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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13494

2 October 2024
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Trade
Regulation against foreign subsidies—MEPs question effectiveness of thresholds
Brussels, 01/10/2024 (Agence Europe)

One year after the regulation combating unfair foreign subsidies (FSR) entered into force, it is already time to take stock. Deputy Director-General Karl Soukup of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition reported that the European Commission received 1,108 submissions of information for public procurement, for which it opened three in-depth investigations. As regards mergers and acquisitions, the European Commission received more than 120 pre-notifications, which...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
Interview DEVELOPMENT: “There’s a concept that we need to bring into the EU’s development policy”, says Barry Andrews
TRADE: regulation against foreign subsidies—MEPs question effectiveness of thresholds
SECURITY - DEFENCE - SPACE
NATO: Mark Rutte takes helm of Atlantic Alliance
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: Hungarian Presidency of EU Council will test with Member States feasibility of ‘hubs for returns’ in third countries
HOME AFFAIRS: new European Union Drugs Agency must be able to serve Member States even better, says its director
TRANSPORT: passenger rights, Hungarian Presidency of EU Council proposes three solutions for concept of ‘carrier’
ENERGY: Energy Ministers to discuss high electricity prices in south-east Europe this summer
ENERGY: EU wants to contribute to Uruguay’s efforts to become “leading” green hydrogen producer
FISHERIES: European Commission gains results at NAFO meeting
FISHERIES: European Commission praises merits of ‘North Sea and Western Waters’ management plans
SEA: 138 NGOs call on EU to protect health of oceans and ban destructive fishing activities
DIGITAL: TikTok goes to Court of Justice of EU to have decision designating it as ‘gatekeeper’ under DMA annulled
COMPETITIVENESS: for CEA-PME, portfolios of European Commissioners are not sufficiently focused on competitiveness
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: European Parliament’s main political body invited to hold hearings with European Commissioners-designate in early November
FUTURE OF EU: “Let’s take care of Europe; it’s necessary”, says Michel Barnier
BUDGET: MEPs want to reject discharge for management of EU budget by European Council and EU Council for financial year 2022
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: InvestEU programme is victim of its own success
FINANCE: ESMA commits to using all tools at its disposal “to further harmonise supervisory approaches and practices” in 2025
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT: 1,000 essential workers keep up pressure on Ursula von der Leyen to get EU to revise public procurement directive
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: thirteen European employers’ organisations create European Employers’ Institute to inform future employment and social policies
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: transparency of third country lobbying, MEPs call for vigilance and insist on protection for civil society organisations
GENDER EQUALITY: according to Edit Bauer and Niall Crowley, education and data collection are two essential tools in fight against violence within EU
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: European Women’s Lobby calls for coordinated political response in EU to growing number of forms of cyber-violence
EDUCATION - YOUTH - CULTURE - SPORT
EYCS/RESEARCH: Iliana Ivanova met representatives of Western Balkans to deepen their cooperation with EU
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
JUSTICE: at Council of Europe hearing, Julian Assange denounces “chilled climate for freedom of expression that exists now”
NEWS BRIEFS
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: MEPS elect 13 of 45 parliamentary delegation chairs
SAUDI ARABIA: EU concerned by sharp rise in executions
CUSTOMS: Croatia adopts centralised import customs clearance system
ECONOMY: euro area inflation estimated at 1.8% in September
COMPETITION: European Commission authorises Exyte’s acquisition of Kinetics
ENERGY: Eurostat records five-year improvement in energy efficiency in EU homes
ENVIRONMENT: France is not complying with European law by authorising trawling in Mediterranean Sea, according to NGOs Bloom and ClientEarth
SPACE: EU wants to improve use of space data
COMPANIES: EFRAG and TISFD sign cooperation agreement to advance social-related financial disclosures
CIVIL PROTECTION: EU activates its civil protection mechanism in Greece, where forest fires rage
CSDP: Prokopios Charitos, new commander of EunavforMed Irini force