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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13455
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Development

European Commission’s DG INTPA has climbed to 10th place in Aid Transparency Index 2024

The European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) achieved a transparency index of 82.9% in 2024, according to the index results published by the non-profit organisation Publish What You Fund, on Tuesday 16 July.

For the first time since the creation of this transparency index of the world’s leading development aid agencies, DG INTPA is ranked in 10th position, in the “very good” category. In addition, DG INTPA gained 10.5 points more than in...

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
EUROPEAN COMMISSION : final negotiations in European Parliament before election of Ursula von der Leyen as President
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: MEPs approve numerical composition of committees and delegations
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: European Parliament renews its College of Quaestors, which is devoid of far-right MEPs
UKRAINE: new European Parliament reaffirms its support for Ukraine
CYPRUS: fifty years after Turkish invasion, Roberta Metsola promises not to sidestep Cyprus question
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
TRANSPARENCY: European Commission criticised for insufficient publication of information on contracts for purchase of Covid-19 vaccines
DIGITAL: EU General Court rules that TikTok is ‘gatekeeper’ for purposes of DMA
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: EU Council adopts position on 2025 EU budget
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: illegal immigration, on 22 July, Hungarian Presidency of EU Council will call on EU27 to “think out of the box”
ENVIRONMENT: twenty-one Member States call on European Commission to make water an absolute priority on European agenda
ENERGY: renewable hydrogen, European Court of Auditors calls for “reality check” regarding targets EU has set itself
ENERGY: Baltic States announce decoupling of their electricity systems from Soviet-era grid as of February 2025
COHESION: Germany sharply criticises EU cohesion policy
TRANSPORT: EU to invest a record €7 billion in sustainable, safe and intelligent infrastructure
DIGITAL: EDPB encourages Member States to use their data protection authorities to implement AI Act
EXTERNAL ACTION
DEVELOPMENT: European Commission’s DG INTPA has climbed to 10th place in Aid Transparency Index 2024
AFRICA/DEVELOPMENT: Jutta Urpilainen announces launch of a new European Flagship Initiative for Youth in Sahel
HUNGARIAN PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
HU24EU: Charles Michel reminds Viktor Orbán that rotating Presidency of EU Council does not represent Union internationally
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: European Disability Forum makes its recommendations to Hungarian Presidency of EU Council
NEWS BRIEFS
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: EU reaffirms unwavering support for International Criminal Court
HOME AFFAIRS: EU Member States approve visa-free regime for short-stay travel for Kosovo Serbs
DEFENCE: Working Party on Defence Industry established at EU Council
DEFENCE: Seán Clancy to chair EU Military Committee from June 2025
ECONOMY: European Commission in favour of paying €4.2 billion instalment of macrofinancial assistance to Ukraine
ECONOMY: euro area inflation at 2.5% in June
ENERGY: ‘gas’ package published in Official Journal
COMPANIES: sustainability reporting more than just a bureaucratic formality, argues T&E
ENVIRONMENT: ban on combustion engines in 2035 – e-fuel must be authorised following principle of technological neutrality, says Pascal Canfin
RESEARCH: researchers encouraged to participate in survey on European framework for assessing sustainable chemicals (SSbD)
VENEZUELA: EPP Group in European Parliament will observe Venezuelan presidential elections