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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13491

27 September 2024
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Economy
France’s public deficit likely to exceed 6% of GDP in 2024
Brussels, 26/09/2024 (Agence Europe)

France’s new Budget Minister, Laurent Saint-Martin, admitted on Wednesday 25 September that the French deficit for 2024 is likely to exceed 6% of the country’s GDP.

“The truth is that in 2024, the public deficit is likely to exceed 6% of GDP, according to the latest estimates available to us”, he said at a hearing of the Finance Committee of the French National Assembly (parliament).

At the beginning of September, the previous French government admitted that the French public...

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