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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13118

10 February 2023
Contents Publication in full By article 2 / 26
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL / Economy
‘Green Deal Industrial Plan’, EU27 want to mobilise existing funds before talking about sovereignty fund
Brussels, 09/02/2023 (Agence Europe)

At the second discussion of the EU heads of state or government on the competitiveness of the EU on Thursday 9 February, they agreed on at least one thing: the question of new European funding is not urgent and it is first of all a question of “making flexible” and exploiting existing funds that are not yet deployed. This is in line with the 1 February proposals by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to respond to the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) (see EUROPE...

Contents

SPECIAL MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL
MIGRATION: EU funding for anti-migrant ‘walls’, EU leaders opt for vague language to satisfy everyone
ECONOMY: ‘Green Deal Industrial Plan’, EU27 want to mobilise existing funds before talking about sovereignty fund
UKRAINE: President Zelensky calls for more weapons and sanctions against Russia
TURKEY/SYRIA: EU leaders stand in solidarity with earthquake-stricken people of Turkey and Syria and are ready to increase their aid
SERBIA/KOSOVO: European Council calls for urgent progress in normalising relations
Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE: Ukraine’s place is in EU, Zelensky tells won over MEPs
EXTERNAL ACTION
CIVIL PROTECTION/HUMANITARIAN AID: visiting Turkey, Janez Lenarčič pledges continued EU support to both Turkey and Syria
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: four third countries should be added to European list of non-cooperative jurisdictions
COMPANIES: due diligence, European Parliament Committee on Environment wants to oblige company directors to have a credible transition plan
FINANCE: Christian Lindner and Magnus Brunner oppose ban on commissions
FINANCE: ESMA warns of high risks in a context of fragile markets
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: MEPs give green light to five provisional agreements in “Fit for 55” package, including ETS and CBAM
AGRICULTURE: differences in European Parliament on competences for carbon removals certification
DIGITAL: European Digital Identity Wallet, ‘Jerković’ report adopted by European Parliament committee
DIGITAL: Pilar del Castillo Vera’s report on ‘Data Act’ adopted in European Parliament committee
REGIONS: regions - an asset to convince European Commission of its priorities
RESEARCH: ERC delivers preliminary analysis of its 2023 call designed to support European researchers’ careers
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: fight against corruption – political group leaders endorse Roberta Metsola’s plan to reform European Parliament’s rules
BUDGET: MEPs want to improve proposal on EU’s financial Regulation
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL/CLIMATE: European Parliament’s ‘Environment’ and ‘Employment and Social Affairs’ committees in turn approve agreement reached on Social Climate Fund
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
DEMOCRACY: European Transparency Centre to shed light on platforms’ commitments to fight disinformation
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
CONSUMERS: EU Court of Justice clarifies consumer’s right to discounts for early repayment of a mortgage loan
NEWS BRIEFS
ECONOMY: InvestEU—European Commission and EBRD reach €60 million agreement on advisory support for investment projects
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Marian-Jean Marinescu elected third vice-chair of ‘Environment’ committee
HEALTH: European Committee of Regions supports a European Health Space guaranteeing citizens’ right to privacy and data
TRANSPORT: eight major players in automotive and logistics industry call on EU to accelerate deployment of alternative fuel infrastructure