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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13466

23 August 2024
Contents Publication in full By article 9 / 24
SECTORAL POLICIES / Civil protection
After Greece, Albania, Bulgaria and North Macedonia, EU sends help to fight a wildfire in Madeira
Brussels, 22/08/2024 (Agence Europe)

On Thursday 22 August, the European Union sent two Canadair water bomber planes to the Madeira archipelago to fight a wildfire that has been raging there since 15 August. On Wednesday 21 August, Portugal asked the EU for help by calling on the Union’s Civil Protection Mechanism. Madeira’s forest is a World Heritage Site.

The planes of the RescEU firefighting fleet have left Spain, announced the European Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič, on the X social network on...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: Romanian Victor Negrescu and Luxembourger Christophe Hansen appointed European Commissioners by their home country
EXTERNAL ACTION
CHINA: EU will not hesitate to take Beijing to WTO over trade measures deemed “unjustified” on European dairy products
BELARUS: EU sanctions further 28 people for involvement in internal repression
HEALTH: European Commission coordinates purchase of 215,000 doses of Bavarian Nordic vaccine to help Africa combat Mpox epidemic
Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE: EU countries must allow Kyiv to use long-range weapons to strike Russian territory, says Josep Borrell
TRADE: EU introduces tariff quotas on honey
SECTORAL POLICIES
HOME AFFAIRS: Russian workers—Hungarian government offers assurance that new scheme facilitating visa process meets EU security requirements
MIGRATION: asylum procedure at border, European Commission details ‘adequate capacity’ required for each Member State
CIVIL PROTECTION: after Greece, Albania, Bulgaria and North Macedonia, EU sends help to fight a wildfire in Madeira
TRANSPORT: MEP Yvan Verougstraete wants to extend ability to drive 125cc motorcycles to B licence holders on a European level
FISHERIES: European Commission is recruiting experts on energy transition in fisheries sector
CLIMATE: greenhouse gas emissions from economic activities in EU fell by 4% between first quarter of 2023 and first quarter of 2024
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT: quality traineeships, Hungarian Presidency of EU Council has presented initial draft compromise
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
STATE AID: Germany authorised to pay ESMC €5 billion for new semiconductor production facility
STATE AID: green light to €99.5 million in Romanian aid for Nokian Tyres’ new tyre plant
COMPETITION: European Commission consults on draft guidelines on exclusionary abuses of dominance
COMPANIES: European Commission publishes answers to frequently asked questions on implementation of sustainability reporting standards
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights publishes a series of recommendations to protect non-EU workers
NEWS BRIEFS
CULTURE: Culture Moves Europe launches third call for applications for mobility of artists and cultural professionals
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: ‘Europe-Wide Day of Remembrance’, Věra Jourová, Didier Reynders and Helena Dalli commemorate victims of totalitarian and authoritarian regimes
ECONOMY: euro area inflation at 2.6% in July
FIJI: Suva begins phasing out tariffs on certain European products
LEBANON: EU grants €500 million in financial support
TRANSPORT: European Commission applies temporary restrictions on liquid screening at certain EU airports