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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13695
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FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES / Women’s rights

European Institute for Gender Equality publishes its updated methodology for collecting data on decision-making

On Tuesday 19 August, the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) published an update of its methodological report on data collection for gender statistics in decision-making. 

The report, entitled ‘Women and Men in Decision-Making’ (WMID), is part of the EIGE’s Gender Statistics Database and since 2003 has quantified the representation of women and men in decision-making positions in European countries (27 EU Member States, the candidate countries - Bosnia-Herzegovina,...

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EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED STATES: European Commission still planning to withdraw certain tariffs on American goods, despite Donald Trump’s latest threats
MIDDLE EAST: EU describes deaths of journalists and health workers in Israeli strike as “completely unacceptable”
SERBIA: Aleksandar Vučić reaffirms Belgrade’s commitment to joining EU, all while acknowledging “open and sincere” talks with Vladimir Putin
CAUCASUS: EU welcomes agreements signed between Armenia and Azerbaijan
LIBYA: Europeans call for new political roadmap to be implemented
SYRIA: EU urges government to implement recommendations in Commission of Inquiry report regarding crimes against civilians
AFRICA: European Commission’s research services identify eleven attractive transport corridors for EU investment
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: MEPs divided on ‘overproduction and new plantings’ aspect of wine proposal
FISHERIES: European Commission proposes to decrease several cod and herring quotas in Baltic Sea for 2026
FISHERIES: European Commission increases anchovy quota for 2025 in Iberian Peninsula
FISHERIES: measures to reduce incidental catches of dolphin extended to 2026 by European Commission
RESEARCH: EU strategy for start-ups and scale-ups, Danish Presidency of EU Council wants to strengthen existing mechanisms
ENVIRONMENT: new exemptions introduced in update of PFAS universal restriction proposal
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT: European Parliament’s S&D Group calls again for directive to remedy abusive forms of subcontracting and labour market intermediation in EU
EMPLOYMENT: e-commerce and parcel deliveries - European Labour Authority highlights prevalence of undeclared work in EU
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
MONEY LAUNDERING: integration of supervisory technologies by competent authorities still needs to resolve certain problems to be effective
INSURANCE: Solvency II delegated regulation review - “a test of the EU’s growth and competitiveness ambitions”, says Insurance Europe
FINANCE: moderate performance of European capital markets in second quarter of 2025
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: European Institute for Gender Equality publishes its updated methodology for collecting data on decision-making
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: 2024 was a “year of contrasts”, according to European Disability Forum’s annual report
MEDIA: key provisions of regulation on media freedom came into force on 8 August
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: call for evidence on revision of EU guidelines for offsetting indirect costs associated with ETS
BANKS/FINANCE: EBA publishes technical standards on valuation of banking exposure to crypto-assets
CULTURE: Culture Moves Europe seeks 90 evaluators for project applications
ENERGY/DIGITAL: public consultation on deployment of AI in energy sector
SPACE: successful launch of satellite carrying Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission
FINANCE/CLIMATE: ESMA and EEA sign a memorandum of understanding to strengthen their cooperation in sustainable finance field
SPORT: 350 projects have been selected from Erasmus+ Sport 2025 calls for proposals
TRANSPORT: total value of EU-Ukraine trade via ‘solidarity lanes’ estimated at around €231 billion since May 2022