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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13343

6 February 2024
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NEWS BRIEFS / Agriculture
European Committee of Regions is critical of new genomic techniques

05/02/2024 (Agence Europe) – On Monday 5 February, the Commission for Natural Resources (NAT) of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) adopted a critical draft Opinion (https://aeur.eu/f/apu) by Erik Konczer (PES, Hungarian) on the proposal to regulate new genomic techniques (NGTs) before the vote in the European Parliament (see EUROPE B13335A10). Local and regional representatives point out that NGT regulations could increase farmers’ dependency on large seed companies, thereby...

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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