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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13477

7 September 2024
Contents Publication in full By article 13 / 20
NEWS BRIEFS / China
EU concerned by new arrest and detention of Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan

06/09/2024 (Agence Europe) – On Thursday 5 September, the spokesperson for the European External Action Service (EEAS), Nabila Massrali, posted on X that the European Union was concerned by reports that Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan had once again been arrested and detained at the Shanghai Pudong detention centre. This latest incarceration comes less than four months after her release from prison on 13 May, following her first arrest in 2020 for covering the start of the...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
Interview TAXATION: Pasquale Tridico MEP wishes to promote “transparency and accountability” during term of office
SECTORAL POLICIES
COHESION: cohesion policy must be more responsive to demographic challenges, according to Hungarian Presidency of EU Council
AGRICULTURE : EU agriculture ministers to discuss post-2027 Common Agricultural Policy in Budapest on 10 September
ENERGY: Jozef Síkela asserts that capacity of Czech transmission system can replace Russian gas imports transiting through Ukraine
ENERGY: American Chamber of Commerce calls on EU to take account of principle of technological neutrality in development of low-carbon hydrogen
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN COMMISSION : Slovenian government reconsidering choice of future European Commissioner in response to Ursula von der Leyen’s calls for parity
Russian invasion of Ukraine
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Council of Europe Justice Ministers call for creation of special tribunal on Russia’s crime of aggression against Ukraine
DEFENCE: Ukrainian officials once again call for increased military support
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU provides €40 million in aid to help Ukraine prepare for winter
EXTERNAL ACTION
SERBIA: EU advises Serbia against strengthening its ties with Russia
EDUCATION
EDUCATION: despite increase in pre-school and higher education enrolments, Eurostat reports rise in PISA test failures in EU
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: EU authorises €53 million in Danish aid to support more climate-friendly milk production
CHINA: EU concerned by new arrest and detention of Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan
CLIMATE: summer 2024 hottest on record, according to Copernicus
TRADE:  EU renews its definitive anti-dumping duty on Chinese and Indian oxalic acid
EUROPEAN COMMISSION : Ursula von der Leyen will present her plan for future College of European Commissioners to European Parliament on Wednesday 11 September
COMPETITION: Commission withdraws previous decisions on merger between Illumina and GRAIL
ENERGY: ACER consults on revised draft of new network code on demand response
FISHERIES: NGO ClientEarth deplores Court of Justice of European Union’s ruling on denied access to confidential fisheries documents
CSDP: EU extends EUTM RCA mission by one year