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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13491

27 September 2024
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Justice
New judicial network supported by Eurojust to strengthen cooperation between European magistrates in combating organised crime
Brussels, 26/09/2024 (Agence Europe)

The European Judicial Organised Crime Network (EJOCN) was inaugurated on Wednesday 25 September in The Hague (Netherlands), within the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation, Eurojust. 

The aim of this strategic tool is to strengthen judicial coordination between the prosecutors and judges of the 27 Member States of the European Union in the face of ever-growing organised crime, as stated in a press release by the President of Eurojust, Ladislav Hamran. 

Indeed, Eurojust...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
COMPETITIVENESS: EU Member States try to avoid crucial issue of investments in ‘Draghi’ report
TRANSPORT: Adolfo Urso calls for a review of 2025 CO2 reduction target for light vehicles
CONSUMERS: Member States urge European Commission to tighten controls on specific online sales platforms
ENERGY: climate neutrality for EU by 2040 is possible with an energy system based solely on renewable energies, according to CAN Europe
CLIMATE: Heinrich Böll Foundation launches “radar” to protect European Green Deal
CLIMATE: Wopke Hoekstra calls for joint efforts to focus on mitigation and adaptation to deal with rising sea levels
CLIMATE: Committee of Regions’ Commission for Environment adopts set of proposals for future of European Union policy
BIODIVERSITY: EU Council adopts a proposal to reduce protection status of wolf in Europe
FISHERIES: Europêche sounds alarm over drastic quota cuts proposed by European Commission
JUSTICE: new judicial network supported by Eurojust to strengthen cooperation between European magistrates in combating organised crime
EXTERNAL ACTION
MIDDLE EAST: EU and 11 States call for a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah
WESTERN BALKANS: EU dissociates accession processes of Albania and North Macedonia to allow Tirana to finally open first chapters
CHINA: Josep Borrell deplores, once again, China’s continued material and diplomatic support for Russia
SUDAN: Janez Lenarčič rekindles spirit of Paris conference for peaceful settlement of conflict
HUMAN RIGHTS: seven candidates in running for Sakharov Prize 2024
DEVELOPMENT: Budapest defends its vision of development at European Parliament in context of its EU Council Presidency
HUMANITARIAN AID: Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders, and VOICE urge European Parliament to guarantee EU takes sufficient humanitarian action
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: some twenty companies from sector unveil their vision of European Defence Industry Programme
INSTITUTIONAL
EU INSTITUTIONS: European Council on Foreign Relations and European Cultural Foundation denounce exclusionary drift of European decision-making process
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: France’s public deficit likely to exceed 6% of GDP in 2024
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT: Eurofound confirms that nearly 27 million jobs were saved during pandemic, thanks to public investment and SURE programme
SOCIAL: European Commission’s delay in testing for asbestos in buildings is putting workers at risk, according to European trade unions
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: action brought by Mr Puigdemont and Mr Comín against refusal of European Parliament’s President to recognise them as MEPs is dismissed
CONSUMERS: EU Court of Justice clarifies rules for calculating price reduction
NEWS BRIEFS
COMPETITION: Google takes Microsoft to European Commission for anti-competitive practices in cloud sector
CULTURE: Lublin designated European Capital of Culture 2029 for Poland
ENERGY: only Denmark notified full transposition of certain provisions of Renewable Energy Directive ahead of legal deadline
ENERGY: ACER consults on modification to network Code of capacity allocation mechanisms for gas transmission networks
COMPANIES: 17 EU countries singled out for failure to transpose European rules on publication of sustainability information
ENVIRONMENT: 100 NGOs, including Greenpeace and Amnesty International, call on EU to stop “hypocritical” export of products banned in Europe
UN: Charles Michel claims certain permanent members of Security Council are not shouldering their responsibilities
UNITED KINGDOM: Ursula von der Leyen to welcome British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to Brussels next week