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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13515
Contents Publication in full By article 10 / 31
SECTORAL POLICIES / Competitiveness

Budapest Declaration, Member States are not satisfied with latest proposed text

On Wednesday 30 October, the Hungarian Presidency of the EU Council submitted a new draft declaration to the Member States ahead of the European Summit in Budapest on 8 November. In this version, dated 29 October, the authors have taken into account a number of comments made by the EU27 on the previous version, which had been widely criticised (see EUROPE B13512A3). At a meeting of the Member States’ permanent representatives to the EU on Wednesday evening, they made a second round of...

Contents

SECURITY - DEFENCE - SPACE
SECURITY : former Finnish President Sauli Niinistö proposes to significantly improve EU’s civil and defence preparedness
EXTERNAL ACTION
ENLARGEMENT: accession of Western Balkans still dependent on internal reforms and full alignment with EU foreign policy
ENLARGEMENT : Ukraine and Moldova make progress towards accession to the EU, while Georgia takes step backwards
ENLARGEMENT: Turkey has not reversed “negative” trend in deterioration of democratic standards, warns European Commission
SYRIA: Member States to assess ways of helping Syria manage influx of refugees, without legitimising regime or considering country to be safe
CHINA: Beijing indicates it will take European tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles to WTO
CHINA: EU reiterates its calls for immediate and unconditional release of Yu Wensheng and Xu Yan
SINGAPORE: ambassadors of EU Member States approve opening of negotiations to associate Singapore with Horizon Europe programme
IRAN: EU promises significant measures for execution of Jamshid Sharmahd
SECTORAL POLICIES
COMPETITIVENESS: Budapest Declaration, Member States are not satisfied with latest proposed text
CLIMATE: at COP29, “EU must be reliable and credible partner” and show leadership, urges Isabella Lövin
CLIMATE: COP29 – Chiara Martinelli believes that EU must be guided by “emergency”, “partnership” and “coherence“
ENVIRONMENT: in letter to EU, seventeen developing countries call for more than just postponement of regulation on imported deforestation
BIODIVERSITY: proposed biodiversity credit framework unveiled at COP16 divides observers
DIGITAL: creators’ and rights holders’ organisations hope that AI Act will protect European artistic licensing market
ENERGY: 49 financial institutions become members of European Energy Efficiency Financing Coalition
COMMISSIONERS-DESIGNATE HEARINGS IN EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
ECONOMY: Valdis Dombrovskis is committed to applying the Stability and Growth Pact in a “consistent and impartial” manner
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: EU Council within reach of compromise on ‘VAT in the Digital Age’ directive
TAXATION: application of directive on resolution of cross-border disputes still limited, according to European Commission
TAXATION: EU Member States approve agreement with Norway on value added tax
FINANCE: EU financial supervisors publish final report on technical standards for European Single Access Point
INSTITUTIONAL
EPP: regarding allegations of misuse of funds, EPP Group in European Parliament has no knowledge of any new investigation by European Public Prosecutor’s Office or Belgian authorities
NEWS BRIEFS
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU releases €1.5 million for victims of cyclone Trami in Philippines
TRADE/CLIMATE: European Commission consults on procedures for approving Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
EUROPEAN COMMISSION : appointment of two new directors to Directorate-General for Agriculture
ECONOMY: EU Council is expected to adopt new revision of Czech and Dutch post-Covid-19 recovery plans
ECONOMY: Romania presents a seven-year medium-term fiscal-structural plan
ENVIRONMENT: an open letter signed by over 350 companies calls for adoption of an ambitious international treaty against plastic pollution in Busan
LEBANON: Josep Borrell denounces rocket attacks against UNIFIL
CIVIL PROTECTION: “ready to help Spain”, EU has activated its Copernicus programme following devastating floods
UKRAINE: Josep Borrell promises an appropriate EU response to participation of North Korean soldiers in Russia’s war of aggression