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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13424
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NEWS BRIEFS / Space

Ariane 6 launch targeted for 9 July

05/06/2024 (Agence Europe) – The Director General of the European Space Agency, Josef Aschbacher, announced on Wednesday 5 June at the ILA air show in Berlin that the first launch of Ariane 6 is targeted for 9 July from the European Space Centre in French Guiana. The last major milestone before the launch is the “wet dress rehearsal”. Europe’s new heavy launcher has a re-ignitable upper stage, enabling it to launch several missions into different orbits in a single flight....

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EUROGROUP: leveraging profits generated by frozen Russian assets, European finance ministers ready to consider a G7 solution
FINANCE/BANKING/INSURANCE: European supervisory authorities identify ways of tackling greenwashing more effectively
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: EU Member States to clarify their position on 2040 climate target at ‘Environment’ Council on 17 June
ENERGY: more than 200 stakeholders call on European Commission to adopt a strategy and action plan to develop geothermal energy
HOME AFFAIRS: Belgian Presidency of EU Council does not foresee immediate breakthrough in removal of child sexual abuse materials
HOME AFFAIRS: fight against illegal content, five new organisations join EU Internet Forum
TRANSPORT: EU Council to adopt its negotiating position on revision of River Information Services
TRANSPORT: despite seven compromise proposals, negotiations on combined transport have not been concluded at EU Council
FISHERIES: EU, Japan and United States called upon to put in place effective tools to combat illegal fishing
FISHERIES: Europêche welcomes Ursula von der Leyen’s announcement of appointment of full-time Fisheries Commissioner
ANIMAL HEALTH: European Commission confirms that preparatory work on banning cages is underway
ANIMAL HEALTH: EU criticises Hungarian authorities’ failure to control avian influenza epidemic
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: European Works Councils, Member States give green light to latest compromise from Belgian Presidency of EU Council
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: quality traineeships, EU countries invited to approve a progress report on 20 June
EXTERNAL ACTION
ENLARGEMENT: twelve Member States call for accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova to be officially launched by end of June
MIDDLE EAST: EU gives full support to Joe Biden’s plan
CHINA: Nuctech takes European Commission to court over foreign subsidy investigation
DEVELOPMENT: European Commission announces contributions of EU countries to eleventh European Development Fund
INSTITUTIONAL
RULE OF LAW: rule of law in Hungary – Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield regrets European Union’s ‘fiasco’
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
ECONOMY/RULE OF LAW: General Court of EU dismisses appeals against measures relating to independence of judiciary contained in Polish recovery plan
BANKS: EU General Court dismisses action for damages against ECB acting as single banking supervisor
NEWS BRIEFS
CLIMATE: May 2024 marks 12th consecutive month with record temperatures, according to Copernicus
TRADE: European Commission proposes to extend steel safeguard until 2026
ENERGY: EU households in 2022 consumed lowest energy amounts since 2016 according to Eurostat
SPACE: Ariane 6 launch targeted for 9 July
ISRAEL: High Representative has officially invited the Israeli Foreign Minister to an Association Council meeting
MIDDLE EAST: EU concerned about rising tensions on Israel-Lebanon border
HEALTH: European Economic and Social Committee calls for increased cancer prevention