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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13369

13 March 2024
Contents Publication in full By article 42 / 42
NEWS BRIEFS / Nato
Poland’s President calls for defence spending to represent 3% of GDP

12/03/2024 (Agence Europe) – On Monday 11 March, Polish President Andrzej Duda called on the allies to increase their defence spending to 3% of GDP. Currently, 19 of the 32 allies are meeting the 2% commitment made in 2014 (see EUROPE B13350A20) and the declaration from the Washington summit in July could make this 2% a minimum. “I want to propose in the near future [...] that NATO countries decide together that the Alliance’s requirement will be to spend not 2%, but 3% of GDP on...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: European Commission recommends opening EU accession negotiations with Sarajevo
SWITZERLAND: Member States authorise European Commission to negotiate new bilateral agreements with Bern
HUMANITARIAN AID: first shipment of food from Larnaca to Gaza via maritime corridor
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Josep Borrell promises that EU will continue to work hard for application of UN values and principles
Russian invasion of Ukraine
ECONOMY: imminent presentation of proposal to mobilise, via EU budget, profits generated by frozen Russian public assets
RUSSIA: EU prolongs restrictive measures against individuals and entities threatening territorial integrity of Ukraine for a further 6 months
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
IMF: EU countries in favour of second term for Kristalina Georgieva
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL: EU employment ministers ask finance counterparts to look at social investment as driver of productivity
INSTITUTIONAL
DEMOCRACY: agreement awaited between EU institutions on shape of future European Ethics Body
BUDGET/RULE OF LAW: European Parliament wants to take Commission to court over funds released for Hungary
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: Commission unveils its first-ever approach on managing growing climate risks
AGRICULTURE: agricultural crisis, European Commission amends rules on maintaining permanent grassland
FISHERIES: European Commission seeks public’s opinion on how to improve shark protection
TRANSPORT: number of road traffic deaths will not fall sufficiently by 2030, according to EU Court of Auditors
RESEARCH: Belgian Council Presidency wants data-based evaluation of framework programmes
RESEARCH: EIT opens UK hub to connect European and British research and innovation communities
DIGITAL: European Commission introduces new cyber security network code for electricity sector
ENERGY: six industry associations call for new project submissions and updates in joint hydrogen infrastructure map
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
TRANSPORT: European Parliament votes in favour of increasing weight of lorries
TRANSPORT: European Parliament supports increasing modal shift to rail
TRANSPORT: European Parliament wants to strengthen European Maritime Safety Agency’s role
UKRAINE: European Parliament political group representatives call for increased military support
MIDDLE EAST: Europeans call for a humanitarian pause in Gaza
DEMOCRACY: DSA, AI Act and transparency register, Věra Jourová takes stock of tools available to EU to combat Russian interference during elections
SOCIAL: MEPs call on all Member States to ratify international Violence and Harassment Convention
CONSUMERS/ENVIRONMENT: MEPs ready to negotiate with Parliament on directive governing green claims
ENVIRONMENT: MEPs approve provisional political agreement with EU Council on revision of Industrial Emissions Directive
ENERGY: European Parliament backs PCI/PMI list of controversial priority energy infrastructure projects
ENERGY: European Parliament backs provisional political agreement on energy performance of buildings
DIGITAL: MEPs approve provisional agreement on cyber resilience
JUSTICE: criminalising violations of European sanctions – European Parliament validates Interinstitutional Agreement
JUSTICE/CONSUMERS: European Parliament approves interinstitutional agreement on revision of product liability directive
FINANCE: European Parliament calls for review of financial reporting obligations
INDUSTRY: European Parliament ratifies compromise reached with Council of EU on better labelling of fertilisers
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: fifteen plenary sessions set for 2025, including twelve in Strasbourg
EDUCATION - YOUTH - CULTURE - SPORT
CULTURE: Erasmus+, MEPs call for increased financial support for greater inclusion and accessibility
NEWS BRIEFS
CHINA: EU renews its anti-dumping duty on certain Chinese steels
TRADE: EU reintroduces safeguard measure on Myanmar and Cambodian rice
ENERGY: ACER grants regulators six additional months to agree on cross-zonal capacity calculation methodology in Hansa region
INTERNAL MARKET: European Commission publishes transition pathway for retail sector
MIGRATION: Asylum and Migration Pact, European Commission to present Member States with step-by-step implementation plan in June
NATO: Poland’s President calls for defence spending to represent 3% of GDP