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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13532
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NEWS BRIEFS / China

Eight new European countries will be exempt from visa requirements for stays of up to 30 days until end of 2025

26/11/2024 (Agence Europe) – On 22 November, China announced that it had extended its visa waiver policy to eight new European countries (Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, Malta, Estonia, Latvia, Montenegro and North Macedonia). Tourists from these countries, as well as Japan, will be able to enter China without a visa from 30 November 2024 to 31 December 2025. The country has also extended this policy by including exchanges and visits within the scope of the visa waiver and extending the...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: ‘von der Leyen II’ Commission - a vote fraught with tension and divisions among MEPs
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
ENVIRONMENT: progress on biodiversity at COP16 not enough, say MEPs
UKRAINE: European Parliament divided on European action to take to end conflict
MIDDLE EAST: MEPs divided over follow-up to ICC decision on Benyamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant
DEVELOPMENT: “escalation of violence in Middle East has profoundly transformed dynamics” of international relations, said Margaritis Schinás at European Parliament
COHESION: outgoing European Commissioner Elisa Ferreira expresses confidence in face of concerns in European Parliament over future of cohesion policy
BUDGET: MEPs welcome agreement reached with Council on 2025 budget, ahead of final vote at plenary session
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: MEPs denounce systemic nature of gender-based violence and call for greater consideration to be given to notion of consent
FISHERIES: Patriots for Europe Group in European Parliament opposes text on dolphin rescue
COURT OF AUDITORS: European Parliament approves appointment of Iliana Ivanova
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: European Commission unveils its assessment of medium-term fiscal-structural plans of twenty-one Member States
FINANCE: Hungarian Presidency of EU Council clarifies a number of points in draft ‘FiDA’ regulation on data sharing
STATE AID: green light for French aid for maritime connections to Corsica
EDUCATION - YOUTH - CULTURE - SPORT
SPORT: EU ministers reaffirm support for European model and future Commission strategy for 2026
CULTURE: EU ministers call for better-funded, connected libraries to boost media literacy and access to culture
SECTORAL POLICIES
COMPETITIVENESS: EU27 trying to agree on direction to take in terms of competitiveness
ENVIRONMENT: European Parliament’s Committee on Environment approves Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation ahead of its expected adoption by plenary
ENVIRONMENT: Standing Committee of Bern Convention to examine EU’s request to reduce wolf’s protection status in Europe
DIGITAL: Bluesky in European Commission’s sights for non-compliance with DSA
MIGRATION: legal migration, European Commission inaugurates a new ‘talent partnership’ with Pakistan
ENERGY: revision of Governance Regulation and possible strategy for heating included among European Commission’s detailed priorities
ENERGY: Eurelectric issues European distribution system operators recommendations to encourage sector’s decarbonisation
FISHERIES: several NGOs call on EU Council to save Mediterranean hake
EXTERNAL ACTION
MERCOSUR: Poland will not accept EU/Mercosur agreement as it stands, says Donald Tusk
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE : European Commission approves ‘Nougat de Montélimar’ geographical indication
STATE AID: European Commission approves Swedish State aid recapitalisation measure to support airport operator Swedavia
CHINA: eight new European countries will be exempt from visa requirements for stays of up to 30 days until end of 2025
EUROPEAN COMMISSION : European Commission appoints three new directors and new deputy director for its departments
DEFENCE: ‘European Peace Facility’ - EU adopts a €13.25 million assistance measure for the Jordanian armed forces
MIGRATION: PICUM worried Swedish government is reportedly considering bill requiring public sector to report undocumented immigrants
DIGITAL: major online platforms publish their first DSA assessment reports
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: European Parliament commits to reducing its ecological footprint more during 2024–2029 legislative period
TURKEY: EU extends restrictive measures linked to unauthorised drilling activities in Eastern Mediterranean for further year