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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13676
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NEWS BRIEFS / European commission

Catherine Day to chair think tank on future of civil service within EU institution

08/07/2025 (Agence Europe) – On Tuesday 8 July, the European Commission announced the appointment, with immediate effect, of Ireland's Catherine Day as a special advisor to chair the high-level think tank on the future of the civil service within the European Union. A former Secretary General from 2005 to 2015, she will report directly to the European Commissioner for Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration, Piotr Serafin, who has been mandated by the President, Ursula von der...

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
EU2025DK: a majority of MEPs support programme of Danish Presidency of EU Council
CHINA: MEPs want EU to take tough stance on Beijing ahead of bilateral summit
CLIMATE: 2040 target – MEPs to vote on urgency procedure on 9 July, after report awarded to Patriots for Europe
MEDIA: MEPs question whether EU Member States are really prepared to apply European Media Freedom Act
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: independent living for persons with disabilities and deinstitutionalisation – MEPs support EU plan, but question its funding
FISHERIES: European Parliament approves conclusion of new EU/Greenland fisheries agreement
TAXATION: European Parliament gives green light to legislative package on value added tax in digital age
HOME AFFAIRS: European Parliament approves political agreement reached with Member States to gradually launch EU’s Entry-Exit System
ENERGY: European Parliament approves provisional agreement on extension of gas storage regulation
ENERGY: European Parliament adopts own-initiative report on security of supply
SECTORAL POLICIES
INDUSTRY: European Commission comes to rescue chemical industry
AGRICULTURE: “CAP is such a fundamental policy that it cannot be mixed with other funds”, says Carmen Crespo
ANIMAL HEALTH: €14 million in EU funds to compensate Polish farmers for avian flu
ENVIRONMENT: MEPs confront European Commission with its contradictions during debate on water resilience strategy
DIGITAL: “trusted flaggers” to regulate online content under DSA regulation still missing in almost half of EU countries
DIGITAL: AmCham EU urges Commission to propose ‘omnibus’ digital simplification text taking account of “technological openness”
CYBERSECURITY: EU cybersecurity is undermined by its own institutions, according to study by Business Digital Index
REGIONS: CPMR advocates European budget aligned with territorial needs
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EMU: EU Council sets conversion rate between Bulgarian lev and euro
FINANCE: EU countries broadly in favour of relaunching securitisation
FINANCE: EU Council approves provisional agreement reached with European Parliament on simplification of financial reporting
ECB: end-2025 target for agreement in EU Council on ‘digital euro’ legislative package
ECONOMY: Council formally opens excessive deficit procedure for Austria
TAXATION: Danish Presidency of EU Council hopes to reach an agreement on energy taxation at November Ecofin Council
MONEY LAUNDERING: FATF warns of gaps in fully understanding and responding effectively to terrorist financing
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED STATES: EU faced with Donald Trump’s unpredictability on customs tariffs
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
RULE OF LAW: 2025 Rule of Law Report – Hungary’s deteriorating situation contrasts with positive trends elsewhere in EU
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT: provisions on working time, automatic wage indexation – at Aalborg, Member States identify obstacles to their competitiveness
NEWS BRIEFS
AFRICA: ‘EU-African Union’ summit to be held in Angola on 24 and 25 November
CITIZENSHIP: European Commission registers ECI on food for all
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: Catherine Day to chair think tank on future of civil service within EU institution
DEFENCE: European Peace Facility – EU adopts €10 million assistance measure for Armed Forces of Senegal
ECONOMY: EU Council adopts revision of post-Covid-19 national recovery plans for six Member States
ENVIRONMENT: Sixteen EU farming organisations call for simplification of regulation on combating imported deforestation
RED SEA: EU strongly condemns Houthi attack on bulk carrier
MIGRATION: European Commissioner Magnus Brunner and Italian, Greek and Maltese interior ministers blocked upon arrival in Benghazi
CSDP: EU Council extends EUTM RCA mission and regional advisory and coordination cell
RESEARCH: European Union and Jordan renew partnership for research and innovation in Mediterranean region
TRANSPORT: making Europe leader in electric cars is only way to keep automotive sector afloat, according to T&E