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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12969
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Digital

The French Presidency of the EU Council stresses importance of NIS 2 Directive in context of Digital Identity Wallet

On Thursday 9 June, Member States discussed the latest compromise version from the French Presidency of the Council of the EU (FPEU) on the future European electronic identity wallet at a meeting of the EU Council’s Telecommunications Group.

The new version of the text first includes several references to the NIS 2 Directive, which is intended to ensure a high common level of cyber security across the EU and on which the co-legislators reached a provisional political agreement...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: EU Interior Ministers agree to commit to a voluntary solidarity mechanism and adoption of ‘Eurodac’ and ‘Migrant Screening’ Regulations
HOME AFFAIRS: French Presidency of EU Council reaches agreement on Schengen Borders Code reform
HOME AFFAIRS: EU Council validates three new tools to strengthen police cooperation in EU and joint police patrols
SPACE: Member States insist on the involvement of SMEs and start-ups in resilience and spatial competitiveness
RESEARCH: Council of the EU takes another step towards implementing new European missions under Horizon Europe
RESEARCH: EU Council makes progress on open science
RESEARCH: EU Council specifies values and principles for international cooperation in research and innovation and paves way for multilateral dialogue
AGRICULTURE: reciprocity of standards, pesticides, agricultural markets and geographical indications at EU Council on 13 June
CLIMATE: French Presidency of EU Council proposes postponing creation of new carbon market by one year and inclusion of maritime sector
CLIMATE: ‘Fit for 55’ package, deciphering main votes in European Parliament
ENERGY: Ursula von der Leyen calls for reform of EU electricity market
INTERNAL MARKET: nine EU Member States are concerned about latest developments in proposed Single Market Emergency Instrument
DIGITAL: The French Presidency of the EU Council stresses importance of NIS 2 Directive in context of Digital Identity Wallet
BIODIVERSITY: in front of MEPs, European Commission pledges commitment to fight illegal logging in EU
ENVIRONMENT: pesticide reduction, NGOs and European organic movement call for an alternative indicator to HRI-1
HEALTH: EU and US sign cooperation agreement on preparedness and response to public health threats
EXTERNAL ACTION
WTO: EU insists on need for food security agreement at 12th WTO Ministerial Conference
ENLARGEMENT: European Commission could recommend candidate status for Ukraine under conditions
ALGERIA: EU denounces suspension of Treaty of friendship with Spain
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
NICARAGUA: European Parliament calls for an International Criminal Court investigation and new sanctions against Ortega regime
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: MEPs call for direct right of legislative initiative
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: euro area growth and employment up by 0.6% in first quarter
COMPETITION: Statement of Objections addressed to České dráhy and Österreichische Bundesbahnen concerning a collective boycott
STATE AID: Covid-19, green light for a €400 million Portuguese recapitalisation scheme for companies
STATE AID: Covid-19, European Commission approves €24 million Italian scheme to support workers’ cooperatives
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
HUMAN RIGHTS: Council of Europe is concerned about discrimination against Muslims in Denmark and opposes expulsions of immigrants
NEWS BRIEFS
BANKS: Single Resolution Board provides transparency on resolution of Sberbank
DEFENCE: European Peace Facility, EU Council adopts €6 million support measure for Balkan Medical Task Force (BMTF)
KOSOVO: Pristina to apply for EU membership by end of year, says Mr Kurti
TRANSPORT: European Commission consults to evaluate work of EU Agency for Railways