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#COVID19 Updates 🗺️ Zahl der täglichen Corona-Toten weltweit auf neuem Höchststand 🛑 Weitere Corona-Restriktionen in Europa 🇫🇷 Frankreichs Regierung prüft „strengen Lockdown“ zur Corona-Eindämmung eurac.tv/9Rr9

Die durch die Pandemie ausgelöste Wirtschaftskrise könnte sich zu einer „sozialen Krise“ entwickeln und ausweiten, warnt EU-Wirtschaftskommissar Paolo Gentiloni. eurac.tv/9S84

"For Moscow, Biden will be a much tougher nut to crack than Donald Trump. For the Kremlin, a renewed EU-US transatlantic relation, with Russia as the common enemy, should be avoided at any cost," writes @GeorgiGotev bit.ly/2KRW5qr

The European Commission has asked advisors to rework the EU’s green finance taxonomy rules after member states rejected draft implementing guidelines. bit.ly/3iTL0C2

The European Commission is aiming to have fewer than 5% of EU citizens using tobacco in twenty years. @gerardofortuna reports. bit.ly/39kj5Yt

🇪🇪 Kaja Kallas has become Estonia’s first female prime minister. She has pledged not to define marriage strictly as a union between a man and woman and has promised to bar any further investment in the fossil fuel industry. bit.ly/3sXeDqB