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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13148

24 March 2023
Contents Publication in full By article 19 / 39
SECTORAL POLICIES / Energy
European Economic and Social Committee highlights importance of EU’s strategic autonomy in field of energy
Brussels, 23/03/2023 (Agence Europe)

The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) adopted an opinion (208 votes in favour, 4 against, 7 abstentions) on Wednesday 22 March on the European Commission's 2022 State of the Energy Union report, in the presence of the Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson.

Published on 18 October, this report takes stock of the EU’s energy policy response to the current energy crisis. During the debate, the members of the Committee discussed future ambitions relating to the security of...

Contents

EUROPEAN COUNCIL
COMPETITIVENESS:  EU27 united on how to strengthen internal market
UKRAINE: Ukrainian president calls on Europeans to do more in terms of military and sanctions
ENERGY: security of supply and energy sovereignty at heart of EU leaders’ concerns
UN: Antonio Guterres and EU leaders want to strengthen EU/UN cooperation
AGRICULTURE: towards increased emergency aid to farmers in countries bordering Ukraine
SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT: end of combustion engines in 2035, Member States await a solution between the European Commission and Berlin
TRANSPORT: ‘FuelEU Maritime’, European Parliament and EU Council reach provisional political agreement
MIGRATION: MEPs get negotiating mandate on revision of ‘single permit to reside and work’ directive
HOME AFFAIRS: fight against crime, concerns in European Parliament about work of ‘High-Level Group’ on law enforcement access to telecommunication data
HOME AFFAIRS: withdrawal of online child sexual abuse material, Germany reiterates red lines on detection technologies
JUSTICE: Chief Prosecutor Laura Kövesi says that success of European Public Prosecutor’s Office depends on its ability to cooperate
FOOD SAFETY: 46% of honey samples imported into EU suspected of containing added syrups
AGRICULTURE: despite crisis, “European food system is working relatively well”, says Janusz Wojciechowski
AGRICULTURE: European Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture hopes to vote on its position on geographical indications on 20 April
ENVIRONMENT: Virginijus Sinkevičius is urging MEPs to help complete all ‘European Green Deal’ files during this parliamentary term
CLIMATE: heard on carbon removals by MEPs, Célia Nyssens calls Commission’s proposal “immature”
HEALTH: European Parliament’s new subcommittee on public health has created bureau
HEALTH: European Commission’s postponement of its proposal to revise European pharmaceutical legislation is provoking strong reactions
ENERGY: European Economic and Social Committee highlights importance of EU’s strategic autonomy in field of energy
COHESION: different types of EU regions at risk of “development trap”
EXTERNAL ACTION
MERCOSUR: environmental NGOs consider EU/Mercosur additional instrument as a greenwashing tool
CIVIL PROTECTION: Ukraine to become a full member of Union Civil Protection Mechanism
SECURITY - DEFENCE
SPACE: Europe cannot miss out on human space exploration, says expert panel
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: negotiations on shell company proposal are progressing in EU Council
ECB: monetary institute’s securities portfolios on road to decarbonisation
Russian invasion of Ukraine
STATE AID: green light for €1 billion in Finnish support for companies in context of Russia’s war against Ukraine
CIVIL PROTECTION : EU has so far coordinated transfer of 2,000 Ukrainian patients to European hospitals
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
POLAND: Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders, deplores continuing problems with Rule of law
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: EESC welcomes directives to strengthen role of equality bodies in EU
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL: Nicolas Schmit reiterates Commission’s refusal to present legislative proposal on minimum income in EU
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
INDUSTRY: fire safety, Member State may not impose additional requirements on equipment bearing CE marking
ENVIRONMENT: Greece convicted of breaching EU’s air quality law
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: European Commission registers new Italian PGI
HOME AFFAIRS: MEPs endorse agreement allowing Kosovar citizens to travel to EU without visa for short stays
TAXATION: Vietnam joins multilateral convention on combating tax evasion and avoidance
DIGITAL: European Commission specifies modalities of High Level Group to advise it on implementation of DMA
UGANDA: EU alarmed by adoption of Ugandan bill criminalising homosexuality
RUSSIA: EU denounces police intimidation of Memorial representatives
ANIMAL HEALTH: Eurogroup for Animals presents evidence of abuse of farmed animals to European Commission