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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13347

10 February 2024
Contents Publication in full By article 6 / 27
SECTORAL POLICIES / Energy
Wind power – more permits granted in 2023, but improvements needed to meet EU targets, according to WindEurope
Brussels, 09/02/2024 (Agence Europe)

In Europe, granting permits for the development of wind energy “has always been a bottleneck”, but 2023 saw an improvement with more permits granted, announced WindEurope, the European association promoting wind energy, in a press release dated Thursday 8 February. 

This progress is attributed to new EU rules on renewable energy permitting: the Emergency Permitting Regulation, followed by new rules approved as part of the revised Renewable Energy Directive (see EUROPE B13296A32), but...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPANIES: corporate due diligence, Member States postpone EU Council vote
ECONOMY: strenuous negotiations between European Parliament and EU Council on reform of European fiscal rules
SECTORAL POLICIES
COMPETITIVENESS: Europe’s industry ministers call for ever stronger industrial policy
AGRICULTURE: France asks European Commission to suspend marketing of fruit and vegetables treated with thiacloprid
ENERGY: European Commission launches new industrial alliance for small modular reactors
ENERGY: wind power – more permits granted in 2023, but improvements needed to meet EU targets, according to WindEurope
JUSTICE: start of European Parliament/EU Council negotiations on transfer of criminal proceedings between Member States
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL: provisional agreement with European Parliament on digital platform workers – Member States to deliver their verdict on 16 February
Russian invasion of Ukraine
RUSSIA: EU Member States discuss new sanctions package
EXTERNAL ACTION
FOREIGN AFFAIRS/DEVELOPMENT: Middle East, Ukraine and EU international cooperation on agenda of informal meeting of development ministers
SENEGAL: EU calls on Senegalese authorities to organise presidential election as quickly as possible and in compliance with Constitution
AZERBAIJAN: EU highlights shortcomings in presidential elections
PAKISTAN: EU regrets lack of fair conditions for participation in Pakistani legislative elections
WESTERN BALKANS: EIB invested almost €1.2 billion in Western Balkans in 2023
CANADA: EU reaches agreement with Ottawa on new rules for CETA investment disputes
TRADE: European Commission will assess need to extend safeguard measures on steel and aluminium
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
DIGITAL: EU General Court rejects TikTok’s request for suspension of Commission’s decision designating it as gatekeeper
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
WOMEN'S RIGHTS: European Parliament sets its priorities for 68th session of UN Commission on Status of Women
EDUCATION: MEPs question Commission on precariousness, ageing and difficulties of recruiting teachers
NEWS BRIEFS
ACP: European MEPs and ACP MPs to meet in Angola for first time under Samoa Agreement
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU mobilises €1.7 million in emergency aid for flood victims in DRC
STATE AID: Commission approves Romanian measure worth around €241 million to support certain agricultural products
STATE AID: European Commission approves €56 million Romanian measure to support pig and poultry farmers
ENERGY/INDUSTRY: Bruegel warns against EU strategy of replacing Chinese solar panel imports
ENERGY: nuclear fusion, record energy released by Joint European Torus experimental reactor
CSDP: Rear Admiral Francesco Saladino is new EU Force Commander for Atalanta
CSDP: Member States agree to establish Operation Aspides