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EU coal production and consumption continue to rise in 2022, according to Eurostat

23/06/2023 (Agence Europe) – EU coal production continued to rise in 2022, reaching 349 million tonnes (+5% on the previous year). The same applies to consumption, which reached 454 million tonnes (+2%), according to Eurostat in a publication released on Thursday 22 June. This rebound in coal production and consumption began in 2021 and is mainly due to the increase in lignite production in 2022 (+6% compared with 2021). It is a solid fossil fuel with a low energy content, belonging to the brown coal category. The main producer in Europe is Germany (44% of total European brown coal production). For hard coal, a category with a higher energy content, trends have remained stable in 2022. To see the Eurostat publication: https://aeur.eu/f/7nl (PLD)

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Russian invasion of Ukraine
DEFENCE: Council of EU ready to negotiate with European Parliament on ASAP ammunition production act
RUSSIA: detailed content of 11th package of European sanctions
EXTERNAL ACTION
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Ukraine, tensions in northern Kosovo and political crisis in Tunisia on agenda of EU Council of Foreign Affairs Ministers
SERBIA/KOSOVO: positions of Belgrade and Pristina remain far apart at end of crisis meeting organised by Josep Borrell to put an end to violence in north of Kosovo
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GEORGIA: Charles Michel welcomes Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili’s decision to pardon Nika Gvaramia
INSTITUTIONAL
GENERAL AFFAIRS: preparations for European Council, enlargement, Electoral Act and composition of European Parliament on Ministers for European Affairs’ agenda
SECTORAL POLICIES
HOME AFFAIRS: a new meeting of European Parliament’s rapporteurs on 27 June will attempt to reconcile points of view on reform of Schengen Borders Code
ENERGY: 90% reduction in Russian oil imports by March 2023, according to Eurostat
CLIMATE: without any major decisions, ‘Summit for a New Global Financial Pact’ ended with a ‘consensus’ on a number of advances
AGRICULTURE: European Commission adopts urgent measures to help EU wine producers
REGIONS: in Sibiu, regions and cities of EU began reflecting on future of Cohesion Policy
CONSUMERS: entry into force of directive giving EU-wide right to collective redress to consumers who have been deliberately ripped off
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
STATE AID: European Commission confirms flexibility offered to Member States to support green and digital transition
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT: France, Spain and Greece experiencing most worrying trends in terms of quality of working conditions, according to European Trade Union Institute
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
CAUCASUS: Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe calls for reopening of Lachin corridor
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NEWS BRIEFS
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CULTURE: 2023 winners of New European Bauhaus Prize and Innovative Actions of European Urban Initiative have been announced
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ENERGY: Electricity market reform, Council of EU publishes its general approach on REMIT regulation
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