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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13656
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SECURITY - DEFENCE - SPACE / Defence

Andrius Kubilius unveils outline of ‘omnibus’ project to simplify legislation

On Tuesday 10 June, Defence Commissioner Andrius Kubilius announced that the Commission would adopt “an ambitious defence simplification ‘omnibus’ project” on 17 June.

“Without this simplification, nothing else in defence readiness will be possible to achieve. Defence readiness will not be ramped up by the picture of aggregated demand or by all the efforts to ramp up financial resources, if traditional ‘red tape’, which maybe is fit for peacetime, will kill industrial...

Contents

Russian invasion of Ukraine
RUSSIA: European Commission presents its 18th sanctions package, focusing on energy, banking and military sectors
RUSSIA: “We need legal changes to maritime law” to better control Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’, says Radosław Sikorski
SECURITY - DEFENCE - SPACE
DEFENCE: Andrius Kubilius unveils outline of ‘omnibus’ project to simplify legislation
NATO: Andrius Kubilius warns against US withdrawal from Europe
EXTERNAL ACTION
INDIA: EU reiterates its desire to draw closer to New Delhi
MIDDLE EAST: European Parliament’s left wing calls for Madleen’s crew to be released
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENT: EU Council and European Parliament reach agreement on ‘detergents’ regulation
SEA: in Nice, world leaders advocate measures to protect deep-sea ecosystems
FISHERIES: European Union and Côte d’Ivoire renew their “sustainable fisheries partnership”
ENVIRONMENT: some 60 MEPs urge European Commission to keep LIFE programme as is in EU’s next long-term budget
MIGRATION: ‘Pact on Migration and Asylum’ – first ‘annual cycle’ exercise kicks off at EU Council with discussions on solidarity contributions
COHESION: EU Member States hope to reach agreement soon on mid-term review of cohesion policy
AGRICULTURE: EU Member States move closer to common position on measures to support wine sector
RESEARCH: interest in Horizon Europe framework programme remained strong according to 2024 European Commission report
TRANSPORT: European Platform for Change issues 25 recommendations to attract, recruit and retain women in sector
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
MONEY LAUNDERING : European Commission updates list of high-risk EU countries after European Parliament refuses to remove United Arab Emirates from list
FINANCE: simplification of Retail Investment Strategy – proposals from France, Czech Republic and Netherlands
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: implementation of European Charter at national level remains insufficient, according to annual report of EU Agency for Fundamental Rights
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: Christophe Hansen in Japan to promote EU’s agri-food sector
AUSTRIA : European leaders shocked by fatal school shooting
FUTURE OF EU: “There is no appetite among Member States to revise treaties”, says Adam Szłapka
CHILE: provisional application of political chapter of revised EU/Chile agreement
CHINA: EU imposes provisional anti-dumping duty on Chinese hardwood plywood
EL SALVADOR: EU regrets adoption of a law on ‘foreign agents’ stigmatising civil society