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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13647
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Agriculture

EU grants €15 million in emergency aid for farmers in three countries

On Friday 23 May, Member States approved the European Commission’s proposal to mobilise €15 million from the agricultural reserve to support farmers in the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Germany, affected by adverse weather conditions and a recent animal disease outbreak.

This measure is designed to compensate farmers for the market losses they have suffered.

The Commission proposes allocating €7.4 million to the Czech Republic (following flooding in September 2024), €2.9 million...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
RESEARCH: European ministers want more funding for Horizon Europe framework programme and administrative simplification
RESEARCH: European ministers approve European Research Area policy programme and defend academic freedom
ENERGY: European Commission adopts rules for contribution of 44 oil and gas companies to CO2 storage target
ENERGY: ACER warns insufficient progress on decarbonisation could cause increased EU dependence on spot LNG
COMPETITIVENESS: European Commission outlines its plans for a ‘Net-Zero Industry Act’
DIGITAL: DPC approves use of users’ public personal data for Meta AI training
AGRICULTURE: future of common agricultural policy at centre of European ministers’ debates, Monday 26 May
AGRICULTURE: EU grants €15 million in emergency aid for farmers in three countries
SEA: Christophe Clergeau and other MEPs call for Ocean Pact containing binding commitments
SECURITY - DEFENCE - SPACE
SPACE: European Ministers stress importance of processing space data to strengthen EU’s resilience
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED STATES: Donald Trump threatens to tax European products at 50% starting in June
TRADE: EU opens anti-dumping investigations into certain Chinese tyres and Vietnamese polyethylene terephthalate
ALBANIA: Tirana opens fourth set of fundamental acquis chapters, now leading race for EU membership
NORTH MACEDONIA: Skopje calls for fairness and clarity in its EU accession process
PHILIPPINES: EU finances new joint programme with Philippines to accelerate transition to green economy
INSTITUTIONAL
EU INSTITUTIONS: European officials call on EU to act towards Israel in accordance with fundamental values
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY/TRADE: G7 countries demonstrate their willingness to work together to reduce trade tensions and macroeconomic imbalances
BANKS: provision of 33 deposit guarantee schemes in EU reached regulatory threshold
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: up to 720,000 jobs could be at risk in EU with US tariffs set at 20% on European exports, warns ETUI
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: LGBT rights—pending opinion from CJEU, coalition of organisations is campaigning for legal gender recognition in Bulgaria
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
HUMAN RIGHTS: nine EU countries call for role of European Court of Human Rights on migration to be questioned
NEWS BRIEFS
FUTURE OF EUROPE: António Costa announces locations of next European political communities
DEFENCE: Saab CEO Micael Johansson elected ASD President
DIGITAL: European Commission launches consultation on its future Data Union Strategy
RESEARCH: European ministers call for an inclusive, ethical, sustainable and human-centric strategy for uptake of AI in science
RESEARCH: European ministers want to pursue research and innovation partnership in Mediterranean region