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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13575
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NEWS BRIEFS / Kosovo

Six MEPs going to Pristina to observe 9 February parliamentary elections

07/02/2025 (Agence Europe) – A delegation of six MEPs will be part of the EU Election Observation Mission to Kosovo to monitor the parliamentary elections scheduled for Sunday, 9 February. In their capacity as observers, the MEPs will be on site from 7 to 11 [February] to ensure that the elections “comply with Kosovo law as well as with international standards”. Six MEPs are part of the delegation: Marta Temido (S&D, Portuguese), Davor Ivo Stier (EPP, Croatian), Elio Di Rupo...

Contents

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