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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13414

23 May 2024
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Transport
Investing in innovation and skills could help car-producing regions, says European Committee of Regions
Brussels, 22/05/2024 (Agence Europe)

Investment in innovation and skills could greatly help the just transition of the EU’s car-producing regions, according to European experts speaking at a conference organised by the European Committee of the Regions on Wednesday 22 May.

Joaquim Nunes de Almeida, Director of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) (DG GROW), presented the state of play and future challenges for the...

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