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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13377

23 March 2024
Contents Publication in full By article 26 / 30
NEWS BRIEFS / Economy
Euro area inflation confirmed at 2.6% in February

22/03/2024 (Agence Europe) – Annual inflation in the euro area stood at 2.6% in February, compared with 2.8% in January, according to final figures published by the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat) on Monday 18 March. In the EU, it was 2.8%, compared with 3.1% in January. The lowest annual rates were observed in Latvia, Denmark (0.6% each) and Italy (0.8%). The highest annual rates were recorded in Romania (7.1%), Estonia (4.8%) and Croatia (4.4%). Prices rose by 2.7%...

Contents

EUROPEAN COUNCIL
TRADE/AGRICULTURE: EU leaders welcome proposal to raise tariffs on Russian and Belarusian products
AGRICULTURE: EU leaders welcome proposals to facilitate work of farmers
EURO AREA: EU27 stress “urgency” of making progress on integrating capital markets
SECURITY: European leaders ask EU Council to move forward on military and civil preparedness
MIGRATION: European leaders welcome partnership between EU and Egypt and call for development of this type of agreement
HAITI: European Council calls on Haitian political forces to show responsibility
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENT: in absence of a qualified majority among the EU27, future of regulation on nature restoration is uncertain
CLIMATE/ENVIRONMENT: Waste Directive, microplastic pollution and 2040 climate target on agenda of EU environment ministers
ENERGY: ACER introduces new ‘Central Europe’ region for calculating electricity capacity
ENERGY: some 100 companies have already signed up to European Alliance on Small Modular Reactors
ENERGY: European Commission commits to helping steel industry become greener and more competitive at eighth Clean Transition Dialogue
ENERGY/TRANSPORT: EBB welcomes European Commission’s publication of a delegated act adding feedstocks for production of biofuels and biogas
AGRICULTURE: responses to agricultural crisis will dominate European ministers’ discussions on Tuesday 26 March
AGRICULTURE: EU regional and local leaders call for new measures to help farmers
TRANSPORT: cities call for sustainable, connected transport within and among European cities
EXTERNAL ACTION
RUSSIA: death of Alexei Navalny, EU imposes sanctions on 33 people and two prison colonies
SOUTH KOREA: EU and South Korea reaffirm their cooperation in a world “facing multiple crises”
UNITED STATES: little by way of new developments expected at sixth meeting of EU-US Trade and Technology Council
PALESTINE: four EU Member States discuss joint recognition of State of Palestine
Russian invasion of Ukraine
TRANSPORT: solidarity lanes, EU and Ukraine continue cooperation on connectivity, safety and sustainability
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 2024: ECR MEPs sign Charter of Values
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: OECD members are making progress in combating tax treaty abuse
EDUCATION - YOUTH - CULTURE - SPORT
CULTURE: after years marked by health crisis, film production in EU seems to have returned to growth
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
HUMAN RIGHTS: Council of Europe publishes evaluation of 15 years of monitoring its Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings
NEWS BRIEFS
FUTURE OF EUROPE: 5th summit of European Political Community to be held on 7 and 8 November in Hungary
ECONOMY: euro area inflation confirmed at 2.6% in February
INDONESIA: EU congratulates new President elect, Prabowo Subianto
RESEARCH: 23 European cities awarded with ‘EU Mission’ label for their efforts towards climate neutrality
SPORT: to promote physical activity throughout European Union, BeActive Awards are launching their call for entries for 2024
Op-Ed
OP-ED: Schengen Borders Code, my response to the NGOs, by Sylvie Guillaume