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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13234

24 August 2023
Contents Publication in full By article 28 / 35
SOCIAL AFFAIRS / Social
Social protection spending played key role in withstanding economic shock of Covid-19, according to Eurofound report
Brussels, 23/08/2023 (Agence Europe)

The EU’s financial commitment to social infrastructure has enabled the EU to withstand the economic shock of the Covid-19 pandemic, with public spending on social services such as social protection, education and health accounting for 35% of GDP in 2020, Eurofound said in a new report on 17 August.

“The social services provided vital assistance and a network for people to get through the extraordinary limitations they faced in their daily lives”, says the Agency for the improvement...

Contents

COMMISSIONERS-DESIGNATE HEARINGS IN EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
EYCS: European Commissioner-designate Iliana Ivanova presents herself as “guardian of efficient investments”
RESEARCH: Iliana Ivanova calls for more inclusive, greener and better-funded Europe in research
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: Maroš Šefčovič assumes interim responsibility for implementing ‘European Green Deal’ following resignation of Frans Timmermans
MULTILINGUALISM: Madrid wants EU Council to examine its request for Catalan, Basque and Galician to be granted official EU language status on 19 September
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Catherine Amalric-Michalet to succeed Véronique Trillet-Lenoir in Renew Europe group
Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE: EU working on a high-level meeting on peace in Ukraine
BELARUS: EU strengthens its sanctions in connection with Russian invasion of Ukraine and human rights violations
ECONOMY: disbursement of a new instalment of macro-financial assistance for Ukraine
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: European Commission relaxes access to aid for wine growers and fruit and vegetable producers
PLANTS: research into Xylella fastidiosa progressing thanks to EU funding
FISHERIES: EU and UK sign three agreements on fisheries management
ENERGY: EU achieves 90% gas storage capacity target ahead of schedule
ENERGY: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania agree to integrate their electricity networks into continental European network
DIGITAL: data governance act, European Commission is introducing common logos to identify recognised intermediation service providers
CLIMATE: according to Eurostat, greenhouse gas emissions from EU economy fell by almost 3% in first quarter of 2023
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPANIES: first European Sustainability Reporting Standards will be highly aligned with global standards
ECONOMY: Italy submits REPowerEU chapter of national recovery plan
COMPETITION: European Commission opens an in-depth investigation into Adobe’s acquisition of Figma
COMPETITION: LALIGA files a complaint against Qatari financing of PSG under Foreign Subsidies Regulation
STATE AID: European Commission approves Czech aid scheme worth €800 million for large companies faced with rising energy costs
STATE AID: European Commission authorises German measure worth €6.5 billion to prevent ‘carbon leakage’
EXTERNAL ACTION
CYPRUS: EU condemns attack on UN force soldiers
WESTERN BALKANS: process possibly leading to new elections in Serb-majority municipalities in northern Kosovo will end on 1 September
NIGER: EU does not rule out punishing coup plotters
TRADE/CLIMATE: EU publishes rules on reporting obligations for transitional phase of Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
INDONESIA: EU launches investigation into possible circumvention of countervailing duty on Indonesian biodiesel
CHINA: EU renews countervailing and anti-dumping duties on several Chinese products
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: social protection spending played key role in withstanding economic shock of Covid-19, according to Eurofound report
NEWS BRIEFS
BUDGET: irregularities detected by OLAF and European Public Prosecutor’s Office concerning two rail infrastructure modernisation projects in Bulgaria
CLIMATE: ‘ETS’, public consultations for updating regulatory acts closing soon
ECONOMY: euro area inflation at 5.3% in July
EMPLOYMENT: European Globalisation Adjustment Fund has helped 13,000 workers made redundant between 2021 and 2022, according to a Commission report
YOUTH: twenty-five young people selected for EU Youth Sounding Board for International Partnerships 2023-2025
MIGRATION: Polish voters will be asked to vote on European migration policies on 15 October
NATO: Alliance strengthens its mission in Iraq