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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12906
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Russian invasion of Ukraine / Energy

‘REPowerEU’, Commission presents draft plan to reduce EU’s energy dependence and to fight against rising prices

As gas prices in Europe soar following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Commission unveiled, on Tuesday 8 March in Strasbourg, on the sidelines of a debate on the subject with MEPs, guidelines in the form of a communication, aimed at making the European Union independent of Russian fossil fuels well before 2030 and responding to rising energy prices.

“We need to act now to mitigate the impact of rising energy prices, diversify our gas supply for next winter and accelerate the...

Contents

BEACONS
Beacons: The Ukrainians and the arms of the European Union (2/2)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE: Europe prepared to do more to support Ukrainians
EUROPEAN COUNCIL: European leaders want to strengthen EU’s strategic autonomy
ENERGY: ‘REPowerEU’, Commission presents draft plan to reduce EU’s energy dependence and to fight against rising prices
HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission proposes to step up aid to refugees fleeing war in Ukraine by mobilising unused funds from previous EU budget
COHESION: European Commission presents its legislative initiative “CARE” to help regions cope with influx of refugees
AGRICULTURE: European Commission called upon to present food safety plan due to war
DIGITAL: EU Member States call on major digital players to be more active in combating online disinformation
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: final warning to Russia
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
MIGRATION: European Parliament commends Member States’ efforts to welcome refugees and calls on European Commission to give them more support
WOMEN'S RIGHTS: Oksana Zabuzhko addresses European Parliament to testify about resistance of Ukrainian women and to analyse Kremlin’s strategy. 
DEMOCRACY: EU wants to do more to fight disinformation and foreign interference
COHESION: Elisa Ferreira downplays consequences of delays in cohesion policy programming
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
WOMEN: European Commission proposes new EU rules to criminalise violence against women
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
CUSTOMS/TAXATION: Court condemns United Kingdom for insufficient control of Chinese textile imports and damage to EU budget
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: EU ministers to discuss disability issues on Wednesday 9 March
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENERGY: some twenty associations alert European Commission to lack of qualified professionals for energy transition  
BIODIVERSITY: Fondation Franz Weber calls on CITES to condemn Namibia for selling wild elephants for export to a zoo
NEWS BRIEFS
SPACE: former ESA Director General pursues his career in private sector
SOCIAL: European Commission launches call for evidence on minimum income
TRANSPORT: European Commission consults to revise Combined Transport Directive