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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13018
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INSTITUTIONAL / European parliament

State of Union speech, energy crisis and Ukraine to dominate plenary session

MEPs will meet in Strasbourg from Monday 12 to Thursday 15 September for a particularly busy autumn plenary session, marked by the State of the Union speech to be given by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on 14 September and by her proposals on the previous day to address soaring energy prices in the EU.

State of the Union. Mrs von der Leyen’s speech will be the main topic of the session along with energy measures, according to the EPP Group in the European Parliament....

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
ENERGY: rising energy prices, Member States’ ministers pass ball to European Commission
INTERNAL MARKET/TRADE: European Commission intends to propose mechanism against forced labour combining product blocking at borders and withdrawal from internal market
AGRICULTURE: EU Ministers to discuss food security in Prague from 14 to 16 September
AGRICULTURE: Copa-Cogeca confirms a 6.8% drop in EU cereal production in 2022
FOOD: Joint Research Centre publishes report to help revise EU rules on food labelling
ENVIRONMENT : endangered species, MEPs call on EU to set ambitious targets internally and for CITES COP19
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EUROGROUP: risk of a euro area recession cannot be ruled out, admits Paschal Donohoe
TAXATION: Czech Presidency of EU Council tries to calm impatience of Member States on minimum taxation of multinationals
Russian invasion of Ukraine
ECONOMY: EU Council agreement on new €5 billion macrofinancial assistance to Ukraine
HOME AFFAIRS: European Commission publishes guidelines for Member States to implement suspension of visa facilitation regime for Russian citizens
HOME AFFAIRS: EU Council approves full suspension of visa facilitation agreement for Russian citizens
NATO: Stoltenberg says conflict in Ukraine entering critical phase
RESEARCH: 25 applicants respond to EIC’s call for projects to support Ukrainian innovation community
STATE AID: green light for €4 billion in Romanian aid for companies in context of invasion of Ukraine
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: State of Union speech, energy crisis and Ukraine to dominate plenary session
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: European care strategy, MEPs point to lack of ambition
EXTERNAL ACTION
MOZAMBIQUE: EU and Mozambican authorities want to deepen their cooperation on security, development and multilateral issues
CYBER SECURITY: EU and NATO express solidarity with Albania following malicious cyber activities
UNITED KINGDOM: European leaders pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II
NEWS BRIEFS
EUROZONE: appointment of future ESM Managing Director continues to be blocked
MIGRATION: more than 4.6 million people have sought protection in EU since beginning of year, according to EU Asylum Agency
FISHERIES: European Commission proposes quota of 15,777 tonnes for southern anchovy in 2022/2023
CSDP: EU extends civilian mission EUCAP Sahel Niger until 30 September 2024