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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13280

27 October 2023
Contents Publication in full By article 10 / 34
SECTORAL POLICIES / Migration
MEPs finish their work on Frontex and caution agency again
Brussels, 26/10/2023 (Agence Europe)
On Thursday, 26 October, the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties (LIBE) adopted a resolution bringing the work the LIBE investigative group [i.e., the Frontex Scrutiny Working Group (FSWG)] carried out on Frontex to a close. According to a press release, the committee insists, “[A] well-functioning European Border and Coast Guard Agency can help Member States manage the EU’s external borders”.

The draft resolution was adopted with 45 votes in favour, 7 against,...

Contents

EUROPEAN COUNCIL
MIDDLE EAST: European leaders call for pauses and humanitarian corridors in Gaza
UKRAINE: “We have no right for war fatigue”, warns Gitanas Nausėda
SERBIA/KOSOVO: Aleksandar Vučić and Albin Kurti fail to agree on new EU proposal to normalise relations between Belgrade and Pristina
BUDGET: revision of MFF, still a great deal of work to be done before EU27 reach an overall agreement in December
EXTERNAL ACTION
SERBIA: Ana Brnabić considers goal of enlargement by 2030 “very optimistic”, and that EU will have to reform itself before welcoming new Member States
DEVELOPMENT: more than €3 billion in additional investment pledged at Global Gateway Forum, ‘EU’s tool for contact with Global South’, according to Josep Borrell
TRADE: at G7 Trade Summit, European Union and Australia are expected to make progress on details of future free trade agreement
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: Governing Council keeps key rates unchanged for time being at symbolic Athens meeting
SECTORAL POLICIES
INTERNAL MARKET: EU single market reform, Enrico Letta outlines positioning of forthcoming report
MIGRATION: MEPs finish their work on Frontex and caution agency again
HOME AFFAIRS: with their political agreement on online child sexual abuse material, MEPs hope to encourage Member States to come to agreement of their own
JUSTICE: Marine Uldry says European Commission proposal for protection of vulnerable adults is “missed opportunity” to distinguish itself from Hague Convention
DIGITAL: MEPs are fine-tuning their report on virtual worlds ahead of a vote scheduled for end of November in European Parliament committee
DIGITAL: cybersecurity—MEPs agree to give European Parliament more power over European certification schemes
FOOD SAFETY: MEPs divided over proposal to regulate new genomic techniques
AGRICULTURE: Italy loses position as EU’s leading wine producer in 2023, according to Copa-Cogeca
FISHERIES: Common Fisheries Policy must adapt to problems faced by fishers, says Pierre Karleskind
ENVIRONMENT: group of NGOs is calling on European Commission to withdraw its proposal on glyphosate, in light of new scientific study
CLIMATE: Paris Agreement, CAN Europe and Together for 1.5 are concerned about several National Energy and Climate Plans
ENERGY: ACER believes that liquefied natural gas supplies are reshaping balance of European gas market
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: Spanish Presidency of EU Council will survey Member States on possibility of moving closer to European Parliament on issue of workers on digital platforms
INSTITUTIONAL
DEMOCRACY: political advertising, Sandro Gozi confident that some of text’s provisions will apply at European elections in June 2024
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 2024: MEPs want return of ‘Spitzenkandidaten’ system for appointing European Commission President
EUROPEAN AGENCIES: European Court of Auditors notes increase in errors in public procurement by EU agencies
BUDGET: first meeting of Conciliation Committee on 2024 budget
SECURITY - DEFENCE
SPACE: Josef Aschbacher calls on EU to recommit to space exploration
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Jonas Grimheden MEPs’ favourite candidate to head EU Agency for Fundamental Rights
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: black people increasingly discriminated against in EU, warns Agency for Fundamental Rights
GENDER EQUALITY: for Committee of Regions, quotas and parity requirements are necessary to achieve gender equality in politics
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
CONSUMERS: EU Court of Justice clarifies application of air passenger rights in event of denied boarding
NEWS BRIEFS
ACP: post-Cotonou Partnership Agreement between EU and 79 ACP countries will be signed on 15 November in Samoa
CONSUMERS: EU Member States endorse provisional European Parliament/EU Council agreement on ‘Empowering Consumers for green transition’ Directive
ECONOMY: Ireland submits revised recovery plan
SPACE: EU and African Union discuss collaboration