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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13060
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Single market

Luxembourg against Single Market Emergency Instrument

Luxembourg has expressed strong reservations about the Single Market Emergency Instrument (SMEI) in a response sent to the Czech Presidency of the EU Council and seen by EUROPE on Wednesday 9 November.

“The SMEI proposal raises substantive concerns with respect to its relevance, its European added value and the appropriateness of its Single Market legal basis (Article 114 TFEU)”, says Luxembourg, who had already shown deep scepticism during the September Competitiveness Council (see...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: European Commission launches reform of European economic governance framework
COMPANIES: MEP Lara Wolters recommends strengthening obligations for companies in due diligence directive
MONEY LAUNDERING: EU not doing enough to combat terrorism, say experts
Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE: European Commission proposes €18 billion in aid for 2023
AGRICULTURE: European Commission presents first steps to ensure availability and affordability of fertilisers
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: EU Council and European Parliament agree on revised effort sharing regulation
ENERGY: European Commission unveils emergency measures to speed up deployment of renewables in response to energy crisis
SINGLE MARKET: Luxembourg against Single Market Emergency Instrument
ENVIRONMENT: ozone-depleting substances regulation, Jessica Polfjärd wants to reconcile ambition with less bureaucracy for SMEs
CONSUMERS: European Parliament and EU Council negotiators hope to agree on ‘general product safety’ regulation in digital age on 28 November
COHESION: European Commission must ensure effective implementation of Just Transition Fund, says Court of Auditors
MIGRATION: European Commission calls on Member States to agree on receiving 234 migrants rescued off Italy by SOS Méditerranée
MIGRATION: asylum applications in EU reach new highs since 2015-2016 ‘crisis’
RESEARCH: European Commission joins two initiatives to promote qualitative reform of research assessment
AGRICULTURE: European Committee of Regions is in favour of delegating tasks to EUIPO in field of geographical indications
DIGITAL: Twitter takeover, Renew Europe group calls for Elon Musk to appear before European Parliament
EXTERNAL ACTION
IRAN: European Parliament calls for additional sanctions
MONTENEGRO: EU calls for urgent appointment of Constitutional Court members
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
CITIZENSHIP: European Commission has given sufficient reasons for refusal to launch legislative initiative to promote cultural and linguistic diversity, according to EU General Court
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: European Commission agrees with Pfizer-BioNTech to introduce additional vaccine delivery option
INSTITUTIONAL
COURT OF AUDITORS: economic recovery plan, energy, climate and rule of law priorities for EU Court of Auditors in 2023
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: appointment of a Director for Western European Partners Directorate of its Secretariat General
NEWS BRIEFS
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: EEAS launches WomEn DIplomats Network
HOME AFFAIRS: regulation on prevention and removal of child pornography online, Czech Presidency of EU Council continues to work chapter by chapter
SEA: EU supports ‘Blue Mediterranean Partnership’
MIGRATION: Commission to launch new migration dialogues with Bangladesh and Pakistan
NATO: Vilnius Summit to be held 11-12 July 2023
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Giuseppe Ferrandino joins Renew Europe group
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Eva Poptcheva elected Vice-Chair of Parliament Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
SYRIA: EU condemns attack on civilian camps