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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13425

7 June 2024
Contents Publication in full By article 22 / 26
NEWS BRIEFS / Banks
ECB gives green light to resumption of dividend payments by four largest Greek banks

06/06/2024 (Agence Europe) – The European Central Bank, acting as the euro area’s single banking supervisor, has approved requests from Greece’s four largest banks - Eurobank Egasias Services and Holdings, National Bank of Greece, Piraeus Financial Holdings and Alpha Services and Holdings - to distribute dividends in 2024, the first time this has happened in the sixteen years since the start of the Greek financial crisis, MNI reported on Thursday 6 June. “Supervisory approval for...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: Governing Council cuts rates by 25 basis points amid persistent inflationary pressures in euro area
FINANCE: EU competitiveness must be a political priority for coming years, says Johannes Hahn
TAXATION: simplifying and harmonising tax systems would make EU more competitive, say experts
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENERGY: European Commission welcomes improvement in gas and electricity markets in 2023
ENERGY: EU now one of global regions with highest investment ratios in clean energy, according to IEA
HEALTH: ten EU countries to call for measures to protect young people from harm caused by novel tobacco products
HEALTH: EU Council to debate incentives system in pharmaceutical package on 21 June
COMPANIES: SMEs want regulatory simplicity after European elections
TRANSPORT: Europe far behind North America in terms of investment in electric vehicles
MIGRATION: millions of migrant farmworkers are exploited in European Union’s fields, says Oxfam in a report
Russian invasion of Ukraine
NATO: according to Jens Stoltenberg, Alliance has no plans to deploy forces to Ukraine
RUSSIA: difficult negotiations between EU Member States on fourteenth sanctions package
SECURITY - DEFENCE - SPACE
SPACE: some forty companies, institutions and NGOs sign ‘Zero Debris Charter’
EXTERNAL ACTION
HUMANITARIAN AID: Belgian Presidency of EU Council celebrates 75th anniversary of Geneva Conventions
CENTRAL ASIA: EU and countries of Central Asia reaffirm regional security collaboration
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
STATE AID: EU Court of Justice confirms legality of Spanish emergency aid scheme for strategic undertakings
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT: tenderers unlawfully excluded from a call for tenders may claim damages, says EU Court of Justice
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: Danish Prime Minister to no longer rule out increase in European budget resources
NEWS BRIEFS
CHINA: EU prepares to impose anti-dumping duty on Chinese erythritol
EU COUNCIL: European federalists “convinced” Hungary should not preside over EU Council during second half of 2024
INDIA: Charles Michel congratulates Narendra Modi on his party’s general election results
BANKS: ECB gives green light to resumption of dividend payments by four largest Greek banks
MIDDLE EAST: Josep Borrell calls for investigation into strike on UNRWA school in Gaza
HEALTH: EU Council to adopt recommendation on vaccine-preventable cancers on 21 June
ANIMAL HEALTH: Eurogroup for Animals calls for a ban on fast-growing poultry in EU
FOOD SAFETY: Belgium sued by three NGOs for illegally authorising certain pesticides