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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13611

1 April 2025
Contents Publication in full By article 12 / 24
SECTORAL POLICIES / Climate
CAN Europe and WWF denounce Member States’ failure to consult on national energy and climate plans
Brussels, 31/03/2025 (Agence Europe)

In a report published on Thursday 27 March, the NGOs of the CAN Europe network and the WWF European Policy Office reveal a number of shortcomings in the public consultation processes for the National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) revised in 2023 and 2024 by EU Member States.

The document entitled ‘Struggling for a Voice: The Mixed Reality of Public Participation in National Energy and Climate Plans’, points out that 25 of the 27 countries have failed to meet their legal obligations...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: EPP, S&D and Greens/EFA coordinators split over amendments tabled by EPP on EU 2026 budget guidelines
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: MEPs take sober note of French court’s decision on embezzlement of European funds by Rassemblement national
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED STATES: EU must turn to other partners in light of Washington trade tensions, say several players
Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE: Kaja Kallas says that to replace US aid for Ukraine, EU must double its annual support
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: smuggling networks - European Parliament rapporteur clearly excludes humanitarian assistance from criminal offences covered by new directive
SEA: Emmanuel Macron presents eight objectives for United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice
FISHERIES: EU tuna industry concerned about trade negotiations with Thailand
AGRICULTURE: EU organisations welcome wine package
REGIONS: European Commission pays an advance of €100 million to Spain following Dana storm
COHESION: Kata Tüttő opposes any renationalisation of European cohesion policy
ENERGY: ACER adapts rules for intraday coupling to make electricity market more flexible
CLIMATE: CAN Europe and WWF denounce Member States’ failure to consult on national energy and climate plans
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
BANKS: European Commission proposes maintaining liquidity requirements for certain short-term securities financing transactions
ECONOMY: European Technical Support Instrument for Reforms focuses on economic competitiveness
FINANCE: Polish Presidency of EU Council calls for simplification of draft ‘FiDA’ regulation on use of financial data
FINANCE/CLIMATE: Insurance Europe asks for key performance indicator relating to insurance underwriting to be removed from taxonomy
TAXATION: taxing sugary drinks likely insufficient to achieve positive health outcomes, says Tax Foundation
EDUCATION - YOUTH - CULTURE - SPORT
YOUTH: ‘European Solidarity Corps’ satisfies participants, but is still ill-suited to young people in difficulty
NEWS BRIEFS
COMPANIES: business climate down for SMEs in early 2025
ENVIRONMENT: more needed in effort to combat food waste, according to European Environment Agency
CLIMATE/ENVIRONMENT: European Commission opens public consultation on future EU Bioeconomy Strategy
DIGITAL: European Commission provides ‘toolbox’ for ‘Web 4.0’
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Poland’s Grzegorz Braun and Spain’s Alvise Pérez penalised
TRANSPORT/INDUSTRY: European Commission soon to present amendment to regulation on CO2 standards for vehicles