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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13555
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COUNCIL OF EUROPE / Digital

Human rights commissioner calls on European governments to “demonstrate principled leadership” in combating disinformation online

“Platforms must not retreat from facts. If they do so, they create a vacuum where disinformation thrives unchecked and the harm to democracy is deep”, declared Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Michael O’Flaherty on Thursday, 9 January.

Reacting to Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement that he was ending the fact-checking service on Meta (Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp)—which was preceded by that decreed by Elon Musk for the social network X—the commissioner sees...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: Copernicus reports 2024 as first year with average temperatures 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels
ENERGY: ACER launches virtual hub price correlation simulator for electricity futures market
ENVIRONMENT: negotiations to begin end January on green claims, detergents, groundwater protection and plastic granules
ENVIRONMENT: MEPs begin discussions on revision of ‘End-of-Life Vehicles’ regulation
FISHERIES: Netherlands faces national courts over bottom trawling in marine protected areas
PATENTS: why EU Council will not adopt a position on standard essential patents under Polish presidency
MIGRATION: personal data of migrants, several NGOs are concerned about Commission’s plan to conclude a working agreement between Europol and Egypt
HEALTH: EU Council due to adopt text regarding European Health Data Space on 21 January
HEALTH: 2021 Community Regulation on Health Technology Assessment (HTA) comes into force on 12 January
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: establishment of fourteen working groups responsible for political oversight of specific projects
EXTERNAL ACTION
VENEZUELA: EU sanctions additional fifteen dignitaries of Maduro regime
SYRIA: European Union could ease sanctions, subject to conditions, according to High Representative, Kaja Kallas
LEBANON: Joseph Aoun’s election marks a moment of hope and renewal, according to EU
INDONESIA: WTO partially upholds EU’s ‘RED II’ dispute with Jakarta
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
DIGITAL: human rights commissioner calls on European governments to “demonstrate principled leadership” in combating disinformation online
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: putting persons with disabilities at heart of fight against poverty and exclusion is a priority, according to a report commissioned by European Commission
EDUCATION - YOUTH - CULTURE - SPORT
CULTURE/DIGITAL: two years after its launch, common European data space for cultural heritage is bearing fruit with educational communities
NEWS BRIEFS
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: EU calls on all political actors in Bosnia-Herzegovina to respect territorial integrity and constitutional order of country
CLIMATE: richest 1% use up their annual carbon quota in first ten days of 2025, says Oxfam
ECONOMY: EU provides Ukraine with €3 billion tranche of aid under preferential loans granted by G7 countries
ECONOMY: dinner of European finance ministers on Monday 20 January, devoted to transatlantic relations and energy prices
ENERGY: fall in German greenhouse gas emissions slowed significantly in 2024
UNITED STATES: Europe’s leaders say they are determined to strengthen transatlantic bond
ISRAEL: Netanyahu’s “safe” participation in Auschwitz liberation celebrations, EEAS calls on Poland to comply with its obligations
JORDAN: EU and Amman to sign strategic partnership at end of month