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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13673
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DANISH PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION / Africa

‘Europe-Africa’ summit, a priority for Danish Presidency of EU Council

Preparations for a major summit between Europe and Africa - announced by President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen for the end of November in Luanda (Angola) (see EUROPE 13664/24) - are expected to be one of the priorities for Denmark’s six-monthly Presidency of the EU Council.

“The Presidency will prioritise thorough preparation of the upcoming EU-AU Summit and EU-Africa Business Forum, in close consultation with African partners”, stated Copenhagen in its work programme.

Denmark announced its intention to focus on “strengthening equal and mutually beneficial partnerships with African countries”. Pursuing Global Gateway objectives is expected to be the central focus of this work.

The Presidency also said it intended to work towards rapidly implementing and ratifying the Samoa Agreement, which was concluded in November 2023 (see EUROPE 13293/19).

See the programme of the Danish Presidency of the EU Council: https://aeur.eu/f/hoi (Original version in French by Bernard Denuit)

Contents

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