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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13619
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SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT / Social

Coordination of social security systems – Polish Presidency of EU Council on verge of finding a majority in favour of new approaches

While the Member States are expected to reach a majority on Friday 11 April in favour of the revised mandate on the reform of the rules for coordinating social security schemes (Regulation 883/2004), on Thursday 10 April the Polish Presidency of the EU Council scheduled a possible trilogue with the European Parliament for 19/20 May, according to several sources.

The Member States, meeting in the Committee of Permanent Representatives, will be asked to accept new proposals on the general...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENT: EU Council and Parliament reach provisional agreement on soil monitoring directive
INDUSTRY: European Commission accepts a nuclear project as an IPCEI candidate
JUSTICE: interinstitutional negotiations struggle to make progress over victims’ rights
JUSTICE: insolvency law – Emil Radev wants to abolish simplified regime for micro-enterprises
DIGITAL: European Parliament and EU Council unable to agree on appointment of future European Data Protection Supervisor
DIGITAL: European artificial intelligence sector take wait-and-see approach to Commission’s ‘AI Plan’
TRANSPORT: EASA launches new initiatives to prevent mid-air collisions in general aviation
AGRICULTURE: wine package draws criticism from European Parliament over grubbing-up measures
SEA: S&D Group in European Parliament calls for a ban on unsustainable “high impact bottom-contact” fishing activities
HEALTH: Europe-wide policy framework on rare diseases is needed, say EU experts
ENERGY: European wind energy industry presents its new plan to stimulate development of offshore wind energy
ENERGY/CLIMATE: National Energy and Climate Plan - a coalition of NGOs calls on European Commission to take legal action against three Member States
RESEARCH: Faroe Islands want to devote 3% of GDP to research and development, in particular as part of Horizon Europe programme
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY/DEFENCE: participation of third countries at heart of EU Council negotiations on ‘SAFE’ instrument for loans to rearm Member States
ECOFIN: impact of trade tensions on EU economy and markets and financing of military spending on Member States’ agenda
TAXATION: European Commission notes reluctance of EU Member States to invite enlargement candidate countries to ‘Fiscalis’ activities
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED STATES: in its turn, EU suspends tariffs on US products
UKRAINE: Marta Kos and Denys Shmyhal launch new EU/Ukraine business partnership
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: EU launches negotiations for trade agreement with Abu Dhabi
HUMANITARIAN AID: European Commission releases €282.5 million for crises affecting Chad and Sudan
ASEAN: first technical workshop between EU and region as part of their energy dialogue
LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN: Colombia confirms EU/CELAC summit to be held on 9 and 10 November in Santa Marta
Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE: defence ministers of ‘volunteer’ countries discuss ways to ensure Ukraine’s security in event of ceasefire
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL: coordination of social security systems – Polish Presidency of EU Council on verge of finding a majority in favour of new approaches
SOCIAL: just transition – Teresa Ribera believes that European directive could help meet whole series of challenges
SOCIAL/CLIMATE: extension of ETS to buildings and road transport - EPP Group calls on Commission to conduct assessment on socio-economic impact
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
MIGRATION: CJEU advocate general proposes new interpretation of ‘safe third country of origin’ concept
MIGRATION: EU Court of Justice rules on derived right of residence of third country national who is a parent of an EU citizen
JUSTICE: Court of Justice rules on conditions for non-execution of a European arrest warrant
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
TURKEY: Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe calls for release of Ekrem İmamoğlu and denounces political repression in Turkey
DEMOCRACY: Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly strengthens its rules on ethics and calls for organisation to develop ethical culture
NEWS BRIEFS
ENERGY: clean energy will account for more than 40% of global electricity production in 2024, driven by solar energy, according to Ember
ENVIRONMENT: PAN Europe criticises European Parliament’s lukewarm ambitions on European water resilience strategy
RESEARCH: European Commission updates guidelines for supporting European Research Infrastructure Consortia