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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13117

9 February 2023
Contents Publication in full By article 3 / 23
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL / Ukraine
Volodymyr Zelensky in Brussels on Thursday
Brussels, 08/02/2023 (Agence Europe)

EU leaders are meeting in Brussels on Thursday 9 February for an EU summit on Ukraine, during which they will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

After a daytime visit to London and a dinner in Paris with the French President and the German Chancellor on Wednesday, the Ukrainian President confirmed he will travel to Brussels on Thursday.

There are serious rumours, not formally confirmed for security reasons, that the President will address the European Parliament, which has...

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