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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13321

5 January 2024
Contents Publication in full By article 12 / 23
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Economy
Poland, Hungary and Lithuania receive pre-financing payments for ‘REPowerEU’ chapter of their recovery plans
Brussels, 04/01/2024 (Agence Europe)

At the end of 2023, the European Commission disbursed the automatic pre-financing payments for the ‘REPowerEU’ chapters of the post-Covid-19 recovery plans for Poland, Hungary and Lithuania.

Poland has received a pre-financing payment of €5.1 billion in the form of loans and grants as part of its €59.8 billion recovery plan, including €34.5 billion in loans (see EUROPE B13297A17). Hungary has received €779.5 million in loans as part of its €10.4 billion recovery plan,...

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