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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13685
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Migration

Return centres, ‘Rwanda’ model, safe places of asylum - EU Member States still taking small steps towards their innovative solutions

Meeting in Copenhagen on Tuesday 22 July, after some of them had met on 18 July in Germany at the Zugspitze Summit (see EUROPE B13684A17), Member States’ interior ministers and interior ministers’ representatives once again discussed so-called ‘innovative’ solutions for managing migration and reducing irregular arrivals.

With at least 20 countries now supporting very firm responses, they focused in particular at how to put into practice the return centres in third countries now...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: return centres, ‘Rwanda’ model, safe places of asylum - EU Member States still taking small steps towards their innovative solutions
HOME AFFAIRS: redirecting drug trafficking - Danish Presidency of EU Council and Commission want to extend European alliance to smaller ports
CIVIL PROTECTION: crisis management - member states want to manage their resources better
CLIMATE: national experts analyse Danish Presidency of EU Council’s first draft on 2040 target
CLIMATE: European Commission takes into account withdrawal of Denmark and Luxembourg from “‘ETS’ flexibility” for 2026-2030
ENERGY: Hungary holds talks with Serbia and Russia on construction of new oil pipeline
DIGITAL: European Commission opens adequacy procedure for transfer of data between EU and United Kingdom
DIGITAL: BusinessEurope concerned about consequences of fragmentation of Europe’s digital regulatory framework for business competitiveness
EXTERNAL ACTION
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU leaders denounce “killing” of civilians seeking aid in Gaza
CHINA: WTO appeal arbitration rules in favour of EU in intellectual property dispute with Beijing
CHINA: Renewable Energy Directive - European Commission fails to confirm any fraud in Chinese biodiesel
JAPAN: according to Japanese official, result of senatorial elections has no implication for EU-Japan relations
SYRIA: EU welcomes ceasefire agreement with Israel
Russian invasion of Ukraine
DEFENCE: members of Contact Group continue military support for Ukraine
MULTIANNUAL FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK 2028-2034
CIVIL PROTECTION: European Commission increases budget for EU’s Civil Protection Mechanism
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
JUSTICE: Council of Europe signals troubling increase in overcrowding in European prisons
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: European Commission proposes to amend agreements with Liechtenstein, San Marino, Monaco and Andorra on exchange of information
COMPETITION: Vivendi group took control of Lagardère too early, according to European Commission
COMPETITION: European Commission accepts Corning’s commitments on supply of glass for portable electronic devices
STATE AID: green light for support for ‘important project of common European interest’ in health sector
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: EU approves €84 million in Czech aid for agriculture
CLIMATE: European Commission launches consultation on methods for certifying carbon removals
TRADE: European Commission consults on regulation against unfair foreign subsidies
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS/CLIMATE: European Disability Forum calls for more inclusive green transition
DEFENCE: European Peace Facility - EU announces €10 million in support for Togo
ENERGY: European Commission consults on delegated act providing for adjustments to current composition of ‘risk groups’
ENVIRONMENT: some thirty companies and organisations urge EU Member States to relaunch negotiations on Green Claims Directive
ENVIRONMENT: environmental tax revenues in EU were higher in 2023 than in 2022, according to Eurostat
BANKS/FINANCE: public consultation on prudential treatment in the UE of equity exposures incurred under legislative programmes to promote the economy
TAXATION: European Commission publishes implementing regulation on automatic exchange of supplementary information between Member States
YOUTH/DIGITAL: European Commission opens consultations in preparation for EU action plan against cyberbullying
MALI: former Malian Prime Minister Choguel Maïga no longer on EU sanctions list
MEDIA: European Commission launches call for proposals to support media covering European affairs to tune of €7.4 million
CSDP: Lieutenant General Ludovic Pinon de Quincy appointed Commander of Operation Althea
UKRAINE : EU concerned by Verkhovna Rada vote to end independence of two anti-corruption bodies