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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13256

23 September 2023
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 28
EXTERNAL ACTION / Tunisia
EU to contribute €127 million in budget and migration support
Brussels, 22/09/2023 (Agence Europe)

On Friday 22 September, the European Commission announced that almost €127 million will be made available to support the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding with Tunisia and in line with the 10-point plan recently agreed with the Italian government in Lampedusa, an island facing an influx of migrants from Tunisia (see EUROPE B13252A7).

The money will be distributed as follows: €60 million in budget support for Tunisia and around €67 million for operational assistance...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT: EU ministers commit to safe, accessible, affordable and equitable mobility for all people and goods
TRANSPORT: Georges Gilkinet is in favour of a minimum fare on air tickets
TRANSPORT: disagreement in European Economic and Social Committee on minimum breaks in occasional passenger transport sector
ENVIRONMENT: ‘waste shipment’ regulation - European Parliament/EU Council negotiations to continue on 16 November
AGRICULTURE: several EU ministers have called for a simplification of CAP rules
HEALTH: EU Council and European Parliament hope to reach agreement on fees payable to European Medicines Agency on 25 September
COMPETITIVENESS: divided, EU27 are called upon to adopt their position on ‘EURO 7’ Regulation on 25 September
HOME AFFAIRS: Polish government asserts that it has taken all necessary steps to remedy irregularities in visa-selling scandal
CLIMATE: in run-up to COP28, Maroš Šefčovič calls for a greater commitment from major emitters to loss and damage fund
CLIMATE: European Commission report, number of zero-emission heavy commercial vehicles in European Union remains very low
ENERGY: greater investment and improved infrastructure are needed to triple electrification rates by 2050, according to Eurelectric
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: dark trading, publication of transaction volumes and prices—negotiators to try to consolidate political agreement on ‘MiFID-MiFIR’ on 28 September
COMPETITION: European Commission imposes a new fine of €376.36 million on Intel for abuse of a dominant position
COMPETITION: Stéphanie Yon-Courtin unveils her proposals for a greener, more dynamic European competition policy
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: MILEX 23 military crisis management exercise has begun
EXTERNAL ACTION
TUNISIA: EU to contribute €127 million in budget and migration support
CAUCASUS: Josep Borrell urges Azerbaijan to take concrete steps to provide humanitarian aid to people of Karabakh
WESTERN BALKANS: Albanian President Bajram Begaj wants Belgrade to improve recognition of rights of Albanians living in Serbia
UN: Charles Michel announces organisation of a summit between regional organisations and UN
HEALTH: Charles Michel calls on all UN members to adopt legally binding treaty on pandemics in May 2024
Russian invasion of Ukraine
ECONOMY: disbursement of new tranche of macro-financial assistance to Ukraine
EDUCATION - YOUTH - CULTURE - SPORT
CULTURE: Spanish Presidency of Council of EU wants to make culture a public good
NEWS BRIEFS
ACP: post-Cotonou Agreement will be signed in Samoa in November
ECONOMY: European Commission approves Portugal’s revised recovery plan
ENERGY: Energy Efficiency Directive is published in Official Journal of European Union
DIGITAL: harmonisation of GDPR rules, European Data Protection Board considers time taken to resolve disputes to be too long
UN/DISASTERS: Charles Michel calls for creation of global disaster fund
REGIONS: MEP Iratxe García calls for urgent measures to help Greece’s flooded regions