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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13065

18 November 2022
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / State aid
Approval for €88.3 million Spanish support for connectivity in rural areas
Brussels, 17/11/2022 (Agence Europe)

On Thursday 17 November, the European Commission authorised an €88.3 million Spanish scheme aid made available through the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) to support the provision of wholesale and retail broadband services in remote rural areas of Spain.

Spain’s Recovery and Resilience Plan includes major investment projects in the electronic communications sector, including support for remote rural areas in Spain to achieve high-speed connectivity with download speed of at...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
SPACE: ‘secure connectivity’ constellation, EU co-legislators reach interim political agreement
HOME AFFAIRS: Schengen Code reform, draft ‘Guillaume’ report receives a mixed reception in European Parliament committee
ENERGY: France will not support agreement on modernisation of Energy Charter Treaty, says Agnès Pannier-Runacher
ENERGY: EU and Egypt sign strategic partnership agreement on renewable hydrogen
CLIMATE: COP27, Frans Timmermans says focus should not just be on creation of specific fund for loss and damage compensation
AGRICULTURE: EU Member States call for further impact assessment of pesticides regulation
HEALTH: European Commission and ECDC publish data to improve understanding of antimicrobial resistance
RESEARCH: EIC Fund to invest €190 million in equity investments to support 35 innovative companies
DIGITAL: legislation on cyber resilience — EDPS insists proposed cybersecurity certificate cannot replace GDPR certification
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: ‘Rule of law conditionality’, MEPs say Hungary’s corrective measures have not been implemented
BUDGET: MFF 2021-2027 spending must be increased, say MEPs
GENERAL AFFAIRS: Rule of law in Hungary, UK and December EU summit on agenda of EU27 ministers
Russian invasion of Ukraine
FOOD SECURITY: international agreement on Ukrainian grain exports extended for four months
HUMANITARIAN AID/CIVIL PROTECTION: EU continues to deliver 1,800 tonnes of emergency equipment to Ukraine with priority given to energy needs
UKRAINE/RUSSIA: EU believes deadly missile in Poland was result of massive wave of Russian missile launches
STATE AID: European Commission authorises Romanian aid for companies in context of war
EXTERNAL ACTION
KUWAIT: EU summons Kuwaiti ambassador after execution of seven people
AFRICA: EU pledges €1 billion for Africa’s adaptation to climate change
MERCOSUR: Brazilian stakeholders make their voices heard on EU/Mercosur agreement
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: MiFID/MiFIR, broad support in European Parliament for creation of a consolidated financial disclosure system
STATE AID: approval for €88.3 million Spanish support for connectivity in rural areas
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: MEPs seek to advance rights of people with disabilities
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: MEPs once again sound alarm on Poland’s de facto abortion ban
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: European Commission welcomes success of ‘European Pillar of Social Rights’ which is celebrating its fifth anniversary
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
STATE AID: Court of Justice annuls two General Court decisions on actions brought by Volotea and easyJet and European Commission decision concerning State aid in Sardinia
TRADE: Advocate General says Court of Justice does not have to systematically review conformity of EU law with WTO law
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: restricting access to Italians under 30 years of age to competition for police commissioners is contrary to EU law, says Court
NEWS BRIEFS
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: towards a loosening of abortion laws in Malta
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: MEPs back Council of EU position on “Women on Boards” Directive
ECONOMY: euro area inflation at 10.6% in October
IRAN: European Parliament suspends official relations with Iranian officials
KAZAKHSTAN: Josep Borrell encourages Astana to pursue its reform agenda
MIGRATION: Central Mediterranean, extraordinary meeting of EU interior ministers on 25 November
DIGITAL: European Commission launches call for proposals to strengthen cybersecurity of 5G network infrastructure
Op-Ed
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: why the EU need access to first-hand intelligence information, by Nacho Sánchez Amor