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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13570
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Laos

Global Gateway, EU releases €45 million to support sustainable development and country’s economic recovery

The European Union has approved a new €45 million grant for Laos for 2025-2027 as part of its Global Gateway programme, paving the way for its support for the country’s tenth national socio-economic development plan.

Announced by EU Ambassador Mark Gallagher at a meeting with Laos’ Minister of Planning and Investment, Phet Phomphiphak, the funding builds on the EU’s previous commitment of around €600 million under the Team Europe strategy for Laos (2021-2025) to support the...

Contents

SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: European leaders to discuss future of defence
Russian invasion of Ukraine
JUSTICE: EU Member States intend to strengthen judicial responses to war crimes in Ukraine
SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE/FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Member States say that maintaining balance between judicial cooperation and guarantees of Rule of law must be based on practice
JUSTICE: future of justice - efficiency, independence, protection of vulnerable persons and digital technology guided European ministers’ discussions
ENVIRONMENT: European Parliament’s draft own-initiative report on water resilience calls for binding, cross-cutting and funded regulatory framework
CLIMATE: facing implementation and ambition gaps, G20 countries are not on track to meet Paris Agreement targets
AGRICULTURE: Christophe Hansen calls for EU measures to “guarantee agricultural production for decades to come”
DIGITAL/DEMOCRACY: twelve EU countries urge European Commission to accelerate investigations into electoral interference via social networks
DIGITAL: European digital regulators take aim at DeepSeek, Chinese artificial intelligence company
DIGITAL: European Union must impose a ‘third way’ in field of artificial intelligence, according to several organisations in sector
TRANSPORT/INDUSTRY: European Commission consults on future of automotive industry
ENERGY: ACER amends methodology for harmonising cross-zonal electricity balancing capacity allocation
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: EU will need to increase and restructure long-term budget to respond to crises, according to European Parliament’s draft own-initiative report
COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: two candidates standing for elections for presidency of European Committee of Regions on 20 February
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL: regulation on coordination of social security systems, new openings towards an agreement appear to have emerged among Member States
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
HOUSING: “we need to find common solutions” to EU housing crisis, says Irene Tinagli
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: central counterparties, equivalence of UK and EU rules extended until end of June 2028
STATE AID: European Commission approves €1.1 billion Italian State aid scheme to boost employment among young people and women
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNRWA: Hadja Lahbib calls on Israel to respect international law
PAKISTAN: with upcoming GSP+ assessment, EU encourages Pakistani authorities to continue human rights reforms
LAOS: Global Gateway, EU releases €45 million to support sustainable development and country’s economic recovery
NEWS BRIEFS
ENERGY: European Commission consults on candidate energy infrastructure projects for PCI/PMI list
COMPETITION: technology transfer agreements, public consultation and call for evidence on revision of EU rules
ENERGY: 31 January marks end of market correction mechanism for capping gas prices
ENVIRONMENT: PFAS victims ask Ursula von der Leyen to meet with them
ANIMAL HEALTH: EFSA tracks mutations in avian flu virus
FOOD SAFETY: EU commits to combating resistance of Aspergillus fungi to azole fungicides