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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13481
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NEWS BRIEFS / Rule of law

Rule of law in Hungary: Greens/EFA MEP Tineke Strik is European Parliament’s new rapporteur

12/09/2024 (Agence Europe) – Dutch MEP Tineke Strik (Greens/EFA) announced on X on Thursday 12 September that she had been appointed the new European Parliament and Committee on Civil Liberties rapporteur on the so-called ‘Article 7’ procedure concerning Hungary. She succeeds France’s Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield (Greens/EFA), who in turn succeeded the Netherlands’ Judith Sargentini (Greens/EFA), who initiated the procedure in 2018. “I look forward to working with other...

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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
Interview ECONOMY: “European Union lacks systemic doctrine”, says Aurore Lalucq
ECB: monetary institute cuts interest rate on deposit facility to 3.5%
ECOFIN: financing climate transition and macroeconomic impact of an ageing population on agenda of EU countries
TAXATION: Hungarian Presidency of EU Council proposes new avenues for energy taxation
COMPETITION: in-depth investigation by European Commission into German State aid linked to sale of Nürburgring racetrack
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: before European Parliament’s Committee on Environment, Commission admits insufficient progress made and calls for stronger action
CLIMATE/ENERGY: together with United Nations, European Commission is encouraging “responsible” exploitation of minerals essential to energy transition
ENVIRONMENT: MEPs oppose Commission changes to maximum residue limits for certain pesticides
CONSUMERS: MEPs want geo-blocking regulation to be revised to open a discussion on details of audiovisual media
DIGITAL: MEPs say that in light of major platforms, DSA must move faster and do more
DIGITAL: after X and Meta, EU asks Google to stop using personal data of its European users for its AI model
ANIMAL HEALTH: MEPs call on European Commission to take action against bluetongue virus
AGRICULTURE : EU professionals want High Level Group on Wine to decide on ambitious measures
COMPETITIVENESS: Bruegel urges EU to increase circularity to boost competitiveness
JUSTICE: joint investigation team strengthens investigations into crimes committed in Ukraine
TRANSPORT: European shipowners and fuel producers launch clean maritime fuels platform
EXTERNAL ACTION
LEBANON: Josep Borrell calls on Lebanese leaders to work in country’s interests
CHINA: Chinese trade minister Wang Wentao in Brussels next week to negotiate tariffs
CHINA: EU and US commit to pursuing close coordination on China and Indo-Pacific region
EEA: European Commission announces agreements on EEA and Norwegian Financial Mechanisms for 2021–2028 have been signed
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Platform Work Directive paves way for new global EU instrument on algorithmic management at work, says ETUI
NEWS BRIEFS
RULE OF LAW: rule of law in Hungary: Greens/EFA MEP Tineke Strik is European Parliament’s new rapporteur
MIDDLE EAST: Josep Borrell outraged by death of UNRWA staff in Israeli strike on school
HEALTH: memorandum of understanding between European Heart Network and European Society of Cardiology
SOCIAL: posting of workers, three MEPs from The Left in European Parliament travel to Sweden to protest against Tesla’s practices
UKRAINE: Janez Lenarčič denounces death of three ICRC aid workers in Russian shelling in Donetsk