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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13540

7 December 2024
Contents Publication in full By article 4 / 28
SECTORAL POLICIES / Digital
Member States unravel European Commission’s ambitions for telecoms reform
Brussels, 06/12/2024 (Agence Europe)

Meeting in Brussels on Friday 6 December for the last ‘Telecommunications’ Council of the year, the ministers of the EU27 officially approved the conclusions document on the future of European telecommunications, albeit with significantly lower ambitions than the original proposal.

As detailed earlier in this issue (see EUROPE B13539A11), the Member States are being very cautious and are showing a number of “disagreements” with the Commission.

While the Draghi report, which draws...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
MERCOSUR: negotiations on EU-Mercosur trade agreement concluded
JAPAN: new EU studies suggest “more predictable” regulatory framework for floating offshore wind systems
TURKMENISTAN: significant progress in field of human rights is “a prerequisite for enhancing bilateral relations” according to EU
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: Member States unravel European Commission’s ambitions for telecoms reform
DIGITAL: EU Council broadly agrees to increase capabilities and competences of European Agency for Cybersecurity
DIGITAL: ‘Telecommunications’ Council focuses on review of EU’s digital objectives and European technological priorities
MIGRATION: large number of Member States call for ‘personal connection’ to be weakened and for removals to be made easier under asylum and safe third country concept
HOME AFFAIRS: Hungarian Presidency of EU Council will again attempt to reach an agreement on 12 December at ministerial level over child sexual abuse material
TRANSPORT: EU Council wants to resume discussions on air passenger rights
TRANSPORT: European ministers fail to reach agreement on extending EU Emissions Trading System to maritime sector
ENVIRONMENT: information system for collecting due diligence statements relating to Deforestation Regulation is ready for use
ENVIRONMENT: second European Parliament/EU Council negotiating session on ‘Soil Monitoring’ is scheduled for Thursday 12 December
AGRICULTURE: Minister Luis Planas believes there will be a European Interinstitutional Agreement in 2025 on new genomic techniques
ENERGY: as clean energy takes hold, political choices will determine extent to which energy costs fall, says Bruegel
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECOFIN: energy taxation, VAT, European economic governance framework on agenda of EU Finance Ministers
ECONOMY: GDP growth confirmed at 0.4% in euro area
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
DEMOCRACY/DIGITAL: on suspicion of manipulation of TikTok network, Romanian Constitutional Court cancels first round of presidential election
GENDER EQUALITY: European Institute for Gender Equality publishes guide to anticipating future problems
EDUCATION - YOUTH - CULTURE - SPORT
EDUCATION: launch of ‘FOREU4ALL’, a community of practice for European university alliances
NEWS BRIEFS
MONEY LAUNDERING: European Banking Authority consults on draft regulatory technical standards for crypto-asset service providers
CHINA: EU launches anti-dumping investigation into certain Chinese steel cylinders
ENERGY: demand flexibility remains limited on retail electricity markets, according to ACER
ENVIRONMENT: twenty-six environmental NGOs remind European Commission of importance of subsidies they receive under LIFE programme
ENVIRONMENT: European Environment Agency draws up a new report on circular economy and quality of recycling in EU 
INDONESIA: EU re-examines its countervailing duty on Indonesian biodiesel
MIGRATION: European Parliament’s Patriots for Europe group wants new European fund to ensure asylum applications are first lodged in safe third country
RUSSIA: agreement on 15th package of EU sanctions could be within reach
ANIMAL HEALTH: Sweden calls on European Commission to present “ambitious” amendment to animal welfare legislation