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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13470
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INSTITUTIONAL / European commission

Portugal’s Maria Luís Albuquerque, Denmark’s Dan Jørgensen and Spain’s Teresa Ribera proposed for European Commissioner posts

The list of candidates for the post of European Commissioner is growing, with three new nominations revealed on Wednesday 28 August. Denmark, through its Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, has proposed its current Minister for Development Cooperation and Global Climate Policy, Dan Jørgensen. 

For his part, Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro has appointed former Finance Minister Maria Luís Albuquerque to the post of Portuguese European Commissioner. With this choice, Portugal is...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
Interview MERCOSUR: compliance with Paris Agreement also requires cooperation and funding, says Pedro Miguel da Costa e Silva
FOREIGN AFFAIRS/DEFENCE: Ukraine and Middle East on agenda of informal EU ministerial meetings on 29 and 30 August
ACP: on visit to Tonga, Jutta Urpilainen promotes European investment in fight against global warming
CHINA: denying EU representatives access to trial of Yu Wensheng “undermines trust in due process requirements in China”
Russian invasion of Ukraine
NATO: Allies reaffirm their determination to strengthen Ukrainian defence
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN COMMISSION : Portugal’s Maria Luís Albuquerque, Denmark’s Dan Jørgensen and Spain’s Teresa Ribera proposed for European Commissioner posts
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: EU countries divided over draft ‘FiDA’ regulation on data sharing in financial services
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: EU and China launch new communication mechanism on transfers of non-personal data
CLIMATE: environmental NGOs challenge decision on Member States’ annual emissions quotas from now until 2030 before EU Court of Justice
SEA: NGOs call for creation of a European fund to protect the oceans
EDUCATION - YOUTH - CULTURE - SPORT
SPORT: Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, EU reaffirms its commitment to inclusion
NEWS BRIEFS
COUNCIL OF EUROPE : Akif Gurbanov, María Corina Machado and Babutsa Pataraia are finalists for 2024 Václav Havel Prize
CULTURE: ten works financed by European Union nominated at Venice Film Festival
EDUCATION: seventy-two new Erasmus+ projects have been selected for international cooperation in vocational education and training
COMPANIES: seven companies make a commitment to EFRAG on sustainability reporting
LESOTHO: European Union trains senior officials from Lesotho in budgetary discipline
NICARAGUA: EU criticises deregistration of 1,500 NGOs
NATO: launch of a high-level political dialogue between Atlantic Alliance and Iraq