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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13147

23 March 2023
Contents Publication in full By article 5 / 30
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT / Social
Green technologies and European competitiveness, European social partners vigilant about a global subsidy race and quality of future ‘green’ jobs
Brussels, 22/03/2023 (Agence Europe)

The European social partners, the Commission and the Member States have a “common view” on competitiveness, growth and the need for quality jobs in the EU, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen summed up on 22 March after a new Tripartite Social Summit.

Focusing on the Commission’s proposals for European clean technology companies to stay in the global race (see EUROPE B13143A1) and the green skills needed to support this transition, the Tripartite Social Summit reached a...

Contents

EUROPEAN COUNCIL
COMPETITIVENESS: strengthening Single Market among priorities of EU27 at Summit of 23-24 March
EUROZONE: EU27 will discuss reform of European economic governance framework and recent financial turmoil
UKRAINE: European Council expected to reiterate its support for Kyiv
MIGRATION: EU leaders are expected to settle for just taking stock of measures launched in February to reduce arrivals in EU
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL: green technologies and European competitiveness, European social partners vigilant about a global subsidy race and quality of future ‘green’ jobs
SECTORAL POLICIES
CONSUMERS: European Commission proposes framework to tackle misleading green claims
CONSUMERS: European Commission proposes to promote an effective and attractive right to repair defective products in EU
TRANSPORT: Karima Delli announces that Parliament will lead a “rejection battle” against European Commission’s draft delegated act authorising e-fuels
ENERGY: points of debate remain over gas package in view of political agreement in EU Council on 28 March
MIGRATION: further work in EU Council on Member States’ responsibility and effectiveness of asylum seeker take back procedures
AGRICULTURE: European Parliament Agriculture Committee wants to improve proposal on pesticide use
AGRICULTURE: disagreements on European Parliament Agriculture Committee’s draft opinion on ‘nature restoration’ law
AGRICULTURE: MEPs call for more funding for ‘school fruit and vegetable schemes’
REGIONS: MEPs call on EU to pay systematic attention to needs of outermost regions
RESEARCH: study on publication repositories should help researchers meet European open science requirements
EXTERNAL ACTION
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Borjana Krišto highlights her government’s efforts to move forward on European path
SECURITY - DEFENCE
SPACE: EU Council Presidency proposes to work on fair and sustainable use of space
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
MEDIA: Ramona Strugariu calls for early dismissal mechanism to be accessible to all victims of ‘SLAPPs’
GENDER EQUALITY: European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties addresses inclusion of gender mainstreaming in its work
CITIZENSHIP: European Commission registers European Citizens’ Initiative on protection of horses
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: MEPs recommend granting discharge to European Commission’s 2021 budget
NEWS BRIEFS
AZERBAIJAN: EU concerned about restrictions on political parties
EUROPEAN COURT OF AUDITORS: MEPs reject EU Council’s proposal to appoint Martin Klus as a member of Court
EDUCATION: MEPs’ initiative for EU action on Holocaust remembrance in secondary schools
EDUCATION: European Commission and UNICEF call for more investment in education in crisis
EUROZONE: Croatia is officially a member of European Stability Mechanism
DIGITAL: MEPs hold more meetings to reach common position on artificial intelligence legislation
DIGITAL/HOME AFFAIRS: Amnesty International expresses concern about France’s proposed AI-assisted citizen surveillance law for 2024 Olympics
RESEARCH: European Commission launches InnovAid prize to improve quality of humanitarian aid
UNITED KINGDOM: overwhelming majority in UK Parliament in favour of ‘Windsor Framework’