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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13659
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Companies

‘omnibus’ – European Parliament rapporteur Jörgen Warborn wants to simplify CSRD and CSDDD Directives even further

The European Parliament’s rapporteur on one of the most eagerly awaited ‘omnibus’ texts, Jörgen Warborn (EPP, Swedish), wants to go even further than the European Commission in simplifying the CSRD and CSDDD Directives governing the sustainability of companies and their due diligence. In a first draft of his report, he proposed 82 amendments, in which he attempts to further harmonise the rules of the texts in question and revise companies’ obligations with a view to scaling them...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: returns of illegal immigrants in EU – Member States set out their expectations of new draft Regulation
MIGRATION: asylum and ‘safe third countries’; UNHCR issues recommendations to EU co-legislators
HOME AFFAIRS: removing child pornography content from Internet – Commissioner Magnus Brunner is hopeful of solutions under Danish Presidency
HOME AFFAIRS: EU Member States celebrate 40 years of Schengen area against a backdrop of various threats
ENVIRONMENT: EU Council and Parliament reach provisional agreement on ‘one substance, one assessment’ package
SEA: UN Ocean Conference a success for High Seas Treaty
AGRICULTURE: future CAP reform on agenda at meeting of European ministers in Warsaw
AGRICULTURE: MEPs feel future CAP presentation should not coincide with post-2027 MFF presentation
PLANTS: EU Council approves its negotiating position on forest reproductive material
ENERGY: Polish Presidency hopes to achieve conclusions on energy security at its last ‘Energy’ Council
ENERGY: European Commission estimates around €241 billion will be needed between now and 2050 to extend nuclear reactors’ service life and build new ones
ENERGY: four countries call on European Commission to take steps to tackle biofuel fraud
CLIMATE/FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: European Environment Agency warns of inequalities in climate adaptation policies
EXTERNAL ACTION
MIDDLE EAST: EU institutions urge parties to return to diplomacy after Israeli strikes on Iranian military sites
JAPAN: EU and Japan hold their first dialogue on security and defence at Director-General level
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPANIES: ‘omnibus’ – European Parliament rapporteur Jörgen Warborn wants to simplify CSRD and CSDDD Directives even further
BELGIUM: Eurogroup validates Belgium’s revised budget path
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY: session to be marked by foreign affairs, but also by anniversary of Schengen area and Rule of law
DEMOCRACY: hoped-for breakthrough in European Parliament/EU Council negotiations on revision of framework for European political parties
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL: European Parliament urges Polish Presidency of EU Council not to conclude negotiations over rules on coordination of social security systems
EDUCATION - YOUTH - CULTURE - SPORT
YOUTH: European Commission commits to addressing mental health concerns at European Youth Event 2025
NEWS BRIEFS
HOME AFFAIRS: unanimous support in EU Council for extension until March 2027 of temporary protection granted to Ukrainians in EU
CHINA: EU imposes definitive anti-dumping duty on Chinese vanillin
DEMOCRACY: Commission consults on future ‘EU civil society strategy’
ECONOMY: EU disburses €1 billion to Ukraine in accordance with preferential loans granted by G7 countries in 2025
INDIA: new countervailing duty on Indian optical fibre cables
MEDIA: European Federation of Journalists believes that “no journalist should be forced to sign documents to secure their release“
MEDIA: 40 years of Schengen Agreement – Agence Europe’s podcast, Quart d’heurope, analyses central but contested achievement of European integration
SWITZERLAND: EU and Bern publish draft agreements aimed at strengthening their bilateral relations