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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13114

4 February 2023
Contents Publication in full By article 7 / 23
SECTORAL POLICIES / Competitiveness
EU response to US IRA, EU27 ambition to be scaled back on European financial instruments
Brussels, 03/02/2023 (Agence Europe)

With one week to go before the extraordinary EU summit on Thursday 9 and Friday 10 February, a consensus among the EU27 leaders to launch financial instruments involving common debt as part of the European response to the US IRA appears to be out of reach due to the frontal opposition of the ‘fiscally frugal’ countries.

According to a draft of the European Council’s conclusions dated Thursday 2 February, a copy of which was given to EUROPE, the reference to a request by the EU27 to...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
UKRAINE: Volodymyr Zelensky wants EU accession negotiations to start by end of year
Russian invasion of Ukraine
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU announces up to €25 million in support for Ukrainian de-mining in liberated areas
ENERGY: EU Council agreement on capping prices of Russian refined oil products
STATE AID: approval of modification of Italian support for companies in Friuli-Venezia Giulia in context of war in Ukraine
SECURITY - DEFENCE
NATO: North Atlantic Council denounces Russian attitude to New START Treaty
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
Interview MONEY LAUNDERING: fight against money laundering is “more than ever a question of security” for Europe, says Eero Heinäluoma
SECTORAL POLICIES
COMPETITIVENESS: EU response to US IRA, EU27 ambition to be scaled back on European financial instruments
MIGRATION: for Rome, compulsory relocations must remain at heart of solidarity on migration
ENERGY: revision of ‘RED II’ directive, European Parliament rapporteur threatens to cancel next round of negotiations with EU Council
ENERGY: ACER’s new recommendations for setting electricity grid tariffs in Europe
ENERGY: EPBD revision, BEUC concerned about impact of MEPs’ amendment on hybrid heating systems
RESEARCH: office of European research programme Horizon Europe to open in Kyiv in 2023
RESEARCH: Research Fund for Coal and Steel launches two €165 million calls for green transition
INSTITUTIONAL
GENERAL AFFAIRS: preparation of European summit and relations with United Kingdom on agenda of European Affairs Ministers of EU countries
LOBBYING: Corporate Europe Observatory and LobbyControl launch a website to gather information on dubious practices of GAMAM
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: EU reaffirms its commitment to work towards eradication of female genital mutilation worldwide
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: asbestos, European construction companies worry transition period for changing detection technologies is too short
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: green light for Croatian aid enabling €204 million investment for expansion of Istrian Y motorway
TRADE: European Commission consults on regulation governing exports of dual-use items
CONSUMERS: ‘consumer credit agreements in digital age’ directive, finalisation of provisional agreement mobilises Swedish Presidency
ENLARGEMENT: European Commission publishes its reports on Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia’s alignment with EU acquis communautaire
ENERGY: revision of RED II directive, France counts on Spain and Germany to defend low-carbon hydrogen
ENERGY: eleven organisations call on EU to set a binding target for biomethane production