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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13490

26 September 2024
Contents Publication in full By article 25 / 27
NEWS BRIEFS / Research
Fifteen Member States call on European Commission to continue spreading excellence programme

25/09/24 (Agence Europe) – Published on 25 September, a letter addressed to the European Commission, Commissioner Iliana Ivanova and Commissioner-designate Ekaterina Zaharieva that had been sent by Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Malta, Greece, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Portugal and Romania emphasised their opinion on “the paramount importance of continuing the ‘Widening participation and spreading excellence’ strand in the...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
BIODIVERSITY: Member States in favour of changing international status of wolf in Europe from “strictly protected” to “protected”
CONSUMERS: Council of EU adopts its position on modernising measures to facilitate settlement of disputes
DIGITAL: Meta notably absent among EU AI Pact signatories
COMPETITIVENESS: ministers responsible for internal market to debate ‘Draghi’ report on 26 September, without Mario Draghi
MIGRATION: European Commission fails to learn any lessons about causes of instability and migration in Africa, deplores European Court of Auditors
CLIMATE: European Commission adopts an implementing regulation to adapt monitoring and reporting of emissions to revision of ETS Directive
CLIMATE/ENERGY: in New York, Ursula von der Leyen calls on private sector representatives to invest in clean energy transition
ENVIRONMENT: EU will not postpone application of deforestation regulation, warns European Commission at WTO meeting
AGRICULTURE: European Commission opposes Italy’s request for automatic safeguard clauses to be applied to imported rice
ENERGY: European Commission wishes to negotiate a pledge at Clean Energy Ministerial Summit
TRANSPORT: 2024 call for proposals for ‘Connecting Europe Facility’ allocated €2.5 billion
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT: Hungarian Presidency of EU Council submits new compromise to Member States on improving working conditions for trainees
EMPLOYMENT: employers in eight member countries want less regulation and more flexibility to guarantee social progress
Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE: according to Josep Borrell, it will be a “historic mistake” to stop supporting Ukraine
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: European Commission decides to register all products covered by anti-dumping or anti-subsidy tariffs
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Union for Equality - European Commission publishes three mid-term evaluations of its strategies and calls for greater efforts
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
ENERGY: General Court interprets EU rules on allocation of cross-border costs arising from congestion on electricity market
ENERGY: operational security of electricity transmission networks, EU General Court clarifies scope of regional coordination
NEWS BRIEFS
AFGHANISTAN : Jutta Urpilainen announces €146 million in funding for Afghan women and new gender equality guarantees
EU COUNCIL: Cesare Onestini appointed Director-General
GENDER EQUALITY : ‘Women in Rail’ award - European Commission honours female talent in a railway industry still largely dominated by men
ENERGY: ACER consults on draft statutory documents of new European Network of Network Operators for Hydrogen
ENERGY: EU energy imports fall in second quarter of 2024
SPACE: ESA inaugurates its Lunar Analog Facility in Cologne
RESEARCH: fifteen Member States call on European Commission to continue spreading excellence programme
SOCIAL: European Trade Union Confederation calls on Ursula von der Leyen to reinstate title of ‘Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights’
TRANSPORT: European Commission launches a public consultation on creation of a flight emissions label