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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13679
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Op-Ed / Better regulation

Ctrl+Alt+Delete as policy: why deregulation won’t save EU innovation - by Aída Ponce Del Castillo

As the European Commission pushes to cut rules in the name of competitiveness, it risks undermining the very foundations of responsible innovation: legal certainty, public trust, and democratic oversight.

In its Competitiveness Compass published in January 2025 (see EUROPE B13568A1), the European Commission (EC) issues a blunt diagnosis: while the European Union (EU) possesses numerous economic strengths, it has fallen behind other major global economies. To reposition itself in the global...

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MULTIANNUAL FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK 2028-2034
BUDGET: European Commission is preparing to introduce more flexibility into EU’s next long-term budget
BUDGET: European Commission wants to create a single portal to improve access to EU budget funds
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: Member States launch “constructive” discussion while European Commission defends “robust” path to 2040 for post-2030 targets
ENVIRONMENT: EU Member States reaffirm their shared ambition to resume negotiations on ‘Plastics Treaty’ in Geneva in August
HOME AFFAIRS: child sexual abuse material online – Danish Presidency of EU Council attempts to break deadlock on draft regulation
MIGRATION: France and UK launch a pilot project to counter rise in Channel crossings - southern EU countries are concerned
DIGITAL: following publication of code of practice on AI models, sector’s major players are holding off responding—and signing
DIGITAL: European data protection regulators are cautious about targeted reopening of GDPR
AGRICULTURE: MEPs call for an EU approach to livestock farming by sector
AGRICULTURE: EU cereals production up by 6.9% in 2025, according to Copa-Cogeca
ENERGY: Eurelectric wants future European Climate Adaptation Plan to focus on critical infrastructure
TRANSPORT: T&E recommends increasing Connecting Europe Facility rail budget to modernise cross-border corridors
EXTERNAL ACTION
MIDDLE EAST: revision of Association Agreement with Israel – EU High Representative suggests ten possible measures
ASEAN: Kaja Kallas believes that “free trade is driving force behind our economies”
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Ursula von der Leyen and António Costa commemorate victims of Srebrenica genocide
TRADE: on 14 July, EU27 will review renewed tensions with Washington and outlook of EU/Mercosur agreement
Russian invasion of Ukraine
DEFENCE: EU and Ukraine launch BraveTech EU initiative to accelerate defence innovation
CULTURE: ‘Team Europe’ – European Union launches first initiative to protect Ukraine’s cultural heritage
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPANIES: European Commission proposes to postpone sustainability reporting obligations by one year
COMPETITION: European Commission consults on review of EU antitrust rules
ECONOMY: increase in military spending – asymmetry in treatment of EU countries under Stability Pact will be clarified
FINANCE: ESMA identifies where Maltese regulator failed in issuing authorisation allowing cryptocurrency firms to operate in EU
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
JUSTICE: Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture remains concerned about state of detention centres for migrants in Malta
JUSTICE: Council of Europe takes stock of situation of children in Ukraine, three and a half years after start of war
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: EU farmers to demonstrate on 16 July in defence of 2028–2034 CAP budget
CENTRAL AMERICA: Association Council between EU and six Central American countries will hold its first meeting on 14 July
LATIN AMERICA: EU to observe upcoming elections in Guyana and Bolivia
CENTRAL ASIA: first dialogue between EU and five Central Asian countries on fight against terrorism
ENERGY: significant upturn in commercial activity linked to geothermal energy projects expected across Europe in 2025, according to EGEC
ACCOUNTING STANDARDS: European Union approves annual improvements to IFRS Accounting Standards
UN: EU “deeply” regrets US sanctions against Francesca Albanese
CSDP: Ralf Schröder appointed head of EUAM Iraq mission
RESEARCH: European Commission seeks views on future ‘European Innovation Act’
SOCIAL: number of people in EU unable to go on holiday in summer rose again in 2023
Op-Ed
BETTER REGULATION: Ctrl+Alt+Delete as policy: why deregulation won’t save EU innovation - by Aída Ponce Del Castillo