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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13584
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / State aid

Commission authorises €920 million in German State aid for semiconductor production

On Thursday 20 February, the European Commission announced that it had authorised, under EU State aid rules, German State aid worth €920 million for the construction of a new semiconductor production facility in Dresden. This aid will support German company Infineon’s investment of €3.5 billion.

The facility will produce two groups of technologies: discrete power technologies used for switching, managing and controlling power in electronic systems, and analogue/mixed-signal...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: by revising InvestEU programme, European Commission hopes to mobilise €50 billion in additional investment between now and 2027
ECONOMY: European Parliament/EU Council agreement on new EU macro-financial assistance to Moldova for 2025-2027
MONEY LAUNDERING: European Parliament shortlists future AMLA Executive Board members
STATE AID: Commission authorises €920 million in German State aid for semiconductor production
INSTITUTIONAL
GERMANY: European immigration and defence policies divide German parties on cusp of general elections
COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: Kata Tüttő elected head of European Committee of Regions for two-and-a-half-year term
BUDGET: Danuše Nerudová calls for creation of task force on new own resources at European Commission
BUDGET: several Member States question need for discussion on next multiannual financial framework at European Council in March
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENERGY: phasing out Russian gas may mean “bigger imports from United States”, according to Dan Jørgensen
CLIMATE: European Environment Agency stresses need to implement existing legislation in order to achieve 2030 objectives
COHESION: future centralisation of cohesion policy funds is causing concern among EU’s local and regional elected representatives
AGRICULTURE : EU stakeholders concerned about lack of budgetary ambition in vision for agriculture
AGRICULTURE : European Commission allocates €99 million in emergency aid to farmers in five EU countries
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED STATES: customs duties - “reciprocity must be beneficial for everyone”, warns Maroš Šefčovič
SWITZERLAND: Commission reiterates to European Parliament its expectations that Bern will benefit from new series of bilateral agreements
SERBIA: Belgrade still needs to make efforts to align itself with EU and initiate reforms necessary for its future accession, according to the MEPs
KOSOVO: for the MEPs, Pristina is on right track in its accession process, but much remains to be done
MEDITERRANEAN: new ‘Pact for Mediterranean’ should be presented in September, according to Dubravka Šuica
MIDDLE EAST: OXFAM also believes that EU should make relations with Israel conditional on respect for international law
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: quality traineeships - Polish Presidency of EU Council proposes a new compromise to strengthen directive’s added value
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: combining the experience of senior members with the creativity of young members - Glenn Micallef initiates EU Strategy on Intergenerational Fairness
EDUCATION - YOUTH - CULTURE - SPORT
EDUCATION: questioned by MEPs, Roxana Mînzatu expressed her determination to secure funding and make education European priority
EYCS: faced with MEPs’ concerns about funding, Glenn Micallef banking on effective targeting of funds
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
UKRAINE: Council of Europe calls on Ukraine to continue its efforts in fight against corruption
Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE: António Costa on 24 February in Kyiv for third anniversary of Russian invasion
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: EU must step up integration of Ukrainian refugee women, say two NGOs
TRANSPORT: total value of EU-Ukraine trade via ‘solidarity lanes’ is estimated at around €211 billion since May 2022
NEWS BRIEFS
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: NGO Zero Waste Europe regrets lack of ambition in provisional agreement on framework directive on textile and food waste
DIGITAL: WhatsApp may soon have to comply with DSA rules on ‘very large online platforms’
TRANSPORT: European Commission will be taking part in Cruise Week Europe in March