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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13614
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NEWS BRIEFS / Justice

Hungary announces its withdrawal from International Criminal Court

03/04/2025 (Agence Europe) – On Thursday 3 April, Hungary announced that it would be leaving the International Criminal Court (ICC), on the same day that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is the target of an ICC arrest warrant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip, arrived in the country. “Hungary is leaving the ICC. The government will begin the withdrawal procedure, in accordance with the international legal framework”, announced Gergely Gulyas,...

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