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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13295
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Middle east

Palestinian Prime Minister asks EU to support call for ceasefire in Gaza

On Friday 17 November, the Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohammad Shtayyeh, called on the European Union to demand a ceasefire in Gaza.

“What is needed is an immediate ceasefire and the possibility of supplying food to the population”, he stressed during a press briefing with the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, who was visiting Ramallah, asking the EU to call for this ceasefire.

The Prime Minister recalled that, to date, more than...

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SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL: platform work, Presidency of EU Council proposes to make concessions to European Parliament on various points in order to better address exchanges on legal presumption
SOCIAL: coordination of social security schemes, Spanish Presidency of EU Council’s efforts to reach agreement with European Parliament fail to win support
EXTERNAL ACTION
MIDDLE EAST: Palestinian Prime Minister asks EU to support call for ceasefire in Gaza
SERBIA/KOSOVO: Association of Kosovo Serb Municipalities, no breakthrough in negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina
ANGOLA: EU and Angola sign first ever Sustainable Investment Facilitation Agreement
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENT: European Parliament and EU Council reach provisional agreement on stricter waste shipment rules
CLIMATE: EU Council ratifies negotiating mandate on voluntary certification framework for carbon removals
CLIMATE: Wopke Hoekstra and China’s special envoy, Xie Zhenhua, recognise need for collective action
CLIMATE/ENERGY: Just Transition Mechanism, Eero Ailio stresses growing importance of fund in EU’s complex energy transition
ENERGY: electricity market reform, European Parliament/EU Council negotiations are focusing on a number of technical points considered less controversial
ENERGY: hydrogen infrastructures in EU, a new interactive map gives an overview of ambitious projects for 2030, 2040 and 2050
AGRICULTURE: EU ministers to debate New Genomic Techniques and derogations on use of set-aside land on 20 November
AGRICULTURE: EU to allocate €186 million to promoting agri-food products in 2024
HEALTH: European Commission calls for urgent action against antimicrobial resistance
INDUSTRY: EU Council ratifies its position on digital labelling in fertiliser sector
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY: war between Hamas and Israel, Green Deal texts and reform of European treaties on agenda for Strasbourg session
BUDGET: EU Budget 2024, Committee on Budgets MEPs welcome negotiations conducted
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
BANKS: EU Council ready to negotiate with European Parliament on targeted revision of banking resolution rules
STATE AID: European Commission approves two Slovakian schemes worth total of €560 million to support business liquidity
STATE AID: European Commission approves Austrian aid to support businesses faced with rising energy costs
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
JUSTICE/DIGITAL: processing of personal data, EU Court of Justice clarifies rules governing judicial remedy against decisions of a national supervisory authority
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: European Commission authorises an Austrian State aid scheme worth €105 million to support press
ECONOMY: inflation confirmed at 2.9% in euro area in October
ENERGY: ENTSO-E reveals a generally favourable security of electricity supply situation in EU for 2023-2024 winter
GUATEMALA: EU “deeply disturbed” by intensification of attempts to prevent transfer of power
DIGITAL: in response to rise in disinformation, European Commission asks its departments to refrain from running advertising campaigns on social network X
ZIMBABWE: EU election observation mission recommends comprehensive electoral reform
CORRIGENDUM
ACP: Samoa Agreement, details of OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly