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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13094

7 January 2023
Contents Publication in full By article 10 / 20
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES / Foreign affairs
Ms Kalniete calls for more to be done to fight foreign interference
Brussels, 06/01/2023 (Agence Europe)

The report of the European Parliament’s Special Committee on foreign interference (INGE 2), led by Sandra Kalniete (EPP, Latvian) and released in early January 2023, calls for more to be done in the fight against foreign interference in the EU.

As the European Parliament is rocked by ‘Qatarargate’, this report calls for a “coordinated strategy” against foreign interference.

Denouncing in the strongest possible terms Qatar’s alleged attempts to influence through bribery, the...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
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HEALTH: ECDC believes that XBB.1.5 sub-variant could eventually contribute to increase in Covid-19 cases in EU
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: Eurostat expects euro area annual inflation to fall for second month in a row in December
CROATIA: changeover to euro has progressed well, according to European Commission
Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE: EU calls Russia’s announcement of ceasefire for Orthodox Christmas hypocritical
STATE AID: European Commission approves Slovenian enhanced business support scheme in context of war in Ukraine
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
CULTURE: exiled artists and war in Ukraine on agenda of Swedish Presidency of EU Council
AUDIOVISUAL: one in five TV channels and more than a third of SVODs in Europe owned by US groups
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Ms Kalniete calls for more to be done to fight foreign interference
NEWS BRIEFS
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: first report on implementation of NDICI instrument for financing EU external assistance
STATE AID: European Commission validates Irish scheme to support fisheries after Brexit
COHESION : European Commission announces €145 million investment to modernise Poland’s railways
CULTURE : Elefsina, Timișoara and Veszprém are ‘European Capitals of Culture’ for 2023
EDUCATION: Swedish Presidency of EU Council will focus on digitalisation of education and professional qualifications
ENERGY: Germany and Norway commit to strengthening their energy cooperation, including hydrogen
ENERGY: Renovate Europe and E3G take stock of EU Member States’ progress on building renovation
TAXATION: oil company Shell to pay $2 billion in one-off taxes
MIGRATION: rescues of migrants at sea, Italian government sets a code of conduct for NGOs
SPORT: good governance and anti-doping issues will be addressed during Swedish Presidency of EU Council