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The Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee will hold its hearing of Mairead McGuinness, Commissioner-designate for financial services and stability, on Friday 09.00-12.00.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

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The Committee on International Trade is holding a hearing with Commission Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis, candidate for the trade portfolio, on Friday from 13.00-16.00.
Committee on International Trade

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MEPs approved proposals to address long-term opportunities and legal challenges posed by AI in the area of ethics, civil liability and intellectual property.
Committee on Legal Affairs

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The Legal Affairs Committee calls on the Commission to review existing laws applicable to online providers and put forward new legislation on online content management.
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The Civil Liberties Committee on Thursday called on the Bulgarian authorities to ensure EU values and the Charter of Fundamental Rights are respected.
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David Sassoli told EU leaders Parliament is not obstructing anything in the budget negotiations, but is protecting the interests of European citizens.

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MEPs call on the Commission to put forward rules to stop EU-driven global deforestation through mandatory due diligence for companies placing products on the EU market.
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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Parliament and Council negotiators reached a provisional political agreement on stronger rights for passengers travelling by train.
Committee on Transport and Tourism

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The Civil Liberties Committee will discuss the proposed conditionality clause on the rule of law, ahead of negotiations with Council, and the first EC rule of law report.
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When: Thursday 1 October at 15:30 - Where: Anna Politkovskaya pressroom and via Skype

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This note provides information on the hearings of Mairead McGuinness and Valdis Dombrovskis taking place on 2 October.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
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There is no European plan to address in the short-term the regulatory barriers for the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes, the Council presidency of the EU and the European Commission have confirmed to EURACTIV.

"Everyone is concerned that the number of [coronavirus] infections is on the rise" and "everybody knows that the most difficult months are ahead of us," German chancellor Angela Merkel said at a summit in Brussels Friday. "I hope that they recover well from their coronavirus infection and are soon completely healthy again," she said, on news that the US president and his wife had tested positive for Covid-19 overnight.

The EU, on Friday, removed Agila Saleh, the speaker of the Tobruk-based House of Representatives in Libya, from its sanctions list due to "his recent constructive engagement in support of a negotiated political solution". The EU and UN formally back Saleh's rival Tripoli-based government. But individual EU states have backed opposing sides in the conflict, muddling Europe's foreign policy.

EU leaders underlined their non-recognition of Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea from Ukraine on Friday by blacklisting two persons and four entities involved in building a bridge from Russia to the peninsula. "The European Union does not recognise the illegal annexation of Crimea," the EU Council said. EU leaders also "condemned" Russia's recent attempted murder of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, but stopped short of threatening sanctions against those involved.

China must do more to let EU firms compete with Chinese ones, EU leaders said after their summit in Brussels on Friday. "If the Chinese side gives no market access in certain areas, that will naturally mean that access to the European market will also be more restricted," German chancellor Angela Merkel added. Leaders also voiced "serious concern" about Chinese human rights abuses against Uighur minorities and Hong Kong protestors.

EU states have imposed asset-freezes and visa-bans on Belarus' interior minister and 39 other officials, after Cyprus dropped its veto in return for tough talk on Turkey.

The European Commission will launch a ‘comprehensive review’ of EU competition rules in early 2021, Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday (2 October).

A ban on plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds was welcomed in the UK yesterday, prompting praise as a win for the environment and a signal that the government means business when it comes to plastic. 

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will speak by videoconference on Saturday (3 October) in an eleventh-hour bid to “intensify” talks on a post-Brexit trade agreement.