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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13573
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Climate/environment

European Green Deal, EU’s Joint Research Centre estimates that 41% of targets require accelerated efforts

The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) published, on Monday 3 February, an assessment report on the implementation of the European Green Deal. The document takes stock of the progress made between 2019 and 2024 as part of the European Union’s green transition, based on 154 quantifiable targets from 44 policy documents.

According to the report, which is structured around seven main themes - climate ambition, clean and affordable energy, circular economy, sustainable...

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