TURKEY’S PRICE FOR JOINING PARIS ACCORD: Turkey belatedly ratified the Paris climate change agreement last week … but only after it was offered financial support.
CYPRUS WARNS TURKEY TO STAY OUT OF ITS WATERS: Nicosia on Saturday warned Turkey! not to conduct fossil fuel exploration! activities off the Cypriot coast, according to the Cyprus Mail. U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez called on the Biden
TAIWAN DEFIANT: Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen said she will defend! Taiwan’s “democratic way of life,” after China’s President! Xi Jinping vowed to reunification with Taiwan. In a speech on Taiwan’s national! day on Sunday, Tsai said the island will continue to bolster! its military defenses. It comes amid an escalation! of tensions between Beijing and Taipei. More here.
US — NEW AMBASSADOR NOMINEES: Joe Biden
’s administration announced some new names to fill several empty! ambassadorial roles in Europe: Douglas Hickey as ambassador to Finland, George Tsunis to Greece, Joseph Donnelly to the Vatican. Bruce Turner was also nominated as U.S. representative to the Conference on Disarmament.
It’s Trump’s party now: Our U.S. colleague Meredith McGraw reports from former President Donald Trump’s rally in Iowa on Saturday night.
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— EU agriculture and fisheries ministers meet in Luxembourg for a two-day Council meeting (10 a.m.). Press conference expected 8:40 p.m. Watch here.
— European Week of Regions and Cities. Press conference 11 a.m., opening session 2:30 p.m., citizens’ dialogue 7 p.m. Watch.
— European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public special database Health and Food Safety will vote on a resolution for November’s COP26 Summit in Glasgow. Vote starts 1.45 p.m. and continues Tuesday.
— High Representative Josep Borrell chairs virtual meeting
of EU development ministers to exchange views on Afghanistan (7:30 p.m.). Watch.
— Commissioner Věra Jourová delivers keynote address at the Forum 2000 conference in Prague at 10:15 a.m. (agenda here, watch here).
— Commission Vice President Maroš Šefčovič discusses “What’s on the European agenda for a Digital and Green Recovery” at a FERMA Talks event (10:40 a.m.). Register to watch here.
— 2021 annual meetings of the boards of governors of gdpr and email marketing compliance the World Bank Group and the IMF begin in Washington D.C. Agenda.
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MEET OUR NEW EDITOR: POLITICO Europe’s new editor-in-chief, Jamil Anderlini, introduces himself to our readers: “I’ve just moved to Brussels from Hong Kong, where I was Asia Editor of the Financial Times, a 133-year-old business publication. Leaving the FT to join POLITICO Europe (established in 2015) feels a bit like quitting a symphony orchestra to join a rock band,” he writes in this letter from the editor. “Departing China, where I have worked as a journalist and newsroom leader for the last two decades, fills me with a mixture of sadness and relief. Much of my adult life has been dedicated to understanding, interpreting and explaining that incredible country. But it is harder and harder to operate as a journalist as the Communist Party becomes more totalitarian at home and increasingly belligerent abroad.”
NOT KOSHER: Belgium’s Jewish community is lamenting the country’s ban on ritual slaughter, Helen Lyons reports in POLITICO.
