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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13577
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NEWS BRIEFS / South africa

António Costa announces a ‘South Africa-EU’ summit for mid-March

11/02/25 (Agence Europe) – The European Union and South Africa are to hold a bilateral summit on Thursday 13 March, President of the European Council António Costa said on X on Monday 10 February. In a telephone conversation with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Mr Costa underlined “the EU’s commitment to deepening ties with South Africa as a reliable and predictable partner”. In addition, the president of the European Council expressed “the EU's full support to South...

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EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED STATES: EU pledges firm response to Donald Trump’s “unjustified” tariffs
DEVELOPMENT: Member States examine stronger EU engagement on international stage
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Mounir Satouri urges European Commission to commit to protecting International Criminal Court
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
UKRAINE: “peace can only be achieved by force,” warns Ruslan Stefanchuk
MIDDLE EAST: European Parliament deplores EU’s lack of influence in region
DRC: MEPs criticise EU response to escalating violence in North Kivu
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: MEPs concerned about shortages in health sector and call for investment in improving working conditions
ECB: “political” decision to introduce digital euro must be taken by EU legislators, says European Parliament
FISHERIES: European Parliament approves conclusion of EU-Cabo Verde fisheries agreement
TRANSPORT: European Parliament supports EU-Bangladesh aviation agreement
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: EU Member States to look at strengthening safe third country concept to facilitate returns to third countries
DIGITAL: at AI Summit in Paris, J.D. Vance warns EU against excessive regulation of US technology giants
DIGITAL: AI Summit in Paris leads to an international framework in progress, with EU, but without Washington or London
DIGITAL: European Commission announces €200 billion AI investment initiative
AGRICULTURE: Christophe Hansen announces adoption in March of a package of proposals for wine sector
AGRICULTURE: 200 EU associations against deregulation of use of new genomic techniques
FISHERIES: two NGOs take France to court over bottom trawling in marine protected areas
ENERGY: Transnistria rejects proposed EU aid for gas supplies benefiting Russia
SINGLE MARKET: recommendations of six European business organisations for future horizontal strategy on Single market
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: European Commission wants to review structure of multiannual financial framework and combine 50 political expenditure programmes into three funds
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: simplification - political groups in European Parliament question content of future ‘omnibus’ text
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE/BUSINESS: European Savings and Retail Banking Group recommends reviewing EU taxonomy
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
MEDIA: 'European Board for Media Services' will ensure implementation of Media Freedom Act
GENDER EQUALITY: 98% of EU-funded research does not include gender dimension, according to European Commission’s ‘She Figures’ report
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: coalition of disabled people’s organisations calling on European Union to take action following reduction in US aid
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
RUSSIA: European Court of Human Rights condemns Russia for silencing criticism of war in Ukraine
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: extension until end of 2029 of German aid contributing to EU rail sector interoperability
SOUTH AFRICA: António Costa announces a ‘South Africa-EU’ summit for mid-March
CHINA: EU imposes definitive anti-dumping duty on biodiesel from China
CLIMATE: only 10 signatories to Paris Agreement have communicated their updated strategy for reducing greenhouse gases by 2035
ENLARGEMENT: Italy presents proposals on gradual integration of candidate countries into EU
ENVIRONMENT: ‘packaging and packaging waste’ regulation enters into force and will be applicable 12 August 2026
JUSTICE: Eurojust coordinates joint Dutch-Romanian investigation into art theft
RESEARCH: European Commission awards fellowships worth €417 million to nearly 1,700 researchers
REGIONS: applications open for best projects supported by EU cohesion policy
TRANSPORT/INDUSTRY: automotive - Wopke Hoekstra to host Working Group on Clean Transition as part of strategic dialogue on Wednesday 12 February