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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13091

4 January 2023
Contents Publication in full By article 19 / 22
NEWS BRIEFS / European parliament
Leticia Zuleta de Reales Ansaldo appointed head of Roberta Metsola’s cabinet

03/01/2023 (Agence Europe) – The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, decided, on 30 December 2022, to appoint the Spaniard Leticia Zuleta de Reales Ansaldo as head of her cabinet. Ms Zuleta replaces Alessandro Chiocchetti, a 53-year-old Italian who took over as European Parliament secretary-general on the 1st of January 2023, after a controversial vote in September in which he was supported by conservatives and liberals (see EUROPE B13020A25). Mr Chiocchetti succeeds...

Contents

BEACONS
Beacons: eurozone: 20 out of 27; Schengen zone: 23 out of 27
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HOME AFFAIRS: Covid-19, Member States will try to adopt a common approach to travellers from China
HEALTH: Covid-19 wave in China, European Commission wants a science-based response
SECTORAL POLICIES
HOME AFFAIRS: Croatia joins Schengen area
HOME AFFAIRS/MIGRATION: Swedish Presidency of EU Council has no plans, on paper, to slow down work on asylum and migration reform
ENERGY: ACER submits its recommendations on energy modulation to European Commission
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EURO AREA: Croatia switches to euro
TAXATION: ‘accidental Americans’ welcome US Treasury measures preventing their bank accounts from being closed
ECONOMY: Next Generation EU, European Commission receives payment requests from Italy and Luxembourg
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Qatargate, European Parliament launches immunity waiver procedure for Andrea Cozzolino and Marc Tarabella
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED STATES: despite promise of flexibilities, US inflation reduction law continues to worry EU
DRC: EU urges Rwanda to stop supporting M23 in eastern DRC
SERBIA/KOSOVO: EU calls for urgent progress in Dialogue
NORTH KOREA: EU urges Pyongyang to appease
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
MEDIA: Ukrainian media law in preparation for EU membership is controversial
NEWS BRIEFS
AFGHANISTAN: High Representative of Union and 12 countries condemn ban on women working with NGOs
MYANMAR: EU “strongly condemns” verdict in trial of President Win Myint and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi
ENERGY: wholesale fossil gas prices return to pre-Russian invasion levels
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Leticia Zuleta de Reales Ansaldo appointed head of Roberta Metsola’s cabinet
TRANSPORT: European Commission consults so as to revise certain technical specifications expected to increase rail interoperability
UKRAINE: Volodymyr Zelensky announces that 3 February summit will be held in Kyiv
ZAMBIA: EU welcomes President Hakainde Hichilema’s move to abolish death penalty