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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13051

27 October 2022
Contents Publication in full By article 19 / 38
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Economy
High time to clarify future EU fiscal rules, says Niels Thygesen
Brussels, 26/10/2022 (Agence Europe)

In 2021, despite the strong economic recovery spurred by the lifting of anti-Covid-19 health measures, some EU Member States, especially those with already high debt-to-GDP ratios, increased public spending further “well above rates that can be expected to be sustainable in the medium to long run”, with some of this expenditure being introduced on a permanent basis, the European Fiscal Board notes in its 2021 activity report published on Wednesday 26 October.

Such a situation, made...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENT: Commission proposes to bring EU air quality standards further in line with WHO’s 2030 cleaner air recommendation
ENVIRONMENT: European Commission proposes to modernise Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive to ensure cleaner water by 2030 and save energy
FISHERIES: European Commission refuses to grant aid to EU fishermen who were unable to work in Senegal at beginning of 2022
AGRICULTURE: MEPs call for level playing field for rural areas of EU
AGRICULTURE: EU increases cereal exports, according to European Commission data
ENERGY: eight Member States join forces to defend low-carbon hydrogen
ENERGY: MEPs want to exclude small hydroelectric power plants from fast-track permitting procedures
ENERGY: coming months will be a “make or break moment” for European energy market integration, warns ACER
SPACE: European Parliament and EU Council to have first discussion on constellation regulation on Thursday 27 October
SPACE: French space ecosystem proposes to penalise projects that do not have strong national and European territorial roots
DIGITAL: Pilar del Castillo gives update on data covered by scope of Data Act in European Parliament committee
JUSTICE: European Parliament wants two texts on digitalisation of cross-border judicial cooperation to be more ambitious
HOME AFFAIRS: MEPs strengthen Eurojust’s role in cross-border terrorism investigations
RESEARCH: European Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and Energy opposes European Commission’s governance of EIC
COHESION: Just Transition Fund, local authorities lack resources to manage complexity of Cohesion Funds
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
PAYMENTS: European Commission wants to generalise deployment of instant euro payments
MONEY LAUNDERING: private sector wants European regulation to be aligned with international standards
COMPANIES: European Parliament division on key points of future directive establishing corporate due diligence
ECONOMY: high time to clarify future EU fiscal rules, says Niels Thygesen
ECONOMY: MEPs ready to negotiate with Council of EU on REPowerEU chapters of national recovery plans
BANKS: MEPs approve appointment of Dominique Laboureix as head of Single Resolution Board
STATE AID: green light for €1.25 billion Hungarian support for businesses in context of war in Ukraine
COMPETITION: EU Member States consulted again on prolonging Temporary Crisis Framework
EXTERNAL ACTION
IRAN: Tehran imposes sanctions on members of European Parliament
MERCOSUR: Josep Borrell believes free trade agreement with EU could be finalised in second half of 2023
UNITED STATES: launch of an EU-US task force on US Inflation Reduction Act
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: MEPs back proposal on three new EU own resources
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: Defence Joint Procurement Task Force makes progress
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
GENDER EQUALITY: experts are divided on need to revise EU treaties to incorporate gender equality
DEMOCRACY: Sandro Gozi reports on ongoing discussions in European Parliament on transparency and targeting of political advertising
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Uber whistleblower calls on MEPs to preserve ambition of digital platform workers directive
Russian invasion of Ukraine
HUMAN RIGHTS: ODIHR says Russia is showing general disregard for basic principles of international humanitarian law in its hostilities in Ukraine
TRANSPORT: report by Marian-Jean Marinescu on road transport agreements between EU, Ukraine and Moldova adopted in European Parliament Committee
NEWS BRIEFS
DEFENCE: United Kingdom meets conditions for participation in PESCO project on military mobility
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: European Parliament’s The Left group updates Secretariat-General
FISHERIES: tropical tuna and bluefin tuna on agenda of next ICCAT annual meeting
FISHERIES: MEPs approve compromise text on access to waters
TRANSPORT: Rovana Plumb’s report on intelligent transport systems adopted in European Parliament Committee