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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13642
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NEWS BRIEFS / Agriculture

EU’s trade surplus in agri-food products down in January 2025

16/05/2025 (Agence Europe) – According to the latest report from the European Commission, the EU’s trade surplus in agri-food products came to almost €3 billion in January 2025 but was down compared to January 2024. This was due to a sharp rise in imports (+19%), whereas exports only grew 4%. For example, imports (in value) from Ghana have more than doubled (+153%), mainly due to higher cocoa prices, according to the European Commission’s explanation. Beyond this country,...

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INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF EUROPE: European leaders try to step up pressure on Vladimir Putin to agree to a ceasefire
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPETITION: Office 365 interoperability, Commission launches a consultation on measures proposed by Microsoft
ECONOMY/DEFENCE: Member States fine-tune ‘SAFE’ European instrument for granting loans to increase national military spending
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: EU Member States’ military capability is not optional, warns Robert Brieger
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED KINGDOM: EU and UK yet to agree scope of future agreement three days before first post-Brexit summit
INDIA: EU is working with New Delhi to find research solutions for combating marine pollution and for conversion of waste into hydrogen
SECTORAL POLICIES
FISHERIES: European Commission streamlines reporting obligation for unsorted pelagic catches
ANIMAL HEALTH: deep divisions between MEPs over animal transport conditions
ENERGY: ENTSOG publishes its first recommendations to promote cooperation between transmission and distribution system operators
ENERGY: most infrastructure projects of common interest are progressing on schedule, says ACER
ENERGY: Hungary and Slovakia can do without Russian fossil fuel imports, according to CSD and CREA
PATENTS: EPO stresses importance of link between standards and patents for development of new technologies
JUSTICE: Eurojust focuses on partnerships with third countries to combat cross-border dimension of organised crime
DIGITAL: Commission summons gatekeepers to review compliance with DMA
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: activists denounce rollback of LGBTQI+ rights at European Parliament for International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: MEPs begin work on draft public interface and single declaration for posting of workers
EDUCATION - YOUTH - CULTURE - SPORT
CULTURE: at EUphoria, some MEPs want to make culture and musical creation priorities in next EU budget
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
SOCIAL: Court of Justice of EU clarifies principle of equal treatment for men and women in matters of social security
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: EU’s trade surplus in agri-food products down in January 2025
CAMEROON: MEPs in favour of ending Voluntary Partnership Agreement on timber with Yaoundé
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: European citizens’ initiative calling for ban on conversion therapies reaches one million signatures
ENERGY: ACER publishes two new tools aiming to improve transparency in wholesale energy markets
MONTENEGRO: Podgorica joins EU’s LIFE programme for environment and climate action
TURKEY: around fifty organisations call on EU for an “effective and robust” response to attacks on rule of law