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Environment ministers reached a political agreement on EU climate law and agreed to halt biodiversity degradation
Ministers held a debate on the draft European Climate Law and reached an agreement on it (partial general approach). The aim of the EU Climate Law is to set the EU’s climate neutrality goal for 2050.
Read MoreCouncil agrees on the Horizon Europe’s budget- Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions get more funding
On 29 September the Competitiveness Council reached an agreement (in a general approach) on the Horizon Europe legislative package
Read MoreAgriculture and Fisheries Council, 21 september 2020, Brussels
The German Presidency is committed to reach a general approach on the CAP reform package on the next AGRIFISH Council in October. In order to succeed, the main open issues were discussed, namely the CAP green architecture, the direct payments and the New Delivery Model.
Read MoreThe brown trout called “Szilvásváradi pisztráng”, has became the newest Hungarian Protected Geographical Indication
The European Commission has registered a Hungarian freshwater fish in the list of EU protected geographical indications for the first time. The certification document was handed over to István Nagy Minister of Agriculture by Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski on the margins of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Brussels, on the 21st of September.
Read MoreWe must maintain viability of Central Europe’s economy
Maintaining the viability of the entire Central European economy is in the best interests of the V4 countries; we must pursue an effective fight against the coronavirus epidemic, whilst “keeping our economies up and running,” Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said after the Friday meeting of the prime ministers of the Visegrád countries (V4: Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia) held in Lublin in South East Poland.
Read MoreCentral Europe conveys the promise of a success story
While in recent years the answers that could have made Europe competitive have not been conceived, under the leadership of Poland, Central Europe’s economy conveys the promise of a success story, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told journalists on Monday in Bled, Slovenia.
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