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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13097

12 January 2023
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 24
NEWS BRIEFS / Cohesion
Additional €24.5 million under REACT-EU for Outermost regions in France

11/01/2023 (Agence Europe) – On Wednesday 11 January, the European Commission approved additional funding under REACT-EU for the French Outermost regions. They will receive €24.5 million to support education, employment and the green transition. More specifically, in Martinique, €9.1 million from the European Social Fund (ESF) will be devoted to job search for young people and €4 million to apprenticeship through the development of professional experience in companies....

Contents

BEACONS
Beacons: An overview of the agendas of the principal EU institutions
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Roberta Metsola wants to ban ‘revolving doors’ for MEPs
CITIZENSHIP: ECI ‘Stop Finning - Stop the Trade’ presented to European Commission
SECTORAL POLICIES
COMPETITIVENESS: Swedish Presidency of EU Council wants to work on long-term competitiveness
ENERGY: Madrid’s proposals to reform EU electricity market
ENERGY: EU and G7 measures against Russian oil are costing Moscow an estimated €160 million per day, according to CREA
BIODIVERSITY: César Luena wants to raise EU’s overall ambition on nature restoration regulation
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: MEP Alessandra Moretti wants to strengthen social dimension of ‘Ecodesign for Sustainable Products’ Regulation
MIGRATION: Pact on Migration and Asylum, Swedish Presidency of EU Council reiterates its intention to translate work on balance between solidarity and responsibility into legislation
DIGITAL: high risk AI systems, co-rapporteurs discuss inclusion of a fundamental rights impact assessment
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HOME AFFAIRS: European Commission acted quickly and appropriately when proposing EU Digital COVID Certificate, says European Court of Auditors
HEALTH: ECDC and EASA issue guidelines to operationalise European response to SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in China
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL/CLIMATE: Social Climate Fund, European Parliament and EU Council negotiators still need to resolve several issues
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: BusinessEurope calls for 2023 to be year of new trade agreements
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: female MEPs from Renew Europe and The Left denounce prosecution of Justyna Wydrzyńska in Poland
NEWS BRIEFS
FUTURE OF EUROPE: second European Political Community summit to be held on 1 June in Chișinău
COHESION: additional €24.5 million under REACT-EU for Outermost regions in France
COURT OF JUSTICE: Slovakian Beatrix Ricziová reappointed as a judge at EU General Court until mid-2028
EMPLOYMENT: there is “no time to lose” in implementing the directive on adequate minimum wages, says Agnes Jongerius
ENERGY: ACER will start publishing a daily LNG price assessment on Friday 13 January
ENERGY: number of new wind power capacities installed in EU has increased by 33% in 2022, according to WindEurope
MIGRATION: UNHCR addresses its recommendations to Swedish Presidency of EU Council
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Marc Angel is S&D Group’s candidate for European Parliament Vice-President
TRANSPORT: according to T&E, largest oil companies invest eight times more in biofuels than in hydrogen