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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13614
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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Drc

European Parliament urges Rwandan government to withdraw its troops from Democratic Republic of the Congo

On Thursday 3 April, MEPs adopted by a show of hands a resolution condemning human rights violations by Rwandan-backed rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and targeted attacks against Christians, against a background of “alarming continuing violence” caused by the advance and occupation of territory in eastern Congo by the M23 rebel group and the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), according to a press release.

The European Parliament urges the Rwandan government to...

Contents

SECURITY - DEFENCE
NATO: United States will remain in Alliance, promises Marco Rubio
DEFENCE: initiative on shells - “We have already over 50% of what is needed”, enthuses Kaja Kallas
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED STATES: EU remains in contact with US administration to try to bring down customs tariffs
TURKEY: EU welcomes Turkish Finance Minister for first high-level economic meeting since 2019
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
BUDGET: MEPs adopt their position on European Parliament’s estimates of expenditure and revenue for 2026, Right opposes Ethics Body
COMPANIES: European Parliament gives green light to postpone CSRD and CSDDD directives under ‘omnibus’
INDUSTRY: European Parliament calls for greater support for decarbonisation of energy-intensive industries
TRANSPORT/DEFENCE: MEPs call for greater funding for civil and military infrastructure
CAMEROON: MEPs vote on resolution to counter media repression in run-up to presidential election
DRC: European Parliament urges Rwandan government to withdraw its troops from Democratic Republic of the Congo
IRAN: European Parliament calls for release of activists Behrouz Ehsani and Mehdi Hassani
BELARUS: European Parliament once again calls on Lukashenka regime to cease repression
MIGRATION: European Talent Pool, European Parliament confirms it will enter into negotiations with EU Council
HEALTH: MEPs call on European Commission to do more to tackle rare diseases
HEALTH: several MEPs call for a review of rules on cross-border healthcare
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: MEPs question effectiveness of EU Roma strategy
SECTORAL POLICIES
COHESION: EU local and regional elected representatives reassured by content of draft ‘mid-term review’
RESEARCH: League of European Research Universities defends collaborative R&I in next framework programme
DIGITAL: European Court of Auditors believes recovery plan missed opportunity to really support EU’s digital transition objectives
ENVIRONMENT: Member States do not want to rush to agreement in third round of negotiations with European Parliament on ‘soil monitoring’
ENVIRONMENT: MEPs from EPP and Renew Europe groups call for derogations from targets for reusing packaging for transport and trade
MIGRATION: EPP group in European Parliament adopts action plan to halt “uncontrolled migration in Europe”
ENERGY: EU Council expected to reach agreement on 9 April on proposal revising gas storage rules
ENERGY: call for proposals for energy infrastructure projects under Connecting Europe Facility
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
BANKS/FINANCE: recommendations of European supervisory authorities to revise EU rules governing securitisation
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: rights of people with disabilities, UN Committee has published its ‘Concluding Observations’ and urges EU to review its legislation
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
JUSTICE: Court of Justice of European Union rules on conditions for surrendering a person subject to an arrest warrant to United Kingdom
EMPLOYMENT: Court of Justice of European Union interprets derogation from rules on protection of employees in event of an undertaking’s transfer
NEWS BRIEFS
COMPANIES: European Commission launches call for applications for chairmanship of EFRAG’s Sustainability Reporting Board
YOUTH: Glenn Micallef launches official start of Ukraine’s first ‘European Youth Capital’ in Lviv
RESEARCH: European Union continues its cooperation with Israel under Horizon Europe
JUSTICE: Hungary announces its withdrawal from International Criminal Court