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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13565
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NEWS BRIEFS / Energy/housing

In 2023, 10.6% of EU population were unable to keep themselves adequately warm

24/01/2025 (Agence Europe) – In a new publication published on Thursday 23 January, Eurostat indicated that 10.6% of the EU population were unable to heat their homes adequately in 2023. This represents an increase of 1.3 percentage points (pp) compared to 2022. The countries with the highest proportions of people unable to keep their homes warm enough were Spain and Portugal (both 20.8%), Bulgaria (20.7%), Lithuania (20%) and Greece (19.2%). The lowest proportions were recorded in...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
COMPETITIVENESS: “Competitiveness Compass” sets out Commission’s plans for 2025
AGRICULTURE: CAP simplification, farmers’ income and trade on agenda for meeting of European ministers on Monday 27 January
AGRICULTURE: EU agri-food trade hit new records last October
HEALTH: Covid-19 - European Commission signs four-year contract with Moderna
ENERGY: responding to Viktor Orbán, Commission reiterates that it had “not seen anything particularly worrying” following end of transit agreement
JUSTICE: “a threat to the efficiency of investigations” - European Public Prosecutor’s Office concerned about recent amendments to Austrian law on criminal procedure
EXTERNAL ACTION
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Ukraine, Middle East and relations with United States on Foreign Affairs Council agenda
TRADE: Raphaël Glucksmann wants to strengthen proposed review of foreign direct investments screening
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CSDP: EUBAM Rafah mission could be redeployed at beginning of February
INSTITUTIONAL
GENERAL AFFAIRS: dialogue on respect for Rule of law and priorities of Polish Presidency of EU Council on Member States’ agenda
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPETITION: European green light, subject to conditions, for acquisition of DS Smith by International Paper
FINANCE: Member States consulted on extension, until June 2028, of equivalence of EU and UK rules governing clearing houses
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: coordination of social security rules, Dutch government reiterates its calls to review and modernise proposals on table
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: quality traineeships, work resumes on 31 January in EU Council working party
EDUCATION - YOUTH
EDUCATION: International Day of Education - European Commission reports on achievements of European Universities Initiative
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: according to European Disability Forum, inclusion is still too much on margins of EU’s official development assistance projects
NEWS BRIEFS
BANKS: Single Resolution Board updates its guidelines on continuity of critical activities in event of banking resolution
COMPETITIVENESS: European Commission launches second consultation on implementation of net zero industry act (NZIA)
COMPETITION: Estonia fined for failing to transpose EU directive strengthening national competition authorities
ENERGY: European Commission, ACER and RGI launch survey on stakeholder engagement in electricity infrastructure projects
ENERGY: European Commission could consider extending objectives for filling gas stocks beyond December 2025
ENERGY/HOUSING: in 2023, 10.6% of EU population were unable to keep themselves adequately warm
ENVIRONMENT: European Environmental Bureau assures that NGOs are not acting on instructions from European Commission or on its behalf
ENVIRONMENT: approximately one hundred NGOs call on Ursula von der Leyen to end lobbies’ interference in PFAS issue
ENVIRONMENT: WWF report criticises Sweden and Finland for logging out of step with ‘EU Biodiversity Strategy’
DIGITAL: European Commission and major platforms prepare for German parliamentary election period
PACIFIC: green light from EU Council for accession of Tonga, Tuvalu and Niue to EU/Pacific States Economic Partnership Agreement