Eurostat: EU, employment down by 0.7% in 2020. Lowest employment rates in Italy and Greece
DEMOGRAPHY —
Eurostat: COVID-19 cuts Europeans’ life expectancy. People live the longest in Spain, Switzerland, Italy and Sweden
HEALTH CRISIS —
COVID-19 Coronavirus: European Commission introduces “reciprocity and proportionality” for vaccine exports. Faster approvals by EMA for variants
Eurostat: births in the EU, still shrinking. Lowest fertility rates in Malta, Spain and Italy. France and Romania are doing fine
Day of Forests: EU Commission, “new guidelines” for “wildfire prevention and effective responses”
Economy: Gentiloni (EU Commission), “SURE offers an encouraging example of what European solidarity can deliver for our citizens”
Water: Borrell and Sinkevičius (EU), “everyone needs to play their part; let’s make every drop count”.
Day of remembrance for Covid-19 victims: closeness of European institutions. Sassoli, “we must remain united in the pandemic”.
Drugs: European survey of drug use. Emcdda, “an ever-evolving problem”
PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY —
Coronavirus Covid-19: Eurostat, 580 thousand more deaths from March to December 2020. Country-by-country figures
DECLARATION —
