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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13324

10 January 2024
Contents Publication in full By article 22 / 23
NEWS BRIEFS / Youth
More than 36,000 young Europeans to benefit from DiscoverEU passes for free travel across Europe

09/01/24 (Agence Europe) – More than 36,000 young Europeans aged 18 have been selected to benefit from free travel across Europe as part of the DiscoverEU programme funded by Erasmus+. The winners of the October 2023 round were announced on 9 January and will have the opportunity to travel, mainly by train, between March 2024 and May 2025. This DiscoverEU application session was open to young people born between 1 January and 31 December 2005, from EU Member States and countries...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
EP2024: Stéphane Séjourné wants Europe’s centre-right to nominate Spitzenkandidaten to preside over EU’s institutional triptych
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: debates on future CAP on agenda of Belgian Presidency of EU Council
AGRICULTURE: European Parliament and EU Council to negotiate on draft ‘breakfast’ directives on 30 January
FISHERIES: new rules for monitoring fishing operations came into force on 9 January
ENVIRONMENT: microplastic pollution, MEP João Albuquerque wants to extend proposed EU regulation beyond pellets
ENVIRONMENT: further restrictions on mercury—MEPs plan to extend deadlines for prohibiting dental amalgam
CLIMATE: faced with Emmanuel Macron’s “regulatory pause”, Jacques Delors Institute stresses importance of funding and doctrinal clarity for ‘European Green Deal’
CLIMATE: with global temperatures approaching 1.5°C increase threshold, Copernicus announces 2023 was hottest year ever recorded
MIGRATION: ‘Pact’ and legal migration, International Organization for Migration issues recommendations to Belgian and Hungarian Presidencies of EU Council
Russian invasion of Ukraine
TRADE: Janusz Wojciechowski does not want renewal of trade measures between EU and Ukraine
UKRAINE: Renew Europe group MEPs reaffirm their support for Ukraine in light of upcoming European elections
UKRAINE: Olaf Scholz asks Europeans to deliver more military equipment to Ukraine
EXTERNAL ACTION
SAUDI ARABIA: EU and Riyadh intend to continue their Peace Day Effort initiative for Middle East
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: undermining constitutional order will have “serious consequences”, warns EU
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: Belgian Presidency of EU Council wants to rapidly conclude a number of dossiers relating to capital markets and sustainable finance
STATE AID: Flemish Minister-President Jan Jambon calls for an end to flexibilities allowed by EU’s temporary framework
COMPETITION: European Commission examines level of competition in virtual worlds and artificial intelligence sector
NEWS BRIEFS
ECONOMY: unemployment down to 6.4% in euro area in November 2023
ENVIRONMENT: flooding in Pas-de-Calais, MEP Karima Delli stresses importance of ‘zero net artificialisation of land’ objective
RULE OF LAW: Poland and Hungary, Belgian Presidency of EU Council plans two hearings on Rule of law on 25 June
FINANCE: Bruno Le Maire appoints committee of experts to make recommendations on capital markets union
YOUTH: more than 36,000 young Europeans to benefit from DiscoverEU passes for free travel across Europe
MIGRATION: European Union will need one million extra migrants each year to deal with its ageing population, according to European Commissioner Ylva Johansson