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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13451
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EDUCATION - YOUTH - CULTURE - SPORT / Sport

European Commission study recommends more resources for athletes’ mental health and ongoing dialogue on their rights

On Monday 8 July, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, in collaboration with the consultancy Ecorys, published a study on the rights of athletes at major sporting events. 

Entitled ‘Study on Athletes’ Rights in and around Big Sport Events’, the analysis, commissioned in line with the EU Work Plan for Sport 2021-2024, shows that political and public pressure on athletes has increased, largely as a result of social networking.

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SECURITY - DEFENCE
UKRAINE: Volodymyr Zelensky asks Allies to allow his country to strike Russia with their equipment
NATO: twenty-two countries, together with Kyiv and EU, commit to coordinating and accelerating efforts to meet Ukraine’s security needs
NATO: Allies commit to strengthening transatlantic defence industry
NATO: next Alliance summit will take place in Netherlands, before meeting in Turkey
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENT/CLIMATE: climate change will not wait for potential boycott of meetings by Hungarian Presidency of EU Council, according to Teresa Ribera and Wopke Hoekstra
CLIMATE/FINANCE: WWF promotes ‘Independent Science Based Taxonomy’, new tool for sustainable finance
AGRICULTURE: Hungarian Presidency of EU Council reopens debate over rules for new genomic techniques
FISHERIES: France and Spain neglect jobs and environment when allocating fishing quotas, according to Oceana
COHESION: European Economic and Social Committee calls for cohesion policy to be strengthened
DIGITAL: validation of European Cybersecurity Certification Scheme remains unclear
ENERGY: Maroš Šefčovič stresses importance of fair and equitable transition for decarbonisation of EU’s coal-mining regions
ENERGY: European Commission consults on list of priorities for developing network codes for gas and electricity
ENERGY: ENTSO-E presents its 2024-2034 Research, Development and Innovation roadmap for a carbon-neutral Europe
TRANSPORT: ‘green’ steel could reduce CO2 emissions from car production in Europe by 6.9 million tonnes, according to a T&E study
INSTITUTIONAL
ECR: Ms von der Leyen’s project for Presidency of European Commission is “too similar” to that of current mandate, says Nicola Procaccini
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: distribution of European Parliament’s 14 vice-presidency posts is becoming clearer
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: MEPs adopt agenda for constitutive plenary session
EXTERNAL ACTION
MIDDLE EAST: G7 condemns recent Israeli announcements concerning legalisation of outposts, new settlements and confiscation of land
INDO-PACIFIC: EU calls for arbitral award recognising Second Thomas Shoal in Philippines’ exclusive economic zone to be respected
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPETITION: European Commission accepts Apple’s commitments to remedy access restrictions linked to Apple Pay
ECONOMY: EU Council is expected to endorse revision of five national recovery plans
TAXATION: tax base erosion and profit shifting continue despite some progress, according to OECD
TAXATION: former heads of state and government call on G20 leaders to support global agreement to tax wealth
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: skills, inclusion of persons with disabilities in employment and protection of pensions on agenda of EU ‘Employment and Social Affairs’ Council
HUNGARIAN PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
HU24EU: Valérie Hayer calls for urgent debate at European Parliament plenary session on Hungarian Presidency of EU Council’s actions
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: EU Agency reports alarming rise in antisemitism, particularly online
EDUCATION - YOUTH - CULTURE - SPORT
SPORT: European Commission study recommends more resources for athletes’ mental health and ongoing dialogue on their rights
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
BIODIVERSITY: EU Court of Justice confirms validity of ban on wolf hunting in Austria
EMPLOYMENT: collective redundancies directive also applies when employers retire, according to CJEU
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: European Commission gives green light to €50 million Austrian measure to support primary agricultural sector
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: EU honours victims of Srebrenica massacre
CHINA: EU imposes provisional anti-dumping duty on Chinese titanium dioxide
COMPETITION: ITA/Lufthansa/MEF case – Margrethe Vestager denies European Commission merger decisions are political
RESEARCH: with DeepSpacePULSE, ERC reaches milestone of 2000th beneficiary of its European ‘Proof of Concept’ funding programme
HEALTH: PhageEU organises to represent interests of phages in Europe