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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13324

10 January 2024
Contents Publication in full By article 6 / 23
SECTORAL POLICIES / Environment
Further restrictions on mercury—MEPs plan to extend deadlines for prohibiting dental amalgam
Brussels, 09/01/2024 (Agence Europe)

On Thursday, 11 January, members of the European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) will vote on the European Commission’s proposal to further restrict the use and trade of mercury, a heavy metal that is highly toxic to [human] health and the environment.

The compromise amendments to the draft report by Marlene Mortler (EPP, German) support the aim of the delegated regulation proposed last July to amend Regulation (EU) 2017/852 with...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
EP2024: Stéphane Séjourné wants Europe’s centre-right to nominate Spitzenkandidaten to preside over EU’s institutional triptych
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: debates on future CAP on agenda of Belgian Presidency of EU Council
AGRICULTURE: European Parliament and EU Council to negotiate on draft ‘breakfast’ directives on 30 January
FISHERIES: new rules for monitoring fishing operations came into force on 9 January
ENVIRONMENT: microplastic pollution, MEP João Albuquerque wants to extend proposed EU regulation beyond pellets
ENVIRONMENT: further restrictions on mercury—MEPs plan to extend deadlines for prohibiting dental amalgam
CLIMATE: faced with Emmanuel Macron’s “regulatory pause”, Jacques Delors Institute stresses importance of funding and doctrinal clarity for ‘European Green Deal’
CLIMATE: with global temperatures approaching 1.5°C increase threshold, Copernicus announces 2023 was hottest year ever recorded
MIGRATION: ‘Pact’ and legal migration, International Organization for Migration issues recommendations to Belgian and Hungarian Presidencies of EU Council
Russian invasion of Ukraine
TRADE: Janusz Wojciechowski does not want renewal of trade measures between EU and Ukraine
UKRAINE: Renew Europe group MEPs reaffirm their support for Ukraine in light of upcoming European elections
UKRAINE: Olaf Scholz asks Europeans to deliver more military equipment to Ukraine
EXTERNAL ACTION
SAUDI ARABIA: EU and Riyadh intend to continue their Peace Day Effort initiative for Middle East
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: undermining constitutional order will have “serious consequences”, warns EU
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: Belgian Presidency of EU Council wants to rapidly conclude a number of dossiers relating to capital markets and sustainable finance
STATE AID: Flemish Minister-President Jan Jambon calls for an end to flexibilities allowed by EU’s temporary framework
COMPETITION: European Commission examines level of competition in virtual worlds and artificial intelligence sector
NEWS BRIEFS
ECONOMY: unemployment down to 6.4% in euro area in November 2023
ENVIRONMENT: flooding in Pas-de-Calais, MEP Karima Delli stresses importance of ‘zero net artificialisation of land’ objective
RULE OF LAW: Poland and Hungary, Belgian Presidency of EU Council plans two hearings on Rule of law on 25 June
FINANCE: Bruno Le Maire appoints committee of experts to make recommendations on capital markets union
YOUTH: more than 36,000 young Europeans to benefit from DiscoverEU passes for free travel across Europe
MIGRATION: European Union will need one million extra migrants each year to deal with its ageing population, according to European Commissioner Ylva Johansson