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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13287

8 November 2023
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FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
DEMOCRACY: EU Council and European Parliament reach provisional political agreement on targeting and transparency of political advertising
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL: digital platform workers, Spanish Presidency of EU Council brings forward by one day delicate discussions on legal presumption of salaried employment
EMPLOYMENT: MEPs express expectations regarding future mandate of European Labour Authority
EXTERNAL ACTION
HUMANITARIAN AID: absolute priority is to increase humanitarian access, because “Gaza needs everything”, emphasises Janez Lenarčič
JORDAN: EU announces new support of €902 million
SECURITY - DEFENCE
SPACE: in Seville, European ministers agree on future of launchers and space exploration
NATO: Allies suspend their participation in Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Russian invasion of Ukraine
JUSTICE: Eurojust presents its assessment and strategies for dealing with legal challenges of Ukrainian crisis
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: ending fossil fuel subsidies and tripling renewable energy, MEPs set their targets for COP28
BIODIVERSITY: new deal for pollinators, MEPs call for EU to equip itself with practical means to reverse decline by 2030
ENERGY: regulation of gas package, many points of disagreement remain between European Parliament and EU Council
ENERGY: Kadri Simson announces creation of European alliance dedicated to small modular reactors
HEALTH: medicinal products, MEPs divided on Transferable Exclusivity Voucher and ‘regulatory sandbox’
HEALTH: MEPs call for European strategy on mental health to be fleshed out
JUSTICE: recognition of parenthood in EU, MEPs support introduction of a European certificate
HOME AFFAIRS: Sweden calls on EU to strengthen tools for sharing information on terrorism and to improve return policy
MIGRATION: European Commission wants more information on agreement between Italy and Albania to transfer asylum seekers rescued at sea to Albanian centres
TRANSPORT: European Commission proposes to encourage intermodality in order to ‘green’ freight transport
TRANSPORT: shared mobility cannot be achieved without adapting infrastructure, say European experts
FOOD SAFETY: MEPs seek compromise on new genomic techniques
CONSUMERS: European Commission and national authorities receive complaint from BEUC about greenwashing against major plastic bottle traders
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: MEPs begin work on reforming European economic governance framework
ECONOMY: European Court of Auditors supports proposed reform of EU’s fiscal rules while noting a number of shortcomings
EUROGROUP: budgetary and macroeconomic situation, banking union and capital markets union on ministerial agenda
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: according to Johannes Hahn, “nothing has been decided” regarding release of suspended funds for Hungary
NEWS BRIEFS
BANKS: MEPs ready to negotiate on targeted reduction in bank resolution rules
RULE OF LAW: European Commission launches consultation to prepare its annual report on rule of law in Member States for 2024
PORTUGAL: corruption, Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa resigns
RESEARCH: European Commission appoints Torsten Persson to ERC Scientific Council
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