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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13515
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NEWS BRIEFS / European commission

Appointment of two new directors to Directorate-General for Agriculture

30/10/2024 (Agence Europe) – On Wednesday 30 October, the European Commission decided to appoint the Dutchman Ulferdus Gijsbertus Schilthuis to the post of Director of Sustainability in the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI). With 19 years’ experience at the European Commission, including 16 in DG AGRI, Mr Schilthuis has in-depth expertise in EU agricultural policy. He is currently Head of the Policy Perspectives Unit at DG AGRI. The Commission has...

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