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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13343

6 February 2024
Contents Publication in full By article 19 / 31
INSTITUTIONAL / European parliament
European Parliament to vote on request to waive Éva Kaïlí’s immunity
Strasbourg, 05/02/2024 (Agence Europe)

At the opening of the plenary session from 5 to 8 February in Strasbourg, on Monday 5 February, the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, announced a number of changes to the agenda. The following reports were added to the votes on Tuesday 6 February: those of Ilana Cicurel (Renew Europe, French) on the request for waiver of the immunity of Éva Kaïlí (NI, Greek), Sergey Lagodinsky (Greens/EFA, German) on the request for waiver of the immunity of Ioánnis Lagós...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: setting an EU climate target for 2040 raises issue of carbon capture and storage
CLIMATE: CEO Alliance calls on European Commission to continue implementing European Green Deal and support clear industrial policy
INDUSTRY: Chinese solar panels, European Commission warns against effect of an anti-dumping or anti-subsidy investigation
COHESION: EU Member States debate future of cohesion policy in Mons
DIGITAL: AI Act, several sectoral organisations stress importance of ensuring proper implementation
MIGRATION: European Commission believes new mandate of European Border and Coast Guard Agency has produced positive results overall
AGRICULTURE: European Committee of Regions assesses rural areas and geography of discontent
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL: platform workers, Belgian Presidency of EU Council will further refine text negotiated with European Parliament on legal presumption of salaried status
EXTERNAL ACTION
AFRICA: Stella Kyriakides and Caroline Gennez in Addis Ababa to strengthen EU/African Union partnership on global health
AFRICA: EU27 foreign affairs ministers determined to step up dialogue and cooperation with African partners
SENEGAL: EU concerned at indefinite postponement of presidential election of 25 February
MIDDLE EAST: “There is no substitute for UNRWA”, says Josep Borrell
SERBIA: EEAS believes Belgrade’s decision to strengthen health ties with Moscow “not compatible” with EU values
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
STATE AID: European Commission to examine in detail changes made to restructuring plan for French airline Corsair
STATE AID: European Commission approves Polish measure to support workers affected by restructuring of fossil fuel sector
COMPETITION: European Commission satisfied with slot allocation that will allow JetFly to continue operating at Amsterdam airport
COMPETITION: Commission authorises €325 million French scheme to support production of heat from biomass
INSTITUTIONAL
EP2024: Terry Reintke and Bas Eickhout to back a ‘Green and Social Deal’ at EU level
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: European Parliament to vote on request to waive Éva Kaïlí’s immunity
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: European Committee of Regions is critical of new genomic techniques
AGRICULTURE: Poland steps up controls on imports of Ukrainian agricultural products
ENERGY: European Commission publishes call for contributions on design elements of renewable energy auctions
FINANCE: European financial market supervisors recommend optimising supervision of financial activities of ‘BigTech’ companies
LOBBYING: Employment Committee calls for withdrawal of accreditation of Amazon representatives on European Parliament premises
EP2024: Viktor Orbán says Fidesz is ready to join ECR party
FISHERIES: European Commission continues to reflect on ‘Fishers of the Future’
MIDDLE EAST: transatlantic call by officials for Israel to comply with ICJ provisional measures
RUSSIA: new EU sanctions package being prepared
EMU: economist Petr Zahradník tasked with relaunching Czech Republic’s progress towards joining euro area
UKRAINE: agreement on financial guarantees between EU and World Bank to finance reconstruction of Ukraine
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