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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13575
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ECONOMY / Economy/social

Oliver Röpke warns against cutting social spending to finance military spending

On Thursday 6 February, the President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), Oliver Röpke, warned against the idea put forward by the Secretary General of NATO at the end of 2024 (see EUROPE B13544A14), Mark Rütte, that the countries of the European Union might consider giving up certain welfare state expenditure in order to invest more in the defence sector.

“If we cut social spending to invest more in defence, that will be the best way to lose overall consensus” on...

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INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY: MEPs to hold wide-ranging debates on transatlantic relations and European Commission work programme
POLAND25EU: Ursula von der Leyen announces launch of strategic dialogue with steel sector
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE/TRANSPORT: ETS1 – Commission has defined rules for support mechanism for use of alternative aviation fuels
ENVIRONMENT: extended producer responsibility continues to divide European Parliament and EU Council on revision of the Waste Framework Directive
HEALTH: new European Health Union Fellowship to be inaugurated on Monday 10 February
HEALTH: in new study, Joint Research Centre reveals extent of loneliness among young people in EU
AGRICULTURE: EU plans to grant €98.6 million in emergency financial support to farmers in five countries
EUROPEAN OMBUDSMAN: European Commission will be more transparent in its decisions on authorisation of dangerous chemical substances and is working to reduce delays
EXTERNAL ACTION
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: EU denounces US sanctions against International Criminal Court
GEORGIA: EU denounces new measures as “taking further steps away from democratic standards”
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CSDP: several hundred Gazans have leave Strip under supervision of EUBAM Rafah
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: European Commission’s annual rule of law report – European branch of International Lesbian and Gay Association publishes its contribution
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: ‘passenger rights’ – European Disability Forum calls on MEPs to take up its amendments to be more ambitious
ECONOMY
ECONOMY/SOCIAL: Oliver Röpke warns against cutting social spending to finance military spending
STATE AID: European Commission proposes to update State aid rules on access to justice in environmental matters
NEWS BRIEFS
HOME AFFAIRS: EPP Group in European Parliament calls for a new European Security Pact
HUMANITARIAN AID: Hadja Lahbib calls on international partners to fulfil their role in development aid
ENERGY: Baltic States complete their disconnection from Russian power grid and join continental European network
ENERGY: end of transit agreement – Slovakia once again receives Russian gas via Turkstream
KOSOVO: six MEPs going to Pristina to observe 9 February parliamentary elections
DIGITAL: Paris welcomes Heads of State and European Commissioners for AI Summit
RUSSIA: energy carriers, twelve countries are asking G7 members to impose additional sanctions