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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12979
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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Justice

European Parliament calls for extension of mandate of European Public Prosecutor’s Office to include a “Green Prosecutor”

24/06/2022 (Agence Europe) – In a report on illegal logging adopted on 23 June, MEPs called for the extension of the powers of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office and the creation of a “Green Prosecutor”. It is, according to them, “a way to improve the implementation and enforcement of European environmental legislation and to combat serious environmental crime with a cross-border dimension”. The rest of the report calls for a framework for monitoring and collecting data on Europe’s forests to combat illegal logging (see EUROPE 12955/12, 12969/14). See the report: https://aeur.eu/f/2b4 (LM)

Contents

EUROPEAN COUNCIL
ENERGY/ECONOMY: European Commission invited to draw up, by July, an emergency plan to reduce energy demand
EUROZONE: euro area leaders advocate coordination and agility to cope with economic uncertainty
FOOD SECURITY: EU leaders determined to step up efforts to get grain out of Ukraine and help most vulnerable countries
FUTURE OF EU: “broad consensus” among EU Member State leaders on idea of a ‘European Political Community’
FUTURE OF EU: as a follow-up to Conference on Future of Europe, European Council sticks to bare minimum
TAXATION: Franco-Hungarian discussion on minimum taxation of multinationals
EXTERNAL ACTION
ENLARGEMENT: Bulgarian Parliament votes in favour of lifting veto on North Macedonia’s accession to EU
IRAN: Borrell in country to discuss nuclear agreement
TRADE: Europe Jacques Delors criticises export rebates for companies affected by Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENERGY: revision of Energy Charter Treaty, contracting parties conclude an agreement in principle
ENERGY: EU energy situation, rising prices and ‘Fit for 55’ package on agenda of meeting of EU energy ministers
INTERNAL MARKET: EU Member States decide on their position on machinery and equipment regulation
SEA: European Commission adopts new EU programme on international ocean governance
FISHERIES: European Commission endorses €42.8 million Czech programme under EMFAF
AGRICULTURE: EU registers 11 new geographical indications from Central America
DIGITAL: Joint Research Centre report examines link between artificial intelligence and children’s rights
Russian invasion of Ukraine
ENVIRONMENT/CLIMATE: Ukraine joins EU’s LIFE programme, which will be able to co-finance environmental restoration projects
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
DEMOCRACY: transparency on online political advertising, Sandro Gozi’s report ready for debate in European Parliament committee
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: European Parliament wants EU to have a strategy and a special envoy for implementation of UN SDGs
JUSTICE: European Parliament calls for extension of mandate of European Public Prosecutor’s Office to include a “Green Prosecutor”
NEWS BRIEFS
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU mobilises €2 million in emergency aid for flood victims in Bangladesh and India
COHESION: European Commission adopts partnership agreement with Netherlands to promote energy transition investments
TRADE: world services trade expected to rise in second quarter of 2022, according to WTO forecasts
HEALTH: ‘serious cross-border health threats’ regulation, likely approval of provisional agreement on 29 June in EU Council
HEALTH: EMA recommends authorisation of Valneva’s Covid-19 vaccine
TRANSPORT: European Commission consults on extending aid to airports with less than 3 million passengers per year
TRANSPORT: European Commission launches Alliance for Zero Emission Aviation
UKRAINE: Russia thinks granting candidate status to Ukraine is an “internal European matter”