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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13551
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NEWS BRIEFS / Gender equality

Women on Boards Directive has come into force

Brussels, 06/01/2025 (Agence Europe) – The Directive on gender balance among Directors of listed companies (‘Women on Boards’) came into force at the end of 2024, announced the European Commission on Friday 3 January. The text aims to increase the representation of women on the Boards of listed companies in all EU Member States. By June 2026, large companies must have 40% of their non-executive Directors and 33% of all Directors who are women. In addition, the Directive imposes...

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POLISH PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
POLAND25EU: Ursula von der Leyen absent at launch of Polish Presidency of EU Council
JUSTICE/FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS : Polish Presidency of EU Council commits to strengthening legal protection, modernising justice and promoting equality
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: Polish Presidency of EU Council will focus on transformations in workplace, discrimination and demographic ageing
ENERGY: Polish Presidency aims to adopt EU Council conclusions on strengthened European strategy for energy security
HEALTH: digital transformation of healthcare, mental health and medicines as Poland’s priorities
COHESION: Poland aims for Member States to adopt conclusions on cohesion policy’s future by end of March
SECTORAL POLICIES
COMPETITIVENESS: discussions to reduce administrative burden on businesses at EU level slowly get underway
DIGITAL: European Commission to assess whether X network is giving Elon Musk’s political activism artificially high visibility in EU
ENERGY: third-quarter 2024 retail gas prices confirm end of downward trend established since December 2022
TRANSPORT: Tom Berendsen MEP proposes alternative geographical scope for River Information Services Directive
EXTERNAL ACTION
SYRIA: German and French foreign ministers in Damascus to renew ties
Russian invasion of Ukraine
RUSSIA: after new incident in Baltic Sea at end of 2024, EU considers new sanctions against Russian fleet
ENERGY: end of agreement on transit of Russian gas via Ukraine, European Commission assures “market fundamentals have remained stable”
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET/RULE OF LAW: Hungary loses €1 billion in EU funds due to breaches of Rule of law
NEWS BRIEFS
HOME AFFAIRS: Romania and Bulgaria are full members of Schengen area
CHINA: EU calls for immediate release of lawyer Yu Wensheng sentenced to three years in prison
CUSTOMS: Georgia to be part of network facilitating cross-border movement of goods with EU from February
GENDER EQUALITY: Women on Boards Directive has come into force
ENVIRONMENT: revision of Urban Wastewater Directive came into force on 1 January
RULE OF LAW: Polish Presidency of EU Council planning ‘Article 7’ hearing with Hungary on 27 May
JUSTICE: Martyna Pospieszalska is new US liaison prosecutor at Eurojust
SINGLE MARKET: European Commission launches consultation on horizontal single market strategy
MEDIA: European Commission launches call for proposals for a European festival of journalism and media freedom and pledges €3 million
DRC: EU calls on M23 to abide by ceasefire
TRANSPORT: European regulation on sustainable marine fuels in force since 1 January
PLANTS: EU’s new plant health law comes into force
ZIMBABWE: EU welcomes abolition of death penalty