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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12910
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Transport

Alternative fuel infrastructure, MEPs show their differences

The European Parliament’s Committee on Transport (TRAN) debated on Monday 14 March the draft report by Ismail Ertug (S&D, Germany) on the deployment of alternative fuel infrastructure in the transport sector (see EUROPE B12899A21).

In concrete terms, the report presented by Mr Ertug wants to take the Commission’s ambitions regarding charging infrastructure for electric vehicles a step further. For example, while the report maintains the Commission’s 60 km charging station spacing...

Contents

Russian invasion of Ukraine
RUSSIA: EU Member States agree on a fourth package of sanctions
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Russia soon to be expelled from Council of Europe
AGRICULTURE: European Commission should propose triggering of aid for private storage of pigmeat in context of war
SOCIAL: Russian invasion of Ukraine, European Commission considers follow-up to CARE instrument
HUMANITARIAN AID: Polish minister Paweł Jabłoński calls on EU to release “billions of euros” to help his country integrate refugees
INDUSTRY: Russian invasion of Ukraine, European Industrial Forum meets
CIVIL PROTECTION: EU coordinates first evacuation of sick Ukrainian children from Poland to Italy
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: provisional agreement between European Parliament and EU Council on International Procurement Instrument
TRADE: MEPs negotiate shape of future instrument to protect against foreign subsidies that distort competition in EU
NORTH MACEDONIA: Kovačevski calls on Member States to agree on date for opening of EU accession negotiations
IRAN: Paris, Berlin and London disappointed with pause in nuclear talks
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: crypto-assets markets, MEPs back down on tough sustainability standards
ECONOMY: Eurogroup ready to adjust euro area fiscal stance at any time
ECOFIN: economic impact of war in Ukraine, international tax reform and CBAM on agenda of EU ministers
BANKS: level of transparency on banks’ exposure to climate risk remains “insufficient”, says ECB
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
GENDER EQUALITY: political agreement in EU Council on directive on gender equality on company boards
DEMOCRACY: MEPs to continue work on interference and disinformation in ‘INGE 2’ Committee
SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT: alternative fuel infrastructure, MEPs show their differences
TRANSPORT: MEPs sceptical of latest EASA report on air safety and social factors presented to European Parliament committee
BIODIVERSITY: EU looks to Geneva negotiations for an ambitious post-2020 global framework at COP15 in Kunming
CLIMATE: IPCC report, Hans Poertner calls on MEPs to act to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees
AGRICULTURE: war in Ukraine, Farm Europe calls on EU to take ‘ immediate’ action on food security
FISHERIES: EU fisheries sector calls for emergency measures due to Russian invasion of Ukraine
SPACE: EU Member States remain cautious over space traffic management
HOME AFFAIRS: Schengen acquis, European Parliament could distance itself from EU Council on issue of surprise visits to Member States
REGIONS: European Commission approves €2 billion of support for 12 Member States under Brexit Adjustment Reserve
NEWS BRIEFS
SAUDI ARABIA: EU denounces execution of over 80 people
CAUCASUS: Azerbaijan denounces European Parliament resolution on destruction of cultural heritage in Nagorno-Karabakh
COHESION: European Commission wants to strengthen inclusiveness of partnership principle
ENVIRONMENT: limitation of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment, European Commission is consulting
MEXICO: Bernd Lange calls for ratification of modernisation of EU’s comprehensive agreement with Mexico