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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13601
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NEWS BRIEFS / Better regulation

Confederation of SMEs in France puts forward 70 simplification proposals

17/03/2025 (Agence Europe) – On Monday 17 March, France’s Confederation of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (CPME) published its ‘white paper’ on simplification and competitiveness, setting out 70 proposals to reduce the administrative burden on businesses. These revolve around three main priorities: - stabilising the regulatory framework; - extending the use of ‘SME tests’ to measure the impact of legislative proposals on SMEs; - harmonise business law at European level. The...

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EXTERNAL ACTION
SYRIA: Ninth International Conference in Support of Syria raises €5.8 billion
DRC: EU countries sanction key ‘M23’ figures and Rwandan officers
UNRWA: “The status quo is no longer an option”, warns Philippe Lazzarini regarding lack of alternatives for refugees
UNITED KINGDOM: EU and London discuss potential for closer relations at a new EU-UK Parliamentary Assembly
Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE: European ministers give “broad support” to High Representative’s proposal for €40 billion in military aid
ECONOMY: Ukraine Facility - EU Council approves a third instalment of almost €3.5 billion
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: Aurore Lalucq advocates a general mobilisation of public instruments and private capital to finance EU’s investment effort
TAXATION: minimum tax of 2% on centi-millionaires could raise €67 billion a year, according to EU Tax Observatory
SECTORAL POLICIES
INDUSTRY: European Commission expected to propose adjusting steel safeguard measure as early as April
ENERGY: European energy ministers set out their priorities for lowering prices and ensuring EU’s energy security
ENERGY: Dan Jørgensen says ‘roadmap’ for definitive move away from Russian fossil fuels to be published “very soon”
ENERGY: gas storage, Polish Presidency of EU Council proposes more flexible filling deadline
ENERGY: countries of Nuclear Alliance call for European Commission’s efforts to encompass “all nuclear technologies”
ENERGY: ACER informs European ministers of need for more short-term flexibility
MIGRATION: Ursula von der Leyen reiterates EU’s priority actions in field of migration
DIGITAL: several MEPs preparing “counter-report” on European technological sovereignty
DIGITAL: Europe’s technology industry demands radical measures to reduce dependence on foreign technologies
MEDIA: EU funding for Radio Free Europe proposed by Czech Republic, following withdrawal of Trump administration
AGRICULTURE: CAP budget must remain solid and independent after 2027, say EU Member States
TRANSPORT: military mobility and cyber security on EU ministers’ agenda
TRANSPORT: MEPs want another geographical scope for River Information Services Directive
INSTITUTIONAL
BETTER REGULATION: European Council in favour of very rapid adoption of ‘omnibus’ package
EDUCATION - YOUTH - CULTURE - SPORT
EDUCATION: twenty years after its launch, European Education and Culture Executive Agency evaluates Erasmus Mundus and supports greater integration
CULTURE: MEPs call on Commission to defend European audiovisual production
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: energy transition - European Commission approves Spanish aid worth €699 million
BANKS: SRB consults on major European banks’ assessments of their internal resolution capabilities
CULTURE: European Heritage Label 2025 - twenty-one sites shortlisted
ENVIRONMENT: European Ombudsman examines ECHA’s refusal to give full access to a document on export of seeds treated with pesticides
UNITED STATES: transatlantic trade reached a record level of 1.8 trillion euros in 2024
BETTER REGULATION: Confederation of SMEs in France puts forward 70 simplification proposals
CIVIL PROTECTION: EU activates civil protection mechanism after nightclub fire in North Macedonia
TERRORISM: EU sanctions Al-Azaim Media Foundation - media wing of Islamic State in Khorasan