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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13574
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FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES / Fundamental rights

Victims’ rights, interinstitutional negotiations make progress on accessibility and support for victims

The day after the second meeting of the interinstitutional negotiations between the European Parliament and the Council of the EU (trilogue) on the revision of the directive on victims’ rights (see EUROPE B13431A2), Poland’s Minister of Justice, Adam Bodnar, was heard on Thursday 6 February by the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties (LIBE) (see other news), welcoming “a very good debate”, saying he was optimistic that the text would be adopted quickly.

But while...

Contents

Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE/RUSSIA: Radosław Sikorski likes idea of “rearmament bank” for EU countries
UKRAINE: Council of Europe’s secretary general appoints special envoy on situation of Ukrainian children
INSTITUTIONAL
RULE OF LAW: Adam Bodnar promises to focus on strengthening rule of law in the Member States and defending role of civil society
BETTER REGULATION: interest representatives air grievances to European Commission over ‘omnibus’ initiatives
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: Poland’s Interior Minister argues for need to find innovative solutions that go beyond ‘Pact on Migration and Asylum’
HOME AFFAIRS: European Commission aware of possible involvement of a Russian subsidiary in design of EU’s future entry/exit system
MIGRATION: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights sets out its conditions for potential future ‘return hubs’ to comply with EU law
JUSTICE: crime of aggression against Ukraine – Adam Bodnar tells MEPs that supporting victims is a priority
DIGITAL: European Commission publishes its ‘guidelines’ for defining ‘artificial intelligence systems’
DIGITAL: European Commission invokes DSA to tighten noose around Shein and its products
DIGITAL: Meta says future European AI Code of Practice is “infeasible”
ENVIRONMENT: IPBES advocates cross-disciplinary approach and transformative change in society to save biodiversity from collapse
ENERGY: first draft of parliamentary resolution on high-emission industries includes proposal for gas price cap mechanism
CLIMATE: United States withdrawal from Paris Agreement – transition to clean energy now “unstoppable”, according to Simon Stiell
CLIMATE/YOUTH: “We need to get rid of this model where politics is about cleaning up the mess of the past generation”, says Wopke Hoekstra
SEA: future ‘European Oceans Pact’ could include legislative measures, according to Costas Kadis
AGRICULTURE : European Board on Agriculture and Food debated European Commission’s future ‘vision’
TRANSPORT: EU mobilises €422 million to support deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure
EXTERNAL ACTION
DEVELOPMENT: sustainable country resilience on agenda of informal meeting of EU development ministers
DEVELOPMENT: reorganisation of EU delegation network – Jozef Síkela assures teams “will be fully involved”
SOLOMON ISLANDS: Honiara and EU hold their first ‘Partnership Dialogue’ under Samoa Agreement
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: MEPs share their concerns about Trump administration with Wopke Hoekstra
TAXATION: Laura Kövesi reiterates request for European Public Prosecutor’s Office to have direct access to Eurofisc network
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: victims’ rights, interinstitutional negotiations make progress on accessibility and support for victims
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: ‘anti-discrimination’ directive – Polish Presidency of EU Council relaunches discussions, twenty-three Member States reaffirm their support
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: EU reaffirms its strong commitment to eradicating female genital mutilation
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: European Works Councils, initial negotiations between co-legislators point to possible areas of agreement
NEWS BRIEFS
CLIMATE: January 2025 warmest January on record worldwide and second warmest in Europe, according to Copernicus
CLIMATE/ENERGY: Thomas Östros reaffirms European Investment Bank’s support for EU decarbonisation projects
ENERGY: Commission presents financing mechanism for renewable energy sources to fill gaps left by Member States
ENVIRONMENT: Slovakia condemned by Court of Justice of EU for failing to update its flood management plans
INDUSTRY: economic outlook for steel sector worsening
MIDDLE EAST: EU highlights that Gaza is integral part of future Palestinian State
SRI LANKA: EU supports Sri Lanka's coconut industry to turn it into export sector worth $2 billion