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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13321

5 January 2024
Contents Publication in full By article 11 / 23
EDUCATION - YOUTH - CULTURE - SPORT / Eycs
Belgian Presidency wishes to strengthen European Education Area, promote inclusion, stimulate cultural digital transformation and reinvent European sports model
Brussels, 04/01/2024 (Agence Europe)

The Belgian Presidency of the EU Council has made inclusion, innovation and equality the watchwords of its mandate in the fields of education, youth, culture and sport. Its stated aim is to boost these areas, strengthening the European Education Area, promoting lifelong learning, stimulating cultural digital transformation and redefining sport in a modern European model.

Education. At the heart of the Belgian agenda is the development of the European Education Area (EEA), for which an...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: support for Ukraine priority of Belgian Presidency of EU Council
DEVELOPMENT/AFRICA: “Consolidating EU’s position as a reliable development actor”, a priority of Belgian Presidency of EU Council, against backdrop of UN 2030 Agenda
SECURITY - DEFENCE - SPACE
SECURITY/DEFENCE: EU considering CSDP mission in Red Sea
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: tasked with finalising Pact on Migration and Asylum files, EU Council’s Belgian Presidency will focus on external dimension of migration
HOME AFFAIRS: Belgian Presidency of EU Council wants to strengthen security of European citizens
RESEARCH: valorisation of research results, potential of Horizon Europe and nuclear research on agenda of Belgian Presidency of EU Council
FOOD SAFETY: EU finds weaknesses in Spanish controls on frozen tuna intended for human consumption
ENERGY: ACER approves two proposals by Transmission System Operators to amend organisation of European electricity markets
ENERGY: EU is moving towards its 2030 targets, with a 4.1% reduction in primary energy consumption in 2022
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: Belgian Presidency of EU Council to focus on strengthening social dialogue in EU and finalising outstanding legislative dossiers
EDUCATION - YOUTH - CULTURE - SPORT
EYCS: Belgian Presidency wishes to strengthen European Education Area, promote inclusion, stimulate cultural digital transformation and reinvent European sports model
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: Poland, Hungary and Lithuania receive pre-financing payments for ‘REPowerEU’ chapter of their recovery plans
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: European Commission authorises €450 million French aid scheme to modernise forestry sector
BUDGET: twenty-four organisations call for increased funding for EU’s external action on migration
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Esther Van Dijk is new chair of European Institute for Gender Equality’s Management Board
ECONOMY: Giorgia Meloni wants to transform “obsolete” European Stability Mechanism
ENERGY: ACER does not consider it necessary to propose alternative bidding zone configurations in Baltic region
ENVIRONMENT: European Commission consults public on mid-term review of 8th Environmental Action Programme
IRAN: EU strongly condemns bomb attack in Kerman
MIGRATION: Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, reiterates his government’s opposition to mechanisms for relocating asylum seekers
NATO: extraordinary meeting of NATO-Ukraine Council on 10 January
SERBIA/KOSOVO: Belgrade authorises cars with Kosovo number plates to enter Serbia
CORRIGENDUM
SOCIAL: Belgian Presidency of EU Council has not yet set timetable for resumption of negotiations with European Parliament on digital platform workers