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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13518
Contents Publication in full By article 24 / 31
NEWS BRIEFS / Economy

Green light from EU Council on revisions to Czech and Dutch post-Covid-19 recovery plans

05/11/24 (Agence Europe) – On Tuesday 5 November, the Council of the European Union approved a further revision of the Czech Republic’s post-Covid-19 recovery plan, worth €9.32 billion, including €8.4 billion in grants, and that of the Netherlands, worth €5.4 billion in grants only (see EUROPE 13269/20). The Czech and Dutch authorities requested changes to 40 and 16 measures respectively in their national plans, citing objective circumstances. See the changes to the Czech recovery plan: https://aeur.eu/f/e2v ; and the Dutch recovery plan: https://aeur.eu/f/e2u (MB)

Contents

COMMISSIONERS-DESIGNATE HEARINGS IN EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
HOME AFFAIRS/MIGRATION: open to all innovative solutions on migration, Magnus Brunner avoids controversy by promising full respect for international law
JUSTICE/RULE OF LAW: Michael McGrath wins MEPs’ support despite higher consumer protection expectations
MEDITERRANEAN: Dubravka Šuica wants to focus on human capital in Mediterranean region and EU
ENVIRONMENT: torn between environmental protection and competitiveness, Jessika Roswall leaves many MEPs’ questions unanswered
ENERGY/HOUSING: Dan Jørgensen, speaking to MEPs, acknowledges that “we won’t achieve our objectives in Europe without nuclear power”
RESEARCH/INNOVATION: Ekaterina Zaharieva announces a ‘simplification shock’ for researchers and start-ups beginning in 2025
AGRICULTURE: European Commissioner-designate Christophe Hansen receives green light from MEPs after hearing
SECTORAL POLICIES
COMPETITIVENESS: draft Budapest Declaration cut back as negotiations progress
DIGITAL: Member States want to speed up EU’s investment in artificial intelligence to tackle technology gap
RESEARCH: European Research Council awards grants to 57 teams tackling major scientific challenges
ENERGY: EU Council calls for rapid implementation of EU regulatory framework to support emergence of European hydrogen ecosystem
HEALTH: several EU organisations call for a review of Tobacco Products Directive
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: EU Council agrees legislative package on value added tax in digital age
FINANCE/CLIMATE: European Union and its Member States contributed €28.6 billion to financing fight against climate change last year
FINANCE: most EU countries are developing national financial education strategies to complete Capital Markets Union
Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE: use of North Korean troops by Russia would be a dangerous expansion of conflict, warn EU and 10 countries
ECONOMY: Swedish SITE Institute highlights imbalances and dependencies of Russian war economy
ECONOMY: Hungary maintains veto on increasing duration of European sanctions against Bank of Russia
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: EU Council adopts €25 million in aid for Egypt and Republic of Congo under European Peace Facility
DEFENCE: Luc Frieden calls for European army
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL: e-declaration for posted workers—European Trade Union Confederation concerned about approach based solely on cost reduction
NEWS BRIEFS
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU releases €5 million to help displaced people in Syria
INSURANCE: ‘Solvency II’ and IRRD, EU Council ratifies new rules for insurance sector
ECONOMY: green light from EU Council on revisions to Czech and Dutch post-Covid-19 recovery plans
ENERGY: ENTSO-E publishes interim report on incident that occurred on electricity network in South-East Europe last June
COMPANIES: twenty-seven business associations call for simpler implementation of due diligence directive
ENVIRONMENT: study commissioned by Greenpeace reveals that idea of making major oil companies pay for their climate damage is popular
JUSTICE: EU Council approves new regulation on transfer of criminal proceedings between Member States
UNITED KINGDOM: Rachel Reeves invited to Eurogroup meeting on 9 December
SOCIAL: Commission is proposing to provide €700,000 in support for 632 workers in Belgium who have been made redundant due to low skills
TRANSPORT: European cities commit to attractive, sustainable public transport