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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13502
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NEWS BRIEFS / Western balkans

Albania due to open first negotiating chapter on 15 October, at second Intergovernmental Conference with EU

11/10/24 (Agence Europe) – On Friday 11 October, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced at a press conference alongside Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama that the second Intergovernmental Conference with Albania would be held on Tuesday 15 October. This will mark the opening of the first chapter of negotiations with Tirana on the country’s accession to the EU. Speeding up the accession of the Western Balkans is one of the priorities of the Hungarian Presidency: on Wednesday 25 September, in a unanimous decision, the ambassadors of the Member States to the European Union agreed to dissociate the accession process of Albania from that of North Macedonia, to allow Tirana to benefit from its progress. According to one source, the EU also hopes to hold an IGC with North Macedonia this year and open a new chapter with Serbia. (IS)

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: Hungarian Minister Bence Tuzson seeks to link competitiveness and rule of law by advocating better access to justice for SMEs within EU
JUSTICE: EU cross-border cooperation getting stronger but needs more resources to combat organised crime and drug trafficking
MIGRATION: following new accusations against it, EU calls on Turkish authorities to investigate all allegations of violations of migrants' rights
ENVIRONMENT: COP29, COP16, Global Plastics Treaty and chemicals strategy on agenda of EU environment ministers
ENVIRONMENT: Member State support for delaying Deforestation Regulation looms in EU Council
ENERGY: competitiveness of energy prices at top of agenda for meeting of EU ministers on 15 October
ENERGY: new European Commission should continue work on implementing a comprehensive regulatory package on CO2 transport
ENERGY: with 150 GW of nuclear capacity installed by 2050, Europe would reduce its CO2 emissions by 430 million tonnes, according to Compass Lexecon
DIGITAL: European Commission requesting further information from Temu, suspected of failing to prevent sale of illegal products
DIGITAL: Henna Virkkunen asked by MEPs to detail her vision of future European digital legislation
AGRICULTURE: on 20 October, European ministers are set to finalise conclusions on future of Common Agricultural Policy
AGRICULTURE: EU Member States discuss challenges facing wine sector
AGRICULTURE: EU Member States approve release of €120 million from crisis reserve
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: EU Member States call for harmonised data collection and increased resources to combat discrimination
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: ahead of G7 summit on inclusion and disability, European Disability Forum demands concrete commitments
INSTITUTIONAL
INTERVIEW BUDGET: creating national plans would serve to “make EU investment conditional on reform”, according to Eulalia Rubio of Jacques Delors Institute
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: MEPs want to know about Andrius Kubilius’s plans to build genuine European Defence Union
EXTERNAL ACTION
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: EU foreign ministers will once again discuss situation in Ukraine and Middle East
CHINA: Beijing needs to adapt its behaviour to avoid a trade war, says Charles Michel
CANADA: EU concludes agreement with Ottawa on recognition of professional qualifications
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FRANCE: French government intends to act “quickly and decisively” to restore country’s public finances
STATE AID: green light for €520 million in Luxembourg State aid for transition to net zero emissions economy
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT: Hungarian Presidency of Council of European Union is once again calling on Member States to remedy various shortages in order to boost their competitiveness
NEWS BRIEFS
WESTERN BALKANS: Albania due to open first negotiating chapter on 15 October, at second Intergovernmental Conference with EU
BIODIVERSITY: WWFhighlights alarming decline in wild vertebrate populations over last 50 years
COMPETITIVENESS: European leaders expected to call for work on competitiveness to be taken forward as a matter of priority
INDUSTRY: EU Council adopts directive and regulation on designs protection
CSDP: Rear Admiral Pereira da Costa, new EU Force Commander for EUNAVFOR ATALANTA mission
UN: EU27 should reaffirm their “unwavering commitment” to international law as enshrined in United Nations Charter
RUSSIA: EU dismayed by presumed death of Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna, detained in Russia
VENEZUELA: EU27 to call on Maduro regime to “respect democratic will” of Venezuelan people
CORRIGENDUM
FISHERIES: exchanges of anchovy quotas between EU countries remain authorised