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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13117

9 February 2023
Contents Publication in full By article 22 / 23
NEWS BRIEFS / Economy
European Commission approves positive preliminary assessments for Slovakia and Czech Republic under Recovery and Resilience Facility

08/02/2023 (Agence Europe) – On Wednesday 8 February, the European Commission approved positive preliminary assessments of Slovakia’s request for €709 million in grants (excluding pre-financing) and the Czech Republic’s request for €928 million in grants (excluding pre-financing) under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). Slovakia submitted a payment claim on 25 October, and the Czech Republic did the same on 25 November. The Slovak plan will be supported by...

Contents

SPECIAL MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL
MIGRATION: EU27 discussions on migration once again expected to be controversial
ECONOMY: despite divisions, EU leaders to review economic response to US IRA
UKRAINE: Volodymyr Zelensky in Brussels on Thursday
SECTORAL POLICIES
CIVIL PROTECTION: Janez Lenarčič encourages EU Member States to respond to Syria’s request for assistance and will visit Turkey on Thursday
CIVIL PROTECTION: European Commission sets goals for EU and EU27 to better prevent and respond collectively to major disasters
RESEARCH: European ministers agree to move forward on digital aspects of research infrastructures and scientific publishing
RESEARCH: €79.3 million in European funding will allow the development of 34 high-tech projects
REGIONS: European Committee of Regions calls for regional digitisation strategies
AGRICULTURE: future carbon credit market must not be at expense of EU food security, warns European Committee of Regions
AGRICULTURE: Copa-Cogeca welcomes EU Court of Justice judgment on ‘in vitro’ random mutagenesis techniques
DIGITAL: S&D wants to make digital divide and protection of citizens its digital priorities
EXTERNAL ACTION
TURKEY/SYRIA: devastating earthquakes, EU plans to hold a donors’ conference in March for affected populations
NEPAL: EU and Nepalese authorities launch ‘Global Gateway’ initiative for green recovery
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: NGOs and lobbying by former MEPs, political group leaders discuss future internal rules and regulations
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL: Social Climate Fund, Member States endorse political agreement reached with European Parliament
SOCIAL: Swedish Presidency of EU Council relaunches work on revision of rules on coordination of social security schemes
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE/CLIMATE: Helena Viñes Fiestas appointed Chair of Platform on Sustainable Finance
FINANCE: professional investors hold over 90% of EU’s UCITS, according to ESMA
COMPETITION: green light for Sika to acquire MBCC, subject to conditions
NEWS BRIEFS
CLIMATE: Member State ambassadors endorse ETS reform
ECONOMY: Portugal receives second RRF payment of €1.8 billion
ECONOMY: European Commission approves positive preliminary assessments for Slovakia and Czech Republic under Recovery and Resilience Facility
EDUCATION: public consultation on improving learning mobility in Europe