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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13541
Contents Publication in full By article 12 / 27
SECTORAL POLICIES / Transport

EU should guarantee fair competition and adopt single ticketing regulations in rail sector, says T&E

The European Union and its Member States should guarantee fair competition in the rail sector and adopt regulations on single ticketing, the NGO network Transport & Environment (T&E) recommended in its report published on Monday 9 December.

T&E also recommends reducing excessive rail tolls, lowering value added tax (VAT) and investing in network maintenance and digitalisation. To encourage improvements in the sector, T&E has compiled the most comprehensive ranking of European rail...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
FISHERIES: European Union and United Kingdom seal an agreement on fishing opportunities for 2025
AGRICULTURE/TRADE: EU agriculture ministers divided over approval of EU/Mercosur agreement
AGRICULTURE: European Commission to present proposal on food supply chain on Tuesday
AGRICULTURE: EU Member States criticise ‘forest monitoring framework’ proposal
AGRICULTURE: Romania supports text of EU Council’s unanimous conclusions on post-2027 CAP
ENERGY: shift away from Russian fossil fuels and competitive pricing top Polish Presidency’s list of priorities
ENERGY: twelve industry associations call on new European Commission to ensure predictability to speed up industrial electrification
MIGRATION: several EU countries announce a freeze on processing of asylum applications from people originating from Syria
HOME AFFAIRS: European Commission calls on countries of Western Balkans and Georgia to bring their ‘visa-free’ regimes more into line with EU
COMPETITIVENESS: 130 clean technology industrial projects receive ‘STEP’ seal
HEALTH: European Commission signs HERA Invest agreement to combat antimicrobial resistance
TRANSPORT: EU should guarantee fair competition and adopt single ticketing regulations in rail sector, says T&E
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: Netherlands and fifteen other EU Member States want to modernise tobacco taxation directive
ECONOMY: EU countries and UK prepared to strengthen their bilateral cooperation, without calling Brexit into question
FINANCE: Savings Union needs single supervisory body based on national supervisors, argues Association Europe-Finances-Régulation
FINANCE: six European associations call for an in-depth assessment of future ‘FiDA’ financial data sharing regulation
STATE AID: green light for Estonian aid for electricity production in offshore wind farms
EXTERNAL ACTION
SYRIA: Europeans welcome fall of Bashar al-Assad and call for an inclusive transition
CAMBODIA: first country in Asia to benefit from twinning projects with EU aimed at supporting education reforms
TRADE: Bruegel puts forward proposals for responses to Donald Trump’s potential tariffs
INSTITUTIONAL
POLAND25EU: war will not wait for next Multiannual Financial Framework, warns Agnieszka Bartol
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
MEDIA: number of SLAPPs against journalists continues to rise in Europe, according to a new report by CASE coalition
NEWS BRIEFS
TRADE: EU launches anti-dumping investigation into Chinese sweetcorn kernels
CLIMATE: November temperatures confirm 2024 will be hottest year on record, according to Copernicus
CULTURE: Kiruna to be European Capital of Culture 2029 in Sweden
ECONOMY: green light from Council of EU for disbursement of a tranche of macro-financial assistance of €4.2 billion to Ukraine
SPACE: successful launch of Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite