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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13599
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NEWS BRIEFS / Energy

Canada and EU want to work more closely together to strengthen clean energy supply chains

13/03/2025 (Agence Europe) – On Tuesday 11 March in Houston (see EUROPE B13598A13), senior officials from Natural Resources Canada and the European Commission, Associate Deputy Minister Jeff Labonté and Director-General Ditte Juul Jørgensen, reaffirmed their commitment to revitalising exchanges as part of the EU-Canada High-Level Energy Dialogue. They approved the main areas of cooperation; to boost bilateral trade in energy and energy technologies, enhance energy security and...

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