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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13650
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NEWS BRIEFS / European commission

Elisabeth Werner appointed Director General of Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

28/05/2025 (Agence Europe) – The European Commission appointed Elisabeth Werner as Director-General of the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI) on Wednesday 28 May, according to a press release. This department is responsible for developing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). This decision will come into force on the 1 June. An Austrian national with over 25 years of experience in the Commission, Ms Werner is...

Contents

Time off: Ascension Day
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPANIES: European Commission wants to facilitate access to finance for startups and scaleups
COMPANIES: EU27 still divided on simplifying CSDDD and CSRD directives under omnibus
FINANCE/CLIMATE: ShareAction say that despite some progress, European asset managers do not provide enough sustainability information
SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT: air passenger rights - negotiations in EU Council stall over modalities of right to compensation
TRANSPORT: transition to zero-emission heavy duty vehicles is progressing rapidly, but difficulties remain, according to European Commission
CLIMATE: assessment of national energy and climate plans - EU could cut its emissions by 54% by 2030
ENVIRONMENT: German industry and EPP want to suspend interinstitutional negotiations on green claims
ENERGY: conclusions of Polish Presidency of EU Council on energy security raise possibility of simplifying Methane Regulation
ENERGY: ACER recommends improving timeliness and transparency of information provided in Ten-Year Network Development Plan
MIGRATION: return of immigrants staying illegally in EU - European Data Protection Supervisor wants additional precautions
CYBER SECURITY: EU condemns cyber attack against Czech Republic attributed to China
TOURISM: Member States have enabled tourism sector to make progress in its ecological and digital transition, according to European Commission
EXTERNAL ACTION
BLACK SEA: European Commission and Kaja Kallas set out ways to strengthen security and economic dynamism in region
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: European Commission proposes to reform budget guarantee for EU’s external action
MIDDLE EAST: review of EU/Israel Association Agreement, Kaja Kallas to present her “options” to EU countries at end of June
SYRIA: EU adopts legal acts to lift economic sanctions against Syria
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: start of trade negotiations between EU and United Arab Emirates
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: European Parliament’s Committee on Budgetary Control not reassured by Slovakia’s use of European funds
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
GENDER EQUALITY: European Institute for Gender Equality says quotas improve representation of women on boards of directors
EDUCATION - YOUTH - CULTURE - SPORT
EDUCATION/CLIMATE: universities must integrate sustainability into their training and practices, according to Joint Research Centre
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: best interests of child at heart of two recommendations by Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Council of Europe warns of racial profiling, school segregation of Roma children and transphobia
NEWS BRIEFS
CHINA: EU imposes definitive anti-dumping duty on certain Chinese flat-rolled products of iron or steel
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: Elisabeth Werner appointed Director General of Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development
ENLARGEMENT: Marta Kos “optimistic” about opening in June of first negotiating chapter for Ukraine’s accession to EU 
ENERGY: Europe’s energy ministers expected to discuss future legislative proposals to move away from Russian fossil fuels