The EU ETS is a cornerstone of the EU's policy to combat climate change and its key tool for reducing greenhouse gas emissions cost-effectively. It is the world's first major carbon market and remains the biggest one.

Trilogue on EU Emissions Trading System

According to the report member states should provide resettled persons with a long-lasting solution, first and foremost by granting refugee or subsidiary protection status. Member States may issue permanent residence permits. The report also calls on Member States to increase resettlement efforts and the number of resettlement places in order to shoulder a fair share of global responsibility. The EU should take on at least 20% of the annual projected global resettlement needs, as defined by UNHCR, which would equate to around 250 000 people in 2017. Furthermore, resettlement should not be used for other foreign policy objectives, or depend on third countries' cooperation on other migration-related matters, as proposed by the European Commission. Instead, resettlement should be a humanitarian programme and the EU resettlement framework should be based on the annual global projected

Final trilogue on EU Resettlement Framework: arrivals, roundtable and statement by Malin BJÖRK (The Left, SE), Rapporteur

Trilogue on Pay Transparency: arrivals and roundtable (09.00) and statements by Samira RAFAELA (Renew, NL) and Kira Marie PETER-HANSEN (Greens/EFA, DK), co-rapporteurs (12.00-12.30)

MEPs, Council and Commission meet to try to reach a deal on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). This is a climate measure that should prevent the risk of carbon leakage and support the EU's increased ambition on climate mitigation, while ensuring WTO compatibility. Extracts from the arrivals to the trilogue in the European Parliament, and roundtable.

Trilogue on CBAM (Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism): arrivals and roundtable

The Digital Markets Act (DMA) proposal blacklists certain practices used by large platforms acting as “gatekeepers” and enables the Commission to carry out market investigations and sanction non-compliant behaviours.The text approved by Parliament with 642 votes in favour, 8 against and 46 abstentions sets new obligations and prohibitions directly applicable to such platforms, with a view to ensuring fair and open markets. MEPs, representatives of the French Presidency of the EU Council and the Commission meet for the first interinstitutionnal meeting to start negotiations. Before the meeting, a minute of silence was hold to honour David SASSOLI.

First Trilogue on the Digital Markets Act (DMA)

Following the last non-decision (on 28-05-2021), the EU Farm policy reform trilogues are continuing. The main sticking points that need to be resolved consist of green architecture of the future EU farm policy, including the financial envelope for eco-schemes and for other environment- and climate-friendly measures and rules for some of the so-called Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions (GAECs), redistributive payment to channel more money to small and medium-sized farmers, and the social dimension of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Statements by rapporteurs Ulrike MÜLLER (Renew,DE), Peter JAHR (EPP,DE) and Eric ANDRIEU (S&D,FR), and by Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, the European Commissioner for Agriculture.

CAP trilogue: arrivals, roundtable, statements

European Parliament, Council and Commission organise a trilogue on the common agricultural policy (CAP) for the period 2021-27, in the European Parliament in Brussels: arrivals and roundtable

CAP trilogue: arrivals and roundtable

Sabine VERHEYEN (EPP, DE), Chair of the Committee on Culture and Education (CULT) and Massimiliano SMERIGLIO (S&D, IT) make a statement on the Creative Europe final trilogue, in the European Parliament in Brussels.

DORNEANU, Valer (RO)

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