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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13538
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Migration

Minimum rules against smuggling networks and migrant smuggling – Member States approve their mandate

On Wednesday 4 December, Member States approved the draft directive on combating migrant smuggling (see EUROPE B13533A17).

The dossier will be sent to the EU’s interior ministers on 12 December.

At the end of 2023 (see EUROPE B13302A11), the European Commission proposed replacing two 2002 texts with a regulation on Europol and a directive aimed at establishing minimum rules to make prosecutions against networks more effective, clarify the definition of the smuggling offence and...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENT: European Parliament’s Committee on Environment supports agreement on deforestation regulation reached in interinstitutional negotiations
ENVIRONMENT: MEPs decide to start interinstitutional negotiations on protecting groundwater from pollution
ENVIRONMENT: European Parliament opens negotiations with EU Council on Green Claims Directive
ENVIRONMENT: European Parliament to negotiate revision of Detergents Regulation with EU Council
CLIMATE: 2040 target – EU ministers to examine how to combine climate ambition and economic competitiveness towards carbon neutrality
CLIMATE: ETS2, European Commission sets 2027 EU quantity of allowances for buildings, road transport and other sectors
TRANSPORT: driving disqualifications and passenger rights on EU ministers’ agenda
AGRICULTURE : post-2027 CAP, bioeconomy and host of ‘any other business’ items on agenda for meeting of European ministers on 9 and 10 December
AGRICULTURE : EUIPO and European Commission reaffirm their cooperation to protect Europe’s heritage of geographical indications
ANIMAL HEALTH: fences not sufficient to prevent cases of African swine fever, according to EFSA
MIGRATION: minimum rules against smuggling networks and migrant smuggling – Member States approve their mandate
ENERGY: European energy ministers to unveil priorities for future ‘Action Plan for Affordable Energy’ due in February 2025
ENERGY: conclusions of Hungarian Presidency of EU Council on geothermal energy validated by ambassadors of Member States
DIGITAL: European Commission launches new network to strengthen cybersecurity skills
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF EU: António Costa calls for European public funding to make continent competitive
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: Donald Trump’s rise to power could be an opportunity for EU to boost its economic competitiveness, says Christine Lagarde
TAXATION: Member States fail to reach agreement at EU Council on energy taxation
FINANCE: EU Council reaches agreement on ‘FIDA’ regulation on sharing consumer financial data
SECURITY - DEFENCE - SPACE
NATO: Mark Rutte will fight for Allies to spend more on defence
EXTERNAL ACTION
HUMANITARIAN AID: humanitarian Jean Egeland urges European Parliament not believe “propagandist” sources of information from Middle East
AFGHANISTAN: EU calls on Taliban to reverse decision to suspend all medical training for women and girls
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
GEORGIA: Secretary General of Council of Europe remains determined to support Georgia’s European aspirations and announces visit to country
EDUCATION - YOUTH - CULTURE - SPORT
CULTURE: Disability Rights Week at European Parliament, Mr Teutsch details impact of Erasmus+ inclusion measures and European Solidarity Corps
NEWS BRIEFS
WESTERN BALKANS: Western Balkans and EU leaders in informal talks ahead of December summit
RULE OF LAW: former European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders suspected of money laundering when he was minister in Belgian government
FINANCE: Member States’ EU ambassadors agree on partial general approach to harmonisation of insolvency rules
EU INSTITUTIONS: European Commission has mandate to negotiate revision of agreement with European Parliament
ISRAEL: some thirty MEPs oppose visit of Israeli MP Amit Halevi
DIGITAL: European Commission wants to change its methodology for assessing carbon footprint of its digital infrastructures
RUSSIA: Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov set to make first EU visit since Ukraine invasion
SUDAN: Hadja Lahbib condemns deadly paramilitary attacks on Zamzam refugee camp