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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13599
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EXTERNAL ACTION / South africa

EU launches negotiations with Pretoria for a “clean trade and investment partnership”

On Thursday 13 March, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Council, António Costa, and the President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, announced the first-ever Clean Trade and Investment Partnership (CTIP) between the European Union and South Africa. Meeting in Cape Town, the partners renewed and deepened their strategic cooperation, seven years after their last bilateral summit.

Trade and investment. As agreed, the EU and South...

Contents

SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: European Commission expected to propose deepening single market for defence by simplifying rules
EXTERNAL ACTION
SOUTH AFRICA: EU launches negotiations with Pretoria for a “clean trade and investment partnership”
UNITED STATES: EU calls for calm after Washington escalates tariffs
ALBANIA: on a visit to Tirana, Marta Kos reaffirms her full support for Albania’s integration into EU by end of decade
Russian invasion of Ukraine
TRADE: tariffs on Russian and Belarusian products, EU Council set to back European Commission’s proposal
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: new own resources, European preference... France takes up ambitious position on post-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework
BUDGET: MEP Fabienne Keller “extremely concerned” about possible reorganisation of post-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Suspicions of corruption by Chinese firm Huawei rock European Parliament
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
AGRICULTURE : MEPs divided on how to reform direct payments
ENERGY: EPP, ECR and The Left MEPs in favour of review of ETS to tackle high energy prices
ENERGY: MEPs call for faster EU move away from Russian fossil fuels
ECONOMY: pressure increases in European Parliament for confiscation of Russian public assets frozen in EU
SOCIAL: European Parliament calls on Member States to ensure that social dialogue and worker training are respected during restructuring processes
JUSTICE: recognition of parenthood throughout EU - faced with ideological blockages, Commission calls for work to be done in “interest of children”
EDUCATION: to complete European education area, MEPs debate a future ‘Schools Alliance’
SUDAN: European Parliament denounces widespread sexual violence
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: MEPs denounce Moscow’s influence on tensions in Bosnia
AZERBAIJAN: European Parliament demands immediate and unconditional release of 23 Armenian hostages
THAILAND: European Parliament condemns deportation of Uighur refugees to China
DEFENCE : European Parliament activates urgency procedure for European Defence Industry Programme
SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT/INDUSTRY: automotive - European ministers want to go further than Industrial Plan proposed by European Commission
ENERGY: Czech Republic calls for a reassessment of provisions of delegated act allowing hydrogen to be considered as renewable
COHESION: only Hungary does not support EU Council’s draft conclusions on post-2027 cohesion
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: European employers reiterate demands on prior notification and digitalisation regarding coordination of social security rules
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: UN committee assesses EU’s commitment to rights of people with disabilities
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
GENDER EQUALITY: rectification of gender identity data cannot be made conditional on proof of surgery, rules EU Court of Justice
RUSSIA: Court of Justice of European Union confirms European sanctions against Igor Shuvalov
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
JUSTICE: Council of Europe adopts first International Convention for Protection of Profession of Lawyer
UKRAINE: European Court of Human Rights condemns failings of authorities during tragic events in Odessa in 2014
NEWS BRIEFS
ENERGY: Canada and EU want to work more closely together to strengthen clean energy supply chains
SPACE: ESA’s Hera mission studies Deimos, one of Mars’ moons