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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12862

6 January 2022
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NEWS BRIEFS / Transport
Inland waterway transport stakeholders call for more financial support for alternative fuels

Brussels, 05/01/2022 (Agence Europe) – The European Federation of Inland Ports (EFIP), Inland Navigation Europe (INE) and several stakeholders within the inland waterway transport sector called on Wednesday 5 January for more support for the deployment of alternative fuels. In order to achieve the targets that have been set, these actors want to be able to access funding from programmes such as the Connecting Europe Facility. These stakeholders also insist that the electricity network will...

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EXTERNAL ACTION
UKRAINE: Borrell does not want Europeans to be left out of European security talks
SUDAN: for EU and Troika, resignation of Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok “reinforces urgent need for democratic transition”
TRADE/CLIMATE: European Parliament rapporteur Mohammed Chahim wants a more ambitious Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism than one proposed by Commission
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: revision of ‘LULUCF Regulation’, MEP Ville Niinistö proposes to significantly raise EU’s CO2 removal target
ENERGY: Blue Energy Communication was overoptimistic, says European Commission assessment
MIGRATION: Member States agree to set up new steering mechanism on external dimension of migration
AGRICULTURE: nine EU countries, including Germany, have not yet submitted CAP strategic plans to European Commission
RESEARCH: European Commission launches call for applications under ‘EU Missions’
TRANSPORT: French Presidency of EU Council intends to focus on deployment of alternative fuels
NEWS BRIEFS
ENERGY: gas prices in Europe rise again
RULE OF LAW: French Presidency of EU Council is planning two hearings for Poland and Hungary, on 22 February and 30 May
KAZAKHSTAN: EEAS calls for de-escalation between protesters and Kazakh authorities
MOLDOVA: European Commission launches consultation on additional macrofinancial assistance
TRANSPORT: inland waterway transport stakeholders call for more financial support for alternative fuels
ADDENDUM
CLIMATE/FINANCE: clarification of article “EU Taxonomy, European Commission accused of greenwashing”