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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13673
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NEWS BRIEFS / Agriculture

Peter Meedendorp re-elected as head of European Council of Young Farmers

03/07/2025 (Agence Europe) – The national delegates of the European Council of Young Farmers (CEJA) met on Wednesday 2 July at the organisation’s General Assembly to elect the new presidency for the 2025-2027 term, “giving a strong signal of continuity amid uncertain times”, according to a press release. Young Dutch arable farmer Peter Meedendorp was re-elected for a second term, alongside the same vice-presidents: Latvian Rūdolfs Pulkstenis, Swede Elisabeth Hidén, Austrian...

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DANISH PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
UKRAINE: Mette Frederiksen describes announced end of US military supplies to Ukraine as a “serious setback”
ENLARGEMENT: Danish Presidency of EU Council intends to put pressure on Budapest over Hungarian deadlock on accession negotiations
BUDGET: Danish Presidency of EU Council calls for modernised, more effective and simpler budget
TAXATION/CUSTOMS: reform of Customs Code, taxation of energy and tobacco products among priorities of Danish Presidency of EU Council
DEVELOPMENT: Copenhagen wants to contribute to a new EU strategic approach to development cooperation
AFRICA: ‘Europe-Africa’ summit, a priority for Danish Presidency of EU Council
SECTORAL POLICIES
INDUSTRY: regions want to play greater role in semi-conductor strategy
ENERGY: European Commission publishes guidelines to support national implementation of key energy legislation
ENERGY: over 50 MEPs call on European Commission to revise draft ‘low-carbon hydrogen’ delegated act
CLIMATE: COP30—European CoR calls for multilateral cooperation including local and regional levels to be strengthened
ENVIRONMENT: European Ombudsman recommends that European Commission shorten authorisation period for chemical substances
ENVIRONMENT: Alexander Bernhuber and Anna Strolenberg want to speed up registration and use of ‘biological control agents’ in EU
HEALTH: European Commission hopes to present first EU legislation on biotechnology by end of 2025
AGRICULTURE: European Commission registers geographical indication for Slovak ‘Tokaj’ wine
DIGITAL: despite appeal from industry, European Commission not opening door to generalised “grace period” to postpone AI Act at this stage
DIGITAL: European Commission starts work on first planned DMA revision
HOME AFFAIRS: regulations on safe third countries and safe third countries of origin - S&D, Renew Europe and Greens/EFA in European Parliament denounce a breach of cordon sanitaire
COHESION: 132 EU regions defend separate budget for post-2027 cohesion policy
TRANSPORT: European Union invests €2.8 billion in 94 projects to stimulate sustainable and connected mobility across Europe
EXTERNAL ACTION
MOLDOVA: Chișinău can count on encouragement from EU at 4 July summit, but not on opening of first set of negotiating chapters
CHINA: Kaja Kallas urges China to cease all material support for Russia in EU-China Strategic Dialogue
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EUROGROUP: election of president, budget guidelines for 2026 and digital euro on ministerial agenda
ECONOMY: EU Council asked to adopt revised post-Covid-19 recovery plans for six Member States
MONEY LAUNDERING: MEP Jorge Buxadé Villalba proposes rejecting European Commission’s new list of high-risk EU countries
COMPANIES: European Commission gives EFRAG one more month to deliver its advice on simplification of sustainability reporting standards
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: parliamentary study calls for more account to be taken of complexity of sexual consent in education and legislation
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: European Semester - European Disability Forum welcomes growing recognition of rights of people with disabilities
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
MIGRATION: law requiring asylum seekers to appear at examination of their appeal and creating presumption of abuse in event of absence is unlawful
CONSUMERS: Court of Justice of European Union says bankruptcy court must consider whether contractual clauses are potentially unfair
NEWS BRIEFS
HOME AFFAIRS: security flaws in Schengen Information System - European Commission has not been notified of any thefts or access to data
AGRICULTURE: Peter Meedendorp re-elected as head of European Council of Young Farmers
ECONOMY: green light from European Commission for revision of Bulgarian recovery plan to include a ‘REPowerEU’ chapter
ENERGY: European Commission launches hydrogen mechanism as part of EU Energy and Raw Materials Platform
CIVIL PROTECTION: Greece and France aided by EU Civil Protection Mechanism after first summer wildfires
ANIMAL HEALTH: avian influenza - imports of certain US products could provide pathway for introduction into Europe