcement regulation. Visit the website 28-10-2020 12:41:24 | Press material | Combating child abuse online – Council ready to negotiate a temporary measure   The EU is working on temporary rules to allow providers of web-based email, messaging services and internet telephony to continue detecting child sexual abuse online, until permanent legislation is adopted. Visit the website 28-10-2020 11:01:55 | Press material | Press briefing ahead of the video conference of health ministers (30 October)   The press briefing ahead of the video conference of EU health ministers will take place on Thursday, 29 October at 11:00 Visit the website ● Council of the EU   30-10-2020 11:41:55 | Meetings | Agenda highlights - Eurogroup, 03/11/2020   The Eurogroup will discuss the economic outlook and challenges in the context of COVID-19. Ministers will also look at a possible future introduction of a digital euro. In inclusive format, the Eurogroup will take stock of progress with the implementation of safety nets as response to the crisis. View meeting page 27-10-2020 10:25:44 | Press material | Press briefing ahead of Eurogroup of 3 November 2020   Press briefing ahead of video conference of Eurogroup will be take place on 29 October 2020 at 13:30. Visit the website ● General Secretariat   30-10-2020 18:51:23 | Press material | Forward look: 1-15 November 2020   Overview of the main subjects to be discussed at meetings of the Council of the EU over the next two weeks and upcoming media events. Visit the website ● European Council   30-10-2020 12:54:23 | Library blog | New books added to the library's collection – October 2020   Read full post 29-10-2020 12:25:46 | Library blog | Think Tank Review - October 2020   Read full post