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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13434

19 June 2024
Contents Publication in full By article 12 / 34
INSTITUTIONAL / Eu2024hu
With ‘Trumpian’ slogan for Presidency of EU Council, Hungary promises to do its utmost to strengthen Europe
Brussels, 18/06/2024 (Agence Europe)

‘Make Europe great again’. On Tuesday 18 June in Budapest, the Hungarian Presidency of the EU Council, which will begin its activities on 1 July, presented its priorities for the next six months, immediately choosing a slogan similar to the one chanted in 2016 by Donald Trump in a bid to win the US presidential election (‘Make America great again’).

With more than 177 events scheduled, 16 informal ministerial councils and a European Summit dedicated to competitiveness on...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT: EU Council wants to change governance of European Maritime Safety Agency, despite reluctance of European Commission
TRANSPORT: EU Council wants to limit deployment of harmonised river information services
TRANSPORT: EU Council intends to simplify strategic rail capacity planning process
COHESION: post-2027 Cohesion Policy must respect logic of shared management, according to Elio Di Rupo
CLIMATE: EU ministers call for closer cooperation in response to urgency of growing climate risks
CLIMATE: European Environment Agency hopes next European parliamentary term will continue to invest in climate resilience
CLIMATE: according to Maroš Šefčovič, “green” should be “colour of cooperation” between EU and China
ENVIRONMENT: EU Council draws conclusions from its 8th Environmental Action Programme mid-term review
DIGITAL: adoption of European Cyber Certification Scheme postponed once again
CONSUMERS: Vinted changes pricing information following multiple complaints to European Commission
FISHERIES: European Commission proposes technical amendment to EU/Mauritania fisheries agreement
INSTITUTIONAL
EU2024HU: with ‘Trumpian’ slogan for Presidency of EU Council, Hungary promises to do its utmost to strengthen Europe
EP2024: Manfred Weber, sole candidate for presidency of EPP Group in European Parliament
Russian invasion of Ukraine
TRADE: EU reintroduces tariff quotas on Ukrainian oats
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: Mairead McGuinness calls to “set aside national vested interests” to make progress on Capital Markets Union
EUROGROUP: economic situation, international role of euro and competitiveness on ministerial agenda
COMPETITION: suspicions of tyre industry cartel, European Commission carries out unannounced inspections on company’s premises
STATE AID : European Commission consults on revision of State aid rules for land and multimodal transport
ECB: researchers Jens van’t Klooster and Isabella Weber propose new model of governance to deal with “shockflation”
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: European Works Councils, social dimension of internal market and ‘La Hulpe Declaration’ on EU27 ministers’ agenda
SECURITY - DEFENCE
NATO: in 2024, 23 Allies expected to spend at least 2% of their GDP on defence
NATO: three weeks ahead of 75th NATO summit in Washington, Ukrainian question at heart of debate
EXTERNAL ACTION
DRC: Janez Lenarčič wants to release additional €35 million in EU humanitarian funding
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
MIGRATION: a Member State is not obliged to automatically recognise refugee status granted in another EU country, rules Court of Justice
MIGRATION: granting of refugee status in an EU country precludes extradition of person concerned to his or her country of origin, emphasises Court of Justice
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: European chocolate industry requests clarity on implementing Deforestation Regulation
CÔTE D’IVOIRE: EU gains greater access to Ivorian market under Economic Partnership Agreement
ECONOMY: euro-area inflation at 2.6% in May
ENERGY: Kadri Simson welcomes creation of ENNOH, ‘European Network of Network Operators for Hydrogen’
ENVIRONMENT: Copa-Cogeca welcomes EU Council’s position on green claims
NATO: Viktor Orbán supports Mark Rutte’s candidacy for Secretary General post
RESEARCH: European Commission selects 27 projects to co-finance regional, national and international programmes under MSCA
EEAS: Josep Borrell and Federica Mogherini pay tribute to General Graziano
TRANSPORT: European ministers want to clarify specific points in regulation on passenger rights