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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13522

13 November 2024
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COMMISSIONERS-DESIGNATE HEARINGS IN EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT / Internal market/industry
Stéphane Séjourné reassures MEPs worried about European industry
Brussels, 12/11/2024 (Agence Europe)

The European Commissioner-designate for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy, Stéphane Séjourné, made quite a good impression at his hearing at the European Parliament on Tuesday 12 November. At a time when the EU is seeking to boost its competitiveness, the former head of the Renew Europe group in the European Parliament was expected to talk about the resources needed to ensure that industry prospers. Simplification, decarbonisation and financing were at the heart of MEPs’ questions.

Contents

COMMISSIONERS-DESIGNATE HEARINGS IN EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
COMPETITIVENESS/CLIMATE/COMPETITION: Spanish right and far right attempted to sabotage Teresa Ribera’s European Parliament hearing
INTERNAL MARKET/INDUSTRY: Stéphane Séjourné reassures MEPs worried about European industry
FOREIGN AFFAIRS/CFSP: victory for Ukraine is Kaja Kallas’s priority
DIGITAL: Henna Virkkunen wants to boost European investment, but struggles to reassure that she can stand up to big US platforms
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: Roxana Mînzatu convinces European Parliament of her determination to carry out her duties, but leaves it in dark regarding several key initiatives
COHESION/REGIONS: Vice-President-designate Raffaele Fitto struggles to reassure MEPs from left and centre of political spectrum
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: European Parliament postpones performance assessments for Olivér Várhelyi and European Commission executive vice-presidents-designate
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: EU insists Apple stop certain geo-blocking practices
DIGITAL: Commission examines seven applications to set up European “AI factories”
CLIMATE: COP29 - “Europe is and will continue to be largest provider of climate finance”, says Wopke Hoekstra
CIVIL PROTECTION: Spain intends to activate “all European solidarity mechanisms” at its disposal following devastating floods in Valencia
AGRICULTURE: EU countries approve proposal on assistance in event of natural disasters
FISHERIES: EU and neighbourhood countries agree on first EU-Albania fisheries restricted area
FISHERIES: European Commission and Norway agree on EU quota of Svalbard cod for 2025 and beyond
ENVIRONMENT: companies oppose postponement of application of regulation on imported deforestation in name of legal “stability and clarity”
ENVIRONMENT: forty-nine NGOs call on European Commission to “immediately” ban flufenacet, a harmful pesticide, according to EFSA
REGIONS: Euroregion Pyrenees-Mediterranean wants to be strategic partner in cohesion policy
TRANSPORT/TOURISM: study shows that Europe’s business travel managers have shared responsibility when it comes to ground transport safety
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT: European Commission wants to reduce costs inherent in posting of workers in EU by introducing a standard electronic declaration
Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE: EU support unwavering, but must be stepped up, emphasises Josep Borrell
EXTERNAL ACTION
JAPAN: EU and Japan explore opportunities for future cyber security cooperation
TAIWAN: EU reaches out-of-court settlement with Taipei over wind energy trade dispute
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPANIES: IAASB calls on European policymakers and practitioners to adopt its latest sustainable auditing standard
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Council of Europe calls on Moldova to combat hate speech and discrimination against Roma and LGBTI people
NEWS BRIEFS
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU aircraft delivers emergency supplies to Cuba for victims of Hurricane ‘Oscar’
CUSTOMS: Italy adopts centralised import clearance system
COMPANIES: ‘CDP’ and EFRAG announce extended interoperability for sustainability reporting
FINANCE: Better Finance warns Maria Albuquerque of “need” for protections for small investors
JUSTICE: Austrian Michael Schmid to head Eurojust from 15 November
MIGRATION: agreement between Italy and Albania on transfer of asylum seekers suffers a further setback in Italian courts
MIDDLE EAST: Josep Borrell warns of possible “ethnic cleansing” in Gaza by Israel
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