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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13433

18 June 2024
Contents Publication in full By article 26 / 38
EP2024 / Ep2024
Falsely historic European elections bring little change, says FEPS
Brussels, 17/06/2024 (Agence Europe)

In a report published on Friday 14 June, the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) describes the 2024 European elections as a moment less historic than it might seem, revealing the crises facing the European Union and marked by a certain idealism.

Far from criticising this idealism, the FEPS explains that it allows for “important deliberations and moments of political creativity” as well as a moment “when European democracy is exercised”, in which Member States and...

Contents

EUROPEAN COUNCIL
EP2024: end of June target for an agreement at European Council on senior European posts
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENT: Council of European Union formally adopts regulation on nature restoration
ENVIRONMENT: EU Council adopts position on soil monitoring directive to make soil healthy by 2050
ENVIRONMENT: EU Council adopts position on Waste Directive
ENVIRONMENT: EU Council adopts its position on green claims directive
CLIMATE: 2040 target, EU ministers support ambition, emphasising competitiveness, just transition and regulatory simplification
CLIMATE: more than 400 stakeholders call on European leaders to place ‘Green Deal’ high up on their strategic agenda for new mandate
SEA: EU ready to ratify UN High Seas Treaty
TRANSPORT: maritime safety, river information and rail capacity on agenda of European Council of Ministers
TRANSPORT: EU Council validates revision of TEN-T network guidelines
MIGRATION: according to European Union Agency for Asylum, Member States have better managed increase in asylum applications lodged in 2023
DIGITAL: Meta abandons utilising users’ personal data to train its AI model
RESEARCH: ERAC puts forward four main recommendations to make European Research Area a reality
HEALTH: EU Council calls for a mechanism to monitor demand and supply of medical radioisotopes
COHESION: CoR President asks President von der Leyen to clarify her intentions regarding Cohesion Policy
REGIONS: thirteen EU capital cities and regions want to influence debate on cohesion policy
AGRICULTURE: oriGIn EU calls for institutional support for GIs to be considered as strategic products for EU
EXTERNAL ACTION
ENLARGEMENT: Member States agree in principle on negotiating frameworks for Ukraine and Moldova
CHINA: EU recommends that China reassess its national security framework to ensure respect for human rights
CHINA: Beijing opens anti-dumping investigation into European pork meat
Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE: more than 80 states and international organisations underline their support for respect for international law
CRIMEA: EU extends sanctions linked to illegal annexation of Crimea for another year
ECONOMY: G7 countries formalise additional $50 billion in loans to Kyiv
SECURITY - DEFENCE
NATO: support for Ukraine, Orbán pledges support for Rutte as NATO Secretary General in exchange for Hungary’s non-participation in NATO efforts
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
STATE AID: green light for €570 million Italian measure to offer cleaner energy to ships at berth
EP2024
EP2024: falsely historic European elections bring little change, says FEPS
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
MIGRATION: Michael O’Flaherty calls on Finland not to adopt draft act on instrumentalised migration
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: Committee of Regions commission for natural resources meets with chairman of strategic dialogue on future of agriculture
HUMANITARIAN AID: Hadja Lahbib describes Israeli army’s announcement of pause in operations as “first step”
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: Finland nominates Henna Virkkunen as candidate for post of European Commissioner
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: Slovakia renominates Maroš Šefčovič as candidate for European Commissioner post
ECONOMY: EU Council asked to approve revised Irish recovery plan
ECONOMY: establishment of Ukraine Facility Audit Board
IRAN: EU welcomes release of Johan Floderus
MEDIA: Commission grants €9.5 million to extend EU news coverage
DIGITAL: two positions still to be filled on Commission’s AI Office
SOMALIA : entry into force of new European sanctions against three members of Al-Shabaab
YEMEN: EU condemns detention of members of United Nations, NGOs and diplomatic missions by Houthis