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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13414

23 May 2024
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Climate
Wopke Hoekstra calls on European Union to “exert pressure” in favour of international CO2 pricing
Brussels, 22/05/2024 (Agence Europe)

In the run-up to the end of the European Commission’s term of office and the forthcoming European Parliament elections, the European Commissioner for Climate Action, Wopke Hoekstra, spoke at Maastricht University (Netherlands) on Tuesday 21 May about the European Union’s prospects in five key areas: geopolitics, climate, the economy, migration and artificial intelligence. 

“We need to define where we want to be in 10 or 20 years’ time”, he said.

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Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: The European elections and young people
SECTORAL POLICIES
HEALTH: European Commission welcomes progress made since 2019 in EU public health field
AGRICULTURE: European ministers to discuss market situation and anti-crisis measures on 27 May
AGRICULTURE: Belgian Presidency of EU Council presents compromise proposal on new genomic techniques
COMPETITIVENESS: Spain, Greece and Portugal call for new financial instrument to support EU industrial policy
RESEARCH: security and exploitation of research, framework programme and advanced materials on agenda of last Research Council under Belgian Presidency
ENERGY: EU Council prepares to adopt conclusions on development of European electricity grids
CLIMATE: Wopke Hoekstra calls on European Union to “exert pressure” in favour of international CO2 pricing
TRANSPORT: investing in innovation and skills could help car-producing regions, says European Committee of Regions
MIGRATION: Commission launches a call for projects to release €6 million for integration of victims of trafficking in human beings
DIGITAL: EU is suffering from lack of training and skills in cybersecurity in private sector, according to Eurobarometer
EXTERNAL ACTION
PALESTINE: Spain, Ireland and Norway announce their decision to recognise Palestinian State
TRADE: EU27 approve regulation imposing tariffs on certain Russian and Belarusian agricultural products
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: EU countries asked to vote on gradual introduction of systems for sharing financial data
FINANCE: European Securities and Markets Authority recommends examining advantages of direct supervision at EU level
ECONOMY: Bruno Le Maire open to discussion on US proposal to mobilise profits from frozen Russian state assets
ECONOMY: European Commission gives green light to revision of Irish recovery plan
INSTITUTIONAL
EP2024: threat of expulsion of Dutch liberal party VVD from Renew Europe Group in European Parliament intensifies
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
GEORGIA: Venice Commission calls for withdrawal of Georgia’s law on “foreign influence”
NEWS BRIEFS
ECONOMY: euro area inflation confirmed at 2.4% in April
ENERGY: on 30 May, Energy Council will vote on proposal to modernise Energy Charter Treaty
ENERGY: EU Member States approve regulation to reduce methane emissions
DIGITAL: new rules on European digital identity now apply within EU
EP2024: French far right breaks away from German far right
FISHERIES: EU Member States postpone vote on creation of no-fishing zones
FISHERIES: European Commission updates certain 2024 fishing opportunities in Atlantic waters
RUSSIA: EU Council agrees on new sanctions against Russian regime in response to death of Alexei Navalny
SERBIA/KOSOVO: EU denounces Kosovo’s unilateral decision to close branches of Serbian Postal Savings Bank on its territory