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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13664
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NEWS BRIEFS / Culture

Rising stars of European architecture, winners of EUmies Awards Young Talent 2025, have been announced

20/06/2025 (Agence Europe) – The European Commission and the EUmies Foundation announced the winners of the EUmies Awards Young Talent 2025 on Thursday 19 June, as part of a parallel event to the Venice Biennale. Brave New Axis (National Technical University of Athens), Forest & Phoenix (Technical University of Berlin) and Hotel Interim (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar) are the three projects recognised for their work on issues such as climate resilience, temporary reuse of spaces,...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENT: European Commission announces that it intends to withdraw its proposal for a directive on ‘green claims’ on eve of end of negotiations
ENVIRONMENT: European Environment Agency calls on EU to act to reverse pollinator decline
HEALTH: European ministers identify improvements to be made to proposal on critical medicines
HEALTH: several EU countries advocating for international limit on number of offspring conceived from a single donor
HEALTH: Olivér Várhelyi confirms his desire to review directives on tobacco products
MENTAL HEALTH: EU Council calls for greater efforts to protect mental health of young people in digital era
AGRICULTURE: trade agreements, simplification of CAP and seeds and forests on agenda at meeting of European ministers
FISHERIES: European ministers to debate ‘Oceans Pact’ and fishing quotas for 2026 on 24 June
CLIMATE: 2040 target, new nationally determined contribution, COP30... Danish Presidency of EU Council comes at decisive time
ENERGY: European Commission consults on its next non-legislative ‘Citizens Energy’ package
COMPETITIVENESS: green transition is “key growth driver” for future Danish Presidency of EU Council
MIGRATION: people displaced by violence and conflict - Filippo Grandi sounds alarm on World Refugee Day
HOME AFFAIRS: anti-corruption directive - negotiations with European Parliament to continue under Danish Presidency of EU Council
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
BANKS: agreement on ‘CMDI’ package will not be reached at any price, warn several EU Member States
CUSTOMS: reform of Customs Union - European ministers in favour of abolishing duty exemption for parcels under €150
ECONOMY: having failed to take measures to reduce its excessive deficit, Romania faces suspension of European funds
FINANCE: limited progress on financial services under Polish Presidency of EU Council
EIB: EU Bank to increase its support for economy in 2025 to €100 billion
EXTERNAL ACTION
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: situation in Middle East and Ukraine on agenda for Monday’s Foreign Affairs Council
CANADA: EU hopes to conclude Security and Defence Partnership with Canada
UNITED KINGDOM: EU and London consolidate political agreements on fisheries and energy announced in May
AFRICA: Italy and EU seal a series of new investments under ‘Mattei Plan’
CHINA: EU restricts Chinese producers’ access to public contracts worth more than €5 million for medical devices
SECURITY - DEFENCE - SPACE
DEFENCE: EU Member States expected to agree on EDIP programme on Monday
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Italy, Germany and Czech Republic still reject adoption of ‘anti-discrimination’ directive, despite widespread support
NEWS BRIEFS
CULTURE: rising stars of European architecture, winners of EUmies Awards Young Talent 2025, have been announced
ECONOMY: ongoing discussions at EU level on how to provide greater financial support to Ukraine
ECONOMY: EU Council approves revised post-Covid-19 recovery plans for eight Member States
ENVIRONMENT: EEB says creation of working group in European Parliament to investigate NGO funding is intimidation
ENVIRONMENT: Greens/EFA, S&D and Renew Europe launch European Parliament working group on sustainable textiles
TAXATION: Andrzej Domański believes that Energy Taxation Directive must address competitiveness of European industry
RESEARCH: winners of European Union Prize for Citizen Science 2025 announced