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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13148

24 March 2023
Contents Publication in full By article 30 / 39
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT / Social
Nicolas Schmit reiterates Commission’s refusal to present legislative proposal on minimum income in EU
Brussels, 23/03/2023 (Agence Europe)

The European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, Nicolas Schmit, took stock of various legislative and non-legislative matters with the members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) on Thursday 23 March. Among other things, he reiterated the Commission’s refusal to propose a directive on minimum income in the EU.

Pressed to do so by MEPs Agnes Jongerius (S&D, Dutch) and Sara Matthieu (Greens/EFA, Belgian) to help people “make ends meet”...

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