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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13108

27 January 2023
Contents Publication in full By article 21 / 36
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES / Gender equality
MEPs cautiously start discussions on criminalising purchase of sexual services
Brussels, 26/01/2023 (Agence Europe)

The European Parliament’s Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) got off to a rocky start on Wednesday 25 January when it discussed a report proposing the criminalisation of sex clients. The subject will also be on the agenda for the negotiations on the directive to combat gender violence (see EUROPE B13098A11) and is far from being unanimously agreed. 

Heléne Fritzon (S&D, Swedish), a European Parliament rapporteur on the subject, who was speaking on behalf of Maria...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
SEA: European Commission to present measures to eliminate bottom trawling and develop marine protected areas
AGRICULTURE: food safety, animal welfare and industrial emissions to be discussed at EU Council on Monday 30 January
AGRICULTURE: European Commission launches rural observatory
CLIMATE: European Parliament Industry Committee wants to increase quotas for placing on market of hydrofluorocarbons
MIGRATION: Swedish Presidency of EU Council asks Commission for new proposals to increase returns of irregular migrants
HOME AFFAIRS: organised crime and digital networks, Swedish Presidency of EU Council intends to make progress on access to communication data
DIGITAL: ‘Data Act’, Swedish Presidency of EU Council clarifies rules on trade secrets and obligations for SMEs
REGIONS: MEPs welcome European Commission’s harnessing talent mechanism
HEALTH: MEPs speed up procedure to medical device to avoid shortage in EU
Russian invasion of Ukraine
HUMANITARIAN AID/CIVIL PROTECTION: EU inaugurates new logistics centre in Poland to supply power generators to Ukraine
UKRAINE: launch of donor coordination platform
EXTERNAL ACTION
NEIGHBOURHOOD: EU approves 24 programmes worth €2.4 billion to boost investment
DEVELOPMENT: aid to Ukraine and global health, backdrop to development geopolitics advocated by Swedish Presidency of EU Council
MERCOSUR: Lula calls for urgent signing of EU/Mercosur agreement
INSTITUTIONAL
TRANSPARENCY: Nick Aiossa calls on MEPs to make progress on ethics
FUTURE OF EU/DEMOCRACY: treaty reform, Swedish Presidency of EU Council intends to forward Parliament’s request to European Council
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPANIES: European financial supervisory authorities support first non-financial reporting standards
FINANCE: MEP Peter Jahr wants to see more regulation of cryptocurrencies
FINANCE: ESMA and FCA agree on recognition of UK benchmark administrators
STATE AID: approval of Polish support for tourism sector, victim of Polish-Belarusian border restrictions
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
GENDER EQUALITY: MEPs cautiously start discussions on criminalising purchase of sexual services
HUMAN RIGHTS: European Parliament commemorates Holocaust victims in presence of Israeli President Isaac Herzog
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
JUSTICE/HOME AFFAIRS: EU law does not allow for systematic collection of sensitive personal data in criminal cases, according to Court
BREACHES OF EU LAW
ENERGY: Bulgaria and Slovakia to be referred to EU Court of Justice for failure to transpose ‘RED II Directive’
BIODIVERSITY: six Member States referred to Court of Justice for failure to act on invasive alien species of concern to EU
ENVIRONMENT: Ireland has been failing to properly implement ‘Water’ Directive for 20 years
ENVIRONMENT: Portugal singled out for incorrect transposition of EU rules on environmental impact assessment of certain projects
INTERNAL MARKET: blocking export of construction materials, European Commission refers Hungary to CJEU
SOCIAL: posting of workers, 17 Member States still not in compliance with EU’s 2014 enforcement directive
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
HUMAN RIGHTS: European Court of Human Rights will continue to deal with Russian cases, says president at presentation of 2022 report
HUMAN RIGHTS: Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe calls for special tribunal for crime of aggression in response to war in Ukraine
RUSSIA: Commissioner for Human Rights reacts to liquidation of ‘Helsinki Group’ in Russia
NEWS BRIEFS
ENERGY: WindEurope and Eurofer call on EU to ensure access to critical materials for steel and wind industries
NATO: Oslo to host informal meeting of foreign ministers on 31 May and 1 June
RESEARCH: Mariya Gabriel announces launch of data centre on European innovation ecosystems
TRANSPORT: EU rules on drone airspace have entered into force