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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13541
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Home affairs

European Commission calls on countries of Western Balkans and Georgia to bring their ‘visa-free’ regimes more into line with EU

On Friday 6 December, the European Commission adopted its seventh report under the mechanism for suspending the visa waiver arrangements with its partners in the Western Balkans and Eastern Partnership, the Eastern Caribbean and Latin America, it said in a press release on Monday 9 December.

Visa waiver schemes allow nationals of benefiting countries to travel to the EU without a visa for a period of 3 months, and this annual report enables the Commission to assess the potential risks...

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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