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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13160
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NEWS BRIEFS / European parliament

Finns Party joins ECR Group in European Parliament

12/04/23 (Agence Europe) – The members of the conservative ECR Group in the European Parliament validated on Tuesday 11 April the arrival of two representatives from the Finns Party (Perussuomalaiset), Teuvo Hakkarainen and Pirkko Ruohonen-Lerner. The latter will replace Laura Huhtasaari, who left for the Finnish Parliament after her party came second (20.05%) in the recent parliamentary elections won by the Christian Democratic Party (20.82%). The Finns Party was already a member of the ECR Group in the 2014-2019 parliamentary term. The Conservative group in Parliament will be composed of 66 MEPs as soon as the integration of the two new members is formalised, at the next plenary session. (MB)

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: The House of European History (2/2)
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: relations between European Parliament and third country representatives will be subject to new guidelines
BUDGET: European Commission forecasts budget surplus of €2.5 billion for 2022
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: Eurodac Regulation, European Parliament/EU Council negotiations resume on Thursday 13 April
MIGRATION: Italy introduces six-month state of emergency to deal with migrant arrivals
AGRICULTURE: EU beekeepers call for clear labelling of honey origin
FISHERIES: EU subsidies promote fossil fuel use instead of supporting sustainable fisheries, says Our Fish
BIODIVERSITY: implementation of Global Framework, European Biodiversity Partnership brings together researchers and policy makers on 18 April
ENERGY: “as soon as 2023, wind and solar could push world into new era of falling fossil generation”, says Ember
DIGITAL: ahead of Parliament’s committee vote, NGO coalition calls on MEPs to strengthen child protection in the ‘AI Act’
EXTERNAL ACTION
UKRAINE: Roberta Metsola hopes EU accession negotiations will start this year
DEVELOPMENT: record increase in development assistance levels from rich countries in 2022 due to aid for refugees and Ukraine
UNITED STATES: Valdis Dombrovskis calls for a “green transatlantic marketplace”
TRADE: Europe Jacques Delors makes recommendations to make ‘greening’ of trade more effective
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: European financial supervisory authorities consult on application of ‘SFDR’
TAXATION: IASB confirms temporary relief from deferred tax accounting following OECD agreement
COMPETITION: statement of objections to Broadcom regarding proposed acquisition of VMware
STATE AID: €158 million Polish aid for LOTOS Green H2 approved
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
GENDER EQUALITY: European Commission presents progress report on LGBTIQ equality strategy
NEWS BRIEFS
HOME AFFAIRS: Commission calls on Member States to investigate after new revelations about Israeli spyware
CAUCASUS: as Armenia and Azerbaijan clash again, EU wants to intensify negotiations on a recognised border
CHINA : Josep Borrell tests positive for Covid-19 and will not travel to Beijing this week
ENERGY: ACER approves Norway’s inclusion in electricity capacity calculation zones
ENERGY: European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas opens a consultation on its ten year gas infrastructure development plan
FINANCE: taxonomy and circular economy, FIEC warns of possible uneven playing field in EU
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Qatargate, Eva Kaili to be released from prison with electronic tag
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Finns Party joins ECR Group in European Parliament
DRC: EU humanitarian airlift will soon have delivered 140 tonnes of aid to Goma
RESEARCH: European Commission proposes EU support for 1,200 postdoctoral research projects
RUSSIA: EU condemns Russian decision to classify EU-Russia Civil Society Forum as “undesirable”
SOCIAL: occupational exposure to asbestos, vote in Employment and Social Affairs Committee scheduled for 26 April