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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13609

28 March 2025
Contents Publication in full By article 2 / 25
SECTORAL POLICIES / Environment
EU environment ministers pledge to defend an ambitious ‘Plastics Treaty’ in Geneva in August
Brussels, 27/03/2025 (Agence Europe)

“The leadership of the European Union and its Member States has never been more welcome, and the need has never been greater”, said the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Inger Andersen, during a discussion with European environment ministers on global environmental policies on Thursday 27 March.

At least three major events are scheduled for this year, including COP30, the resumption of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENT/CLIMATE: 2040 target, European Decarbonisation Bank, circular economy... EU ministers take green look at ‘Clean Industrial Deal’
ENVIRONMENT: EU environment ministers pledge to defend an ambitious ‘Plastics Treaty’ in Geneva in August
ENVIRONMENT: ravaged by war, Ukraine wants to make Russia pay for environmental consequences of its aggression
CLIMATE/TRADE: France, Italy and Slovakia call for an even more effective carbon adjustment mechanism
ENERGY: nuclear - European Commission prepares its Communication to support commercialisation of fusion energy
COHESION: Cohesion Policy post-2027 at heart of EU ministers’ debates on 28 March
AGRICULTURE: MEPs and experts call for action to improve prices paid to farmers
AGRICULTURE: 125 EU organisations call for food policy that values livestock farming
HOME AFFAIRS: combating corruption - co-legislators to try to reach agreement on definitions of offences
TRANSPORT/INDUSTRY: European Parliament postpones resolution on automotive sector, to great displeasure of ECR group
JUSTICE: Michael McGrath convenes high-level forum to use law to achieve growth and support European competitiveness
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED STATES: European Commission taking time to analyse announcements of US customs tariffs on vehicles
CENTRAL ASIA: one week before Summit with region, EU reaffirms its desire to intensify relations
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU announces €3.4 billion in aid to combat child malnutrition
Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE: Kyiv’s allies united in not lifting sanctions on Russia
ENERGY: Ember believes increase in Russian gas imports poses serious threat to permanently ending them in EU by 2027
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
CUSTOMS: logistics professionals eagerly await reform of EU code
TAXATION: Michalis Hadjipantela MEP highlights role and importance of taxation in improving EU’s competitiveness
BANKS: EU prudential rules do not hamper competitiveness of banking sector, says Claudia Buch
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: social security—European Parliament asks Polish Council Presidency to consult it before any new mandate is submitted to Member States
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
ENVIRONMENT: Italy is fined for breaching EU rules on collection and treatment of urban waste water
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
TURKEY: Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Council of Europe calls for release of Turkish mayors
NEWS BRIEFS
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: 22 European countries express their concern about ban on ‘gay pride’ in Hungary
ENERGY: second “mid-term” round for joint gas purchasing tender aggregates 20 billion cubic metres of gas
SPACE: Gaia probe decommissioned by European Space Agency