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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13435

20 June 2024
Contents Publication in full By article 30 / 34
NEWS BRIEFS / Justice
European Public Prosecutor's Office dismantles criminal organisation targeting funds from ‘Recovery and Resilience Facility’

19/06/24 (Agence Europe) – On Tuesday 18 June, the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) announced that its ‘Stop the Carousel’ investigation in Bologna had led to the arrest of three suspects, alleged leaders of a criminal organisation aiming to fraudulently obtain funds from the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). The suspects set up fictitious businesses or took over inactive companies in order to apply for RRF funds. With the help of an accountant, they falsified...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: European Commission suggests opening excessive deficit procedures against seven EU countries
BANKS: EU Council reaches agreement on new rules to strengthen bank crisis management
ECOFIN: VAT, fiscal policy and financial aid for Ukraine on agenda of EU countries
FINANCE: Council of European Union adopts negotiating position on reducing reporting requirements in financial sector
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: European Commission presents its draft 2025 budget and debates it in Parliament
EP2024: elected Co-Presidents of Greens/EFA, Bas Eickhout and Terry Reintke, reassert determination to strengthen progressive majority in European Parliament
EP2024: conservative ECR group continues to grow and now has 83 members
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENT: EU Council adopts position on directive on priority substances to be monitored in water
HEALTH: pharmaceutical package and health union on agenda for EU Council on 21 June
TRANSPORT: Member States express concerns about impact of increased weight of heavy vehicles on their infrastructure
TRANSPORT: nine Member States call for action to ensure extension of EU Emissions Trading System to maritime sector is properly monitored
TRANSPORT: several Member States wish to include penalty point systems in directive on driving disqualifications
ENERGY: EU Council adopts the partial suspension of application of Energy Charter Treaty for Russian and Belarusian investors
ENERGY: ENTSO-G publishes its list of projects for TYNDP 2024, including majority of projects linked to development of hydrogen
ENERGY: ENTSO-E does not identify any major risk to security of electricity supply in Europe for summer 2024
RESEARCH: European Commission addresses challenges of R&I in ‘Spring Package’ of 2024 European Semester
SECURITY - DEFENCE - SPACE
SPACE: Slovenia to become European Space Agency’s 23rd member state
UKRAINE: EU and Ukraine expected to sign their security agreement “in near future”
EXTERNAL ACTION
ISRAEL: EU/Israel Association Council should be held under Hungarian Presidency of EU Council
MOZAMBIQUE: Jutta Urpilainen visits Mozambique to deepen EU-Mozambique partnership focusing on digital technology, sustainable development and security
TRADE: private sector united against controls on outward investments
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Council of Europe report examines how several European television channels reinforce anti-Roma prejudice
NEWS BRIEFS
HOME AFFAIRS: EU Council validates mandate to strengthen Europol’s role in fight against migrant smuggling networks
AGRICULTURE: Belgian Presidency of EU Council submits a compromise text on plant reproductive material
CITIZENSHIP: European Commission registers two new European Citizens’ Initiatives
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: appointment of two directors to directorate-general for statistics
CULTURE: European Commission launches public consultation to evaluate ‘European Capital of Culture’ initiative
DEVELOPMENT: Council of European Union approves 2024 annual report on EU’s development aid objectives
CUSTOMS: European Commission consults on customs equipment
JUSTICE: European Public Prosecutor's Office dismantles criminal organisation targeting funds from ‘Recovery and Resilience Facility’
EP2024: EPP group in European Parliament re-elects Manfred Weber as its leader
FISHERIES: European Commission proposing to update certain management rules for bluefin tuna stocks
CSDP: Rear Admiral Valentino Rinaldi appointed Commander of Operation EUNAVFOR MED IRINI
REGIONS: European Commission and OECD develop a new tool for enhanced cross-border governance