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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13302
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Energy

European Hydrogen Bank, MEPs from Committee on Industry, Research and Energy call for €500 billion in additional investment

On Tuesday 28 November, the members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) adopted by a very large majority - with 45 votes in favour, 4 against and 6 abstentions - the draft own-initiative report on the European Hydrogen Bank (see EUROPE B13143A4) by Robert Hajšel (S&D, Slovakian). The single compromise amendment covering the entire text was adopted. MEPs largely support the Commission’s proposal (see EUROPE B13143A4), published last March,...

Contents

BEACONS
Beacons: Open letter to Viktor Orbán (2/2)
SECURITY - DEFENCE
NATO: Alliance ministers welcome extension of pause in Gaza
Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE: Josep Borrell announces almost €200 million in new support for Ukrainian military training
UKRAINE: European and Ukrainian Parliaments strengthen their cooperation
AGRICULTURE: rising exports of Ukrainian agricultural products to EU continue to worry MEPs
ENVIRONMENT: Virginijus Sinkevičius assures Ukraine of EU’s continued support for “green and sustainable reconstruction”
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENERGY: agreement reached between EU Council and European Parliament on Directive, but not yet on Regulation of ‘gas’ package
ENERGY: European Commission adopts action plan for grids and draws up list of 166 energy infrastructure projects of common and mutual interest
ENERGY: European Commission proposes to extend emergency measures adopted to tackle 2022 energy crisis by one year
ENERGY: European Hydrogen Bank, MEPs from Committee on Industry, Research and Energy call for €500 billion in additional investment
MIGRATION: European Commission is modernising and tightening up legislative framework aimed at combating networks that smuggle and traffic migrants
MIGRATION: European Parliament in turn examines instrumentalisation of migration, final piece in ‘Pact on Migration and Asylum’
HOME AFFAIRS: collection of ‘API’ data from air passengers, MEPs ready to negotiate with EU Council
DIGITAL: European Parliament and EU Council will have to agree on role of ENISA to finalise negotiations on cybersecurity for connected objects
DIGITAL: MEPs request European Commission consider legislative proposal on virtual worlds
HEALTH: MEPs endorse an ambitious position on European Health Data Space
TRANSPORT: MEPs adopt their negotiating position on standardisation of technical requirements for type-approval of non-road mobile machinery
FISHERIES: EU tariff quotas extended to products of “questionable reputation”, denounces Europêche
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: European Parliament ready to start negotiations with EU Council on ‘EMIR’ clearing package
ECB: experts and stakeholders still divided on relevance of digital euro project
COMPANIES: European companies concerned about implementation of European Sustainable Reporting Standards
TAXATION: MEPs adopt their opinion on reducing tax incentives encouraging corporate debt
COMPETITION: for Thierry Breton, single market is Europe’s greatest asset in face of competition from China and United States
COMPETITION: non-performing loans, European Commission authorises Greece to resume its ‘Hercules’ scheme to protect bank assets
EXTERNAL ACTION
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU introduces humanitarian exemptions in 10 autonomous sanctions regimes so as to not hamper delivery of assistance
TRADE: Valdis Dombrovskis presents a mixed picture of EU trade policy to MEPs
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: for Spanish Presidency of EU Council, it is “responsibility of EU Council and European Parliament” to finally conclude regulation coordinating social security systems
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: a public authority may decide to prohibit wearing of religious symbols in workplace, rules Court of Justice of EU
NEWS BRIEFS
CHINA: EU reinstates anti-dumping duty on Chinese products
CLIMATE/ENERGY: LIFE Clean Energy Transition Call 2023 receives 236 proposals
CONSUMERS: MEPs endorse European Parliament/EU Council political agreement to empower consumers for green transition
DEFENCE: ‘European Peace Facility’, EU Council adopts assistance measure worth €1 million to support Somali National Army
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: for first time, European Court of Human Rights recognises right of victim of forced prostitution to seek compensation from her pimp
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: COP28, European Disability Forum to launch appeal for more inclusive climate solutions
ECONOMY: green light for aid disbursements under recovery plan for three EU countries
YOUTH: launch of call for projects under Erasmus+ programme for 2024
DIGITAL: MEPs approve provisional interinstitutional agreement on Interoperable Europe in Parliament committee
DIGITAL: vote on provisional political agreement on European Digital Identity Wallet will finally take place on 7 December in the European Parliament Committee
MIDDLE EAST: EU welcomes extension of truce in Gaza
RESEARCH: strengthening PRIMA, European Parliament committee green-lights negotiations with EU Council
RESEARCH: Lisbon and Linköping win prizes at iCapital European Capital of Innovation Awards
HEALTH: Adam Jarubas elected chairman of European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Public Health
ANIMAL HEALTH: NGOs draw up an alarming report on animal transport conditions in EU