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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13498

8 October 2024
Contents Publication in full By article 23 / 28
NEWS BRIEFS / Biodiversity
European Council calls for ambitious EU position on biodiversity at COP16 in Colombia

07/10/2024 (Agence Europe) – The European Council’s draft conclusions for the summit on 17 and 18 October call on the EU to take ambitious action on biodiversity at COP16, due to be held in Cali, Colombia (21 October - 1 November). The leaders note the increase in climate-related disasters due to “climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution”. On this subject, the European Council reiterates its commitment to deliver on finance goals “in a demonstration of global...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: France will fully respect its European budgetary commitments, assures Antoine Armand
FINANCE: Spain proposes “competitiveness lab” to enable embryonic group of EU countries to test financial integration initiatives
FINANCE: European Commission launches EU Repo Facility, becoming sovereign issuer on capital markets
FINANCE/CLIMATE: ESMA analysis reveals no significant problems with EU carbon markets
EXTERNAL ACTION
MIDDLE EAST: Europeans pay tribute to victims of Hamas attacks on 7 October 2023
SUDAN: EU27 expected to call on international community to fulfil financial commitments made at Paris Conference
CIVIL PROTECTION: EU activates its civil protection mechanism in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Lebanon
CIVIL PROTECTION: new Canadair fleet to strengthen EU-Canada cooperation in crisis response
Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE: once again, European Council is expected to call for stepping up of military support
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: directive on platform workers is entering its final stretch at EU Council and is still raising a few concerns
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: European Commission’s budget programmes could be merged into national plans within next Multiannual Financial Framework
SECTORAL POLICIES
COHESION: Vasco Cordeiro and Elisa Ferreira criticise plans to centralise management of post-2027 budget
MIGRATION: seventeen Schengen member states call for new legislation on ‘returns’ to strengthen obligations for those concerned
ENVIRONMENT: Commissioner-designate Jessika Roswall to be heard by European Parliament on water, nature protection, REACH and circular economy
COMPETITIVENESS: EU needs a European industrial policy fund, according to Jacques Delors Institute
TRANSPORT/INDUSTRY: European Stellantis Group distributors call on EU to realistically adjust its CO2 targets
HEALTH: signature of first ‘HERA Invest’ agreement to support research in cross-border threats
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
GENDER EQUALITY: European Union is implementing major initiatives, but fight must continue, says Helena Dalli
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: 19.6% of people in Europe would have been victims of discrimination in 2023, according to Eurostat
SECURITY - DEFENCE - SPACE
SPACE: successful launch of Hera mission
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE : European Commission registers French ‘Loraine’ wines as protected geographical indication
ALDE: MEP Svenja Hahn elected ALDE Party President
BIODIVERSITY: European Council calls for ambitious EU position on biodiversity at COP16 in Colombia
CULTURE: Creative Europe publishes its work programme and calls for projects for 2025
COMPANIES: fourteen organisations make a commitment to EFRAG in favour of sustainability reporting
HAITI: European Union condemns massacre in Pont Sondé
FISHERIES: second edition of e-FishMed exchange programme to support fight against illegal fishing
TRANSPORT: European road hauliers thank Court of Justice of EU for broadly confirming validity of ‘Mobility’ package