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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13248

13 September 2023
Contents Publication in full By article 7 / 34
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Tunisia
Partnership between European Union and Tunisia continues to divide MEPs
Strasbourg, 12/09/2023 (Agence Europe)

On Tuesday 12 September in Strasbourg, MEPs were sharply divided over the agreement sealed in July between the EU and Tunisia, which is intended to help Tunisia prevent migrants from leaving for the EU.

While some MEPs, particularly on the right, supported the objectives of this agreement and even regretted that it was not implemented more quickly, another fairly large group of MEPs denounced it, with the Dutch MEP Sophie in’ t Veld (Renew Europe) even speaking of a “betrayal of...

Contents

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
ENVIRONMENT: revision of EU air quality standards, right wing in European Parliament hopes to dilute ambition of ‘López’ report
ENVIRONMENT: European Parliament adopts its position on updating list of dangerous pollutants to be monitored in freshwater and groundwater
ENERGY: MEPs validate agreement reached with EU Council on Renewable Energy Directive
ENERGY: several MEPs oppose mandate adopted by parliamentary committee on electricity market reform
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: European Parliament’s rules on transparency and ethics, uncertainty over level of ambition of reform
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: European Parliament to approve increase in number of seats in Chamber to 720 for 2024-2029 parliamentary term
TUNISIA: partnership between European Union and Tunisia continues to divide MEPs
NIGER: there is no unanimity among EU countries on targeted sanctions against military junta, according to Josep Borrell
IRAN: EU/Iran relations at an all-time low, admits Josep Borrell
INTERNAL MARKET: European Parliament largely approves text on geographical indications protection for craft and industrial products
EDUCATION: European Parliament calls for reform of European Schools System to make it a genuine educational model
CLIMATE: for a resilient European Union, Pascual Navarro Ríos supports choice of strengthened prevention and Janez Lenarčič pleads for more funding
HEALTH: European Parliament ready to negotiate with Council on proposal concerning use of substances of human origin
AGRICULTURE: European Parliament validates interinstitutional agreement on organic dog and cat food
FISHERIES: European Parliament endorses text on Mediterranean bluefin tuna management plan
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: European Parliament approves appointment of Iliana Ivanova to European Commission
DEFENCE: European Parliament approves Interinstitutional Agreement on EDIRPA
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF EU: EU’s climate ambitions and management of migratory flows, two key issues at end of 2019-2024 legislative period
LOBBYING: companies in digital sector have substantially increased budget allocated to lobbying activities since 2021
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: European Commission proposes to simplify tax rules and compliance for cross-border enterprises
SECTORAL POLICIES
INTERNAL MARKET/TAXATION: European Commission proposes a package of measures to support European SMEs
TRANSPORT: Karima Delli wants to extend points-based licence system to whole of EU
ENVIRONMENT: classification and labelling of dangerous chemical substances, MEPs back proposed revision of ‘CLP’ regulation
REGIONS: Greek Prime Minister calls for increase in EU Solidarity Fund and agricultural reserve
HEALTH: European Commission sets up an advisory committee on public health emergencies
ENERGY: ACER is considering a review of distribution of income from congestion on Europe’s electricity grids
Russian invasion of Ukraine
JUSTICE: Council of Europe Justice Ministers clarify functioning of “Register of Damage” suffered by Ukraine
AGRICULTURE: Warsaw to extend ban on Ukrainian grain imports
EXTERNAL ACTION
WESTERN BALKANS: Western Balkans leaders call for acceleration of integration process to be ready to join EU by 2030
TRADE: WTO highlights dangers of economic protectionism
NEWS BRIEFS
BANKS: Fabio Panetta to chair Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures of Bank for International Settlements
CYPRUS: €31.7 million in EU funds allocated to Turkish Cypriot community
EMPLOYMENT: finding right skills remains challenging for majority of European SMEs, according to new Eurobarometer survey
SERBIA/KOSOVO: Vučić and Kurti to meet on 14 September in Brussels to try to progress implementation of agreement on path to normalisation