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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13173

3 May 2023
Contents Publication in full By article 29 / 42
NEWS BRIEFS / Bosnia and herzegovina
House of Representatives of Bosnian-Croat Federation appoints Nermin Nikšić as head of its new government

02/05/2023 (Agence Europe) – The House of Representatives of the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) appointed, on Saturday 29 April, the new government of the Bosnian-Croat entity, headed by the leader of the Social Democratic Party, Nermin Nikšić. “Now the conditions are there to move forward on the EU path. I will convene the 1st High Level Political Forum soon”, commented the European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy,

Contents

FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
Interview FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: MEP Frances Fitzgerald and activist Jackie Fox call for criminalisation of cyberbullying in EU
SECTORAL POLICIES
HEALTH: EU ministers to discuss access to medicines on Friday 5 May in Stockholm
MIGRATION: Pact on Migration and Asylum, Member States to review progress
INTERNAL MARKET: calls for lighter regulation in EU are growing
ENERGY: EU reaffirms its cooperation with Azerbaijan as a “reliable partner” for energy supply security
CLIMATE: Petersberg Dialogue, Frans Timmermans outlines his roadmap to COP28
CLIMATE: forest fires, according to JRC, 2022 was the second most devastating year ever recorded in EU
COHESION: 2021–2027 programmes expected to create 1.3 million jobs in EU
AGRICULTURE: Copa-Cogeca calls for “automatic triggering of safeguard measures” for Ukrainian exports
TRANSPORT: AERRL issues recommendations to decarbonise rail transport
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
Interview COUNCIL OF EUROPE: “If the Council of Europe did not exist, it would have to be invented”, says Parliamentary Assembly President Tiny Kox, in an interview before Reykjavik Summit
SOCIAL - EMPLOYMENT - ÉDUCATION
SOCIAL: EU employment and social affairs ministers invited to better match skills and jobs and to address future of social protection
SOCIAL/HEALTH: European Commission publishes guidelines on exposure to hazardous medicinal products at work
EDUCATION: citizens propose 21 recommendations to extend learning mobility for all
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: Stability Pact reform, Italy in favour of excluding certain budgetary expenditures from public deficit accounting
FINANCE: European Securities and Markets Authority recognises four new third country clearing houses
ECONOMY: euro area annual inflation in April estimated to have risen slightly to 7%
TAXATION: Asia can still make progress on tax transparency, says OECD
COMPETITION: European Commission approves two Dutch aid schemes supporting closure of farms to limit pollution in Natura 2000 areas
EXTERNAL ACTION
DEVELOPMENT: impact of war in Ukraine and reform of multilateral banks on agenda of EU ministers on 4 May
SOMALIA: state-building and democratisation, operational priorities of EU-Somalia partnership
HUMANITARIAN AID: Horn of Africa, EU releases €25 million in emergency aid for the most vulnerable
IRAN: EU calls upon Iran not to execute German-Iranian Jamshid Sharmahd
MOLDOVA: European Commission proposes to extend suspension of tariffs on all Moldovan exports to EU
Russian invasion of Ukraine
TRADE: Commission temporarily bans imports of four Ukrainian agricultural products into five Member States
UKRAINE: reconstruction of Ukraine’s infrastructure raises question of mobilising frozen Russian assets
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: Covid-19, Warsaw asks Pfizer to renegotiate vaccine contracts
HEALTH: ECDC presents lessons learned from Covid-19 pandemic
NEWS BRIEFS
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: House of Representatives of Bosnian-Croat Federation appoints Nermin Nikšić as head of its new government
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: launch of European Diversity Month
ENERGY: European Commission launches call for evidence on its future heat pump action plan
ENERGY: ACER asks ENTSO-E to take cross-zonal capacities as per Ten-Year Network Development Plan into account consistently
ENVIRONMENT: European Commission consults on further restriction on use of mercury
GUATEMALA: EU to observe Guatemalan legislative elections
MEDIA: Martina Vidaić wins 2023 EU Prize for Literature
MEDIA: Sabine Verheyen’s position on Media Freedom Act under fire from European associations
DIGITAL: ‘gatekeeper’ designation under DMA—companies will have to notify European Commission of their services before 3 July
DIGITAL: Italian Data Protection Authority lifts its ban on ChatGPT artificial intelligence system access
FISHERIES: European Commission proposals on EU/Madagascar agreement
FISHERIES: European bottom fishing sector to sound alarm against EU policies on 9 May
CORRIGENDUM
COMPETITION: French aid measures for STMicroelectronics and GlobalFoundries
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