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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13573

6 February 2025
Contents Publication in full By article 29 / 29
NEWS BRIEFS / Transport
Rail sector supports prioritisation of electrification through European Commission’s action plan for affordable energy prices

05/02/2025 (Agence Europe) – The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) has welcomed the priority given to electrification in the European Commission’s Action Plan on Affordable Energy Prices, according to a press release published on Tuesday 4 February (see EUROPE B13563A10). It hopes that this action plan will support “sustainable mobility while enhancing the railway sector’s contribution to the EU’s climate and energy goals”. To prevent a reverse...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
DRC: Congolese government criticises EU’s partnership with Rwanda
SERBIA: Marta Kos calls for creation of conditions for national dialogue
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE/TRANSPORT: 2022 military mobility action plan not built on sufficiently solid foundations, says European Court of Auditors
SECTORAL POLICIES
CONSUMERS: EU wants to build on reform of European customs to meet challenges of e-commerce
CONSUMERS: EU and national consumer protection authorities tackle Shein’s non-compliance
HOME AFFAIRS: online child sexual abuse material, two groups of countries continue to express divergent views
CLIMATE: Iratxe García Pérez and Frans Timmermans say that preserving an ambitious Green Deal means strengthening European industry and competitiveness
CLIMATE/ENVIRONMENT: European Green Deal, EU’s Joint Research Centre estimates that 41% of targets require accelerated efforts
ENVIRONMENT: European Commission launches two calls for contributions to future European strategy for water resilience
ENERGY: there will be “no turning back” from green transition, says Dan Jørgensen
ENERGY: European Commission hopes to present strategy to speed up development of fusion by end of year
ENERGY: EU legislative act to ban new fossil fuel projects could come to pass with legal basis, according to Greenpeace
TRANSPORT/ENVIRONMENT: two European agencies assess carbon footprint of maritime transport in EU
TRANSPORT: World Shipping Council calls for competitive decarbonisation of maritime transport in Europe
FISHERIES: NGO coalition wants European Commission to end bottom trawling
HEALTH: European Cancer Organisation calls for Beating Cancer Plan to be updated after 2027
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: European Commission expected to present three ‘omnibus’ simplification initiatives this year
BETTER REGULATION: legislative simplification – Stéphane Séjourné and Roxana Mînzatu attempt to allay fears of industrial workers
FUTURE OF EU: S&D Group in European Parliament reaffirms its determination to act in service of European citizens
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: Foundation for European Progressive Studies recommends introduction of minimum tax on capital income in EU
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: “Worried” by European Commission’s silence in face of Elon Musk’s fascist salute, Per Clausen addresses Ursula von der Leyen directly
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
RULE OF LAW: Polish justice reform, Poland ordered to pay €320.2 million
STATE AID: Ryanair loses action over rescue aid granted to TAP Air Portugal
NEWS BRIEFS
ENVIRONMENT: allocation of funding to NGOs was responsibility of former European Commissioner for Budget, EPP’s Johannes Hahn, according to Frans Timmermans
ENVIRONMENT: NGOs from Living Rivers Europe coalition are calling on Member States to make water management a “national priority”
DIGITAL: Commission asks EU Council for green light to sign Digital Trade Agreement with Singapore
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Maria Giovanni Manieri, new Secretary-General of Greens/EFA Group
TRANSPORT: 46 European industry associations call for EU transport funding to be maintained
TRANSPORT: rail sector supports prioritisation of electrification through European Commission’s action plan for affordable energy prices