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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13107

26 January 2023
Contents Publication in full By article 7 / 34
SECTORAL POLICIES / Regions
Vague priorities for cohesion policy under Swedish Presidency of EU Council
Brussels, 25/01/2023 (Agence Europe)

Cohesion policy, the poor relation of the Swedish Presidency of the EU Council? Frustration was palpable on Wednesday 25 January in the Committee on Regional Development (REGI) when Swedish Minister for Rural Affairs Peter Kullgren presented the Presidency’s priorities.

“It is regrettable that cohesion policy is not mentioned at all [...] in [your] priorities”, said Younous Omarjee (The Left, French) by way of opening.

The Minister’s speech did little more to convince. After...

Contents

SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: strengthening social dialogue in EU, Commission’s proposals welcomed by European social partners
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: European Commission raises €5 billion to fund EU priorities
SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: EU justice ministers to review prosecution of war crimes in Ukraine
JUSTICE: Member States approve provisional agreement with European Parliament on electronic evidence
MIGRATION: EU interior ministers invited to Stockholm to address reasons for low return rates of irregular migrants
ENVIRONMENT: Swedish Presidency of EU Council is strongly committed to biodiversity and circular economy, says Minister Romina Pourmokhtari
REGIONS: vague priorities for cohesion policy under Swedish Presidency of EU Council
FISHERIES: interinstitutional negotiations on controls to resume on 8 March
HEALTH: Member States support European Commission’s proposal to avoid shortages of medical devices
HOME AFFAIRS: Pegasus software, MEPs on European Parliament committee of inquiry frustrated by lack of cooperation from Member States
INDUSTRY: MEPs want EU ‘fresh money’ to fund EU semiconductor production capacity
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
Interview GENDER EQUALITY: Swedish Minister Paulina Brandberg says “it’s all in the balance”
GENDER EQUALITY: MEPs call for ratification and implementation of Istanbul Convention
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: MEPs approve provisional compromise on ‘pay transparency’ directive
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
TRANSPARENCY: EU Council must grant access, on request, to documents drawn up by its working groups in context of a legislative procedure, says General Court
EXTERNAL ACTION
SOUTH AFRICA: Josep Borrell in Pretoria on Friday to strengthen EU-South Africa political dialogue and strategic partnership
LATIN AMERICA: EU/CELAC Summit will take place on 17-18 July in Brussels
CHINA: European Commission launches China scholarship
NUCLEAR: Rafael Grossi believes Iran nuclear deal is now empty shell
Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE: Oleksandr Kornienko says supplying arms to his country is not charity
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: business professionals reluctant to harmonise taxation across Europe
TAXATION: MEPs want to move quickly on US ‘FATCA’ act
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Council of Europe prepares for crucial May summit in Reykjavik
NEWS BRIEFS
EUROPEAN COMMISSION : appointment of a Principal Legal Adviser to Legal Service
TAXATION: European Tax Adviser Federation recommends finalising ‘BEFIT’ after implementation of Pillar I of OECD agreement
IRAN: regime sanctions new MEPs
IRAN: sixty-one MEPs call on EU to act to free Olivier Vandecasteele
SEA: European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) launches its fully unified marine data service
SEA: US joins High Ambition Coalition on biodiversity beyond national jurisdictions
MIGRATION: Commission convenes ‘contact group’ meeting on 31 January over search and rescue of migrants at sea
CSDP: Markus Ritter appointed Head of Mission EUMA Armenia
RESEARCH: new European partnership aims to make blue economy more sustainable
HEALTH: European Commission launches consultation on integrated mental health initiative
TRANSPORT: number of new commercial vehicle registrations in EU fell by 14.6% in 2022