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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13363

5 March 2024
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 37
INSTITUTIONAL / Ep2024
By nominating Nicolas Schmit, European Socialists hope to inspire socially just future coalition in European Parliament that is opposed to far right
Brussels/Rome, 04/03/2024 (Agence Europe)

As expected (see EUROPE B13362A19), the European Socialists elected the current European Commissioner for Employment and Social Rights, Nicolas Schmit, a former MEP and formerly Luxembourg’s Minister of Labour, as the leading candidate (‘Spitzenkandidat’) of their political family in Rome on Saturday 2 March.

On this occasion, they launched their campaign for the European elections with a very clear objective: to do everything in their power to win, even if the polls predict that the...

Contents

BEACONS
Beacons: The anger and distress of farmers was entirely foreseeable (1)
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENERGY: EU Member States assess options for greater independence from Russian gas
ENERGY: Nuclear Alliance and Friends of Renewables set out respective priorities for next European Commission
ENERGY: European Commission proposes that Member States approve agreement to modernise Energy Charter Treaty
ENERGY: ACER will examine proposed changes to improve efficiency of European energy balancing market
MIGRATION: EU Council notifies Parliament of end of negotiations on revision of Long Term Residence Directive
HOME AFFAIRS: strengthening EU’s external borders, Member States believe Frontex’s mandate needs no revision
TRANSPORT: MEPs opt for a methodology for calculating greenhouse gas emissions from freight ‘from well-to-wheel’ over entire life cycle
TRANSPORT: MEPs support increased modal shift to rail
CLIMATE: coalition of NGOs denounces shortcomings in transparency of climate data within European Union
DIGITAL: thirty-four European companies call on Commission to get tough with Apple on DMA
DIGITAL: DMA, Booking, X and TikTok Ads cross threshold into ‘gatekeeper’ status
INSTITUTIONAL
EP2024 Interview: “We will never work with anti-European forces against pro-Europeans”, promises Siegfried Mureșan
EP2024 Interview: Pedro Marques says it is time for Christian Democrats to clarify their “political choices “ and possible alliances with a view to a future coalition in European Parliament
EP2024: by nominating Nicolas Schmit, European Socialists hope to inspire socially just future coalition in European Parliament that is opposed to far right
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPETITION: European Commission fines Apple €1.84 billion for abusing its dominant position in music streaming market
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL: Belgian Presidency of EU Council will again attempt to reach agreement on digital platform workers directive this week
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: third-country nationals resident in EU to have access to European disability and parking cards
EXTERNAL ACTION
RUSSIA: EU and more than a dozen non-EU countries call for an international investigation into death of Alexei Navalny
MIDDLE EAST: EU urges UN Security Council to call for urgent cessation of hostilities
DRC: EU “extremely concerned” by escalation of violence in east of Democratic Republic of Congo
WTO: EU disappointed at lack of WTO agreement on agriculture and fisheries subsidies
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
CORRUPTION: Council of Europe calls on Czech Republic to take action against corruption
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: European Commission approves Portuguese aid scheme worth €350 million
ANGOLA: final green light from EU Council for EU-Angola agreement on sustainable investment facilitation
ENERGY: European Commission consults on extending its research and training programme until 2027
ECONOMY: MEPs approve agreement reached with EU Council on reform of Stability Pact
ECONOMY: euro area inflation estimated at 2.6% in February
EDUCATION: ‘Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs’ celebrates 15 years and 12,000 exchanges 
FINANCE: MEPs approve ‘Fernández' draft report on benchmarks
DIGITAL: EU Council adopts ‘Interoperable Europe’ act
EP2024: Rassemblement National launches its campaign
RUSSIA: Donald Tusk calls for sanctions against food products from Russia and Belarus
CHAD: EU expresses its “deep concern” following the violence in N’Djamena
TRANSPORT: MEPs approve agreements with EU Council on maritime safety
TUNISIA: European Union announces budget support of €150 million
Kiosk
Kiosk: No. 101