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NEWS BRIEFS / Fundamental rights

Withdrawal of ‘anti-discrimination’ directive - Polish Presidency and a dozen Member States urge Commission to reconsider its position

10/03/2025 (Agence Europe) – At the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council on Monday 10 March, France, Belgium, Estonia, Spain, Slovenia, Ireland, Sweden, Malta, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Portugal asked for a “miscellaneous item” to be added to the Equal Treatment Directive. Thirteen Member States have spoken out in favour of progress on this issue and twenty-three had already reaffirmed their support for the text at the meeting of the Committee of...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: returns, Commission regulation will give Member States option of setting up ‘return hubs’ in third countries
MIGRATION: NGOs concerned about content of new legislative proposals on ‘return’ of illegal immigrants in EU
HEALTH: main elements of EU proposal on critical medicinal products
HEALTH: ten EU countries are calling for a list of “industrially vulnerable” critical medicines to be drawn up this year
AGRICULTURE: Polish presidency of EU Council hopes to break deadlock on new genomic techniques on 14 March
ENERGY: second European Hydrogen Bank auction, 61 grant applications received for a total of €4.8 billion
ENERGY: Polish Presidency of EU Council asks EU countries about greater harmonisation of remuneration of electricity generation capacity
CLIMATE: European Commission publishes technical guidelines on application of “do no significant harm” principle
ENVIRONMENT: climate change is encouraging spread of mycotoxins in environment and contamination of humans
DIGITAL: Meta and Apple criticise European Commission’s approach in their DMA compliance update reports
RESEARCH: European ministers to discuss business success and framework programme at informal meeting
TRANSPORT: poverty linked to mobility is likely to increase in outermost regions, according to European Parliament study
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: increase in military spending - EU countries agree on a European framework for existing flexibility of Stability Pact
ECONOMY: Next Generation EU, weaknesses in monitoring of EU countries’ compliance with rules governing public procurement and State aid
FINANCE: seven EU countries launch ‘competitiveness laboratory’ to speed up integration of capital markets
ECOFIN: defence, tax cooperation and simplification on agenda of European Ministers
COMPETITION: unannounced inspections by European Commission in soft drinks sector
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: Ursula von der Leyen to convene a ‘Security College’
EXTERNAL ACTION
SYRIA: EU calls for full investigation into violence against civilians
MIDDLE EAST: EU welcomes adoption of Arab plan for Gaza
SOUTH KOREA: EU and Seoul finalise their agreement on digital trade
UNITED STATES: EU prepares to respond to US steel and aluminium tariffs
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
BETTER REGULATION: debates on simplification get off to a tense start in European Parliament
ENVIRONMENT: in wake of cyclone Garance, “speeding up rather than jeopardising the fight against climate change” is needed, says Marie Toussaint
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: EU Member State employment and social affairs ministers consider how to retain over-55s in labour market
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: EU labour and employment ministers discuss ways of strengthening labour markets and productivity
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
GENDER EQUALITY: inequalities persist in employment, research and innovation according to European Commission
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: European Commission approves €400 million in Austrian state aid for renewable hydrogen
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: composition of European Commissioners’ cabinets is now available
WOMEN'S RIGHTS/HEALTH: European Parliament launches consultation on women’s health
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: withdrawal of ‘anti-discrimination’ directive - Polish Presidency and a dozen Member States urge Commission to reconsider its position
HUMAN RIGHTS: Slovakia brings an interstate application against Belgium before European Court of Human Rights
ENERGY: ACER consults on inter-temporal cost allocation mechanisms for financing hydrogen infrastructure
FINANCE: Insurance Europe welcomes European Commission’s efforts to create ‘savings and investment union’
REGIONS: Committee of Regions and U-LEAD launch a programme for Ukrainian municipal officials and civil servants
UKRAINE: launch of a €1.6 billion call for proposals to support small businesses affected by war in Ukraine
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