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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13363
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NEWS BRIEFS / Ep2024

Rassemblement National launches its campaign

04/03/2024 (Agence Europe) – On Sunday 3 March, the French Rassemblement National party, which is part of the ID group in the European Parliament, launched its campaign for the European elections under the slogan ‘La France revient, l'Europe revit’ (‘France is back, Europe returns to life’). The aim of the head of the list, Jordan Bardella, is to “rewrite the treaties”. He wants to avoid the “suicide of Europe”, built, according to him, on the migration pact, the ‘Green...

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
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