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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13700
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Palestine

Belgium to recognise State of Palestine at UN General Assembly at end of September

The Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maxime Prévot, announced on X on Tuesday 2 September that “Palestine will be recognised by Belgium at the UN session”, while specifying that the administrative formalisation of this recognition by royal judgment will take place once the last Israeli hostage has been released and Hamas no longer assumes any management of Gaza.

Mr Prévot explained that “firm sanctions” would be taken at national level, including “a ban on imports of...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED STATES: main political groups in European Parliament divided on follow-up to agreement with Washington
TRADE: European Commission submits texts of trade agreements with Mercosur and Mexico to EU Council
ENLARGEMENT: Marie Bjerre calls for progress on EU enlargement
AFGHANISTAN: European Commission releases €1 million in humanitarian aid
PALESTINE: Belgium to recognise State of Palestine at UN General Assembly at end of September
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENERGY: agenda of informal ‘Energy’ meeting includes challenges of developing energy infrastructure and advances in AI
ENERGY: European Commission approves addition of five cross-border projects in field of renewable energy eligible for financial support from CEF Energy
ENERGY: European Commission will launch a stakeholder forum by end of year as part of its future strategy for small modular reactors
AGRICULTURE : MEPs attempt to reach agreement on CAP simplification measures
AGRICULTURE : MEPs reach initial compromises on wine measures
FISHERIES: European Commission ratifies new control rules
MIGRATION: Italian ECR member Alessandro Ciriani at helm of European Parliament report on safe countries of origin
DIGITAL: Henna Virkkunen defends application of European digital legislation in face of US threats
DIGITAL: European Ombudsman opens inquiry into process of appointing European Data Protection Supervisor
ENVIRONMENT: France and Germany call for ‘REACH’ Regulation and Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive to be simplified
TRANSPORT/DEFENCE: MEPs in favour of a ‘military Schengen area’
SECURITY - DEFENCE - SPACE
DEFENCE: record defence spending by Member States in 2024, at €343 billion
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPETITION: European Commission denies that Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič has intervened to cancel antitrust fine against Google
FINANCE: European Commission clarifies charging regime for future providers of EU “consolidated tapes”
BANKS: Europe’s major investment banks set out recommendations for facilitating banking exchanges in EU
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: justice, atomic energy, overseas countries and territories, etc. - second package of proposals for 2028-2034 MFF due on 3 September
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: quality traineeships—just weeks before European Parliament committee vote, Alícia Homs Ginel promises to advocate most ambitious position possible
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
RULE OF LAW: European Affairs Ministers continue discussions in Copenhagen on how to strengthen EU tools and prevent abuse
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
PORTUGAL: Council of Europe welcomes Portugal’s progress in fight against corruption, but calls for “further action”
EDUCATION - YOUTH - CULTURE - SPORT
CULTURE: European Union and Moldova sign an agreement confirming country’s participation in Creative Europe programme
NEWS BRIEFS
CULTURE: European Heritage Days 2025 kicks off with a focus on architecture
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights has opened a liaison office in Brussels
ECONOMY: euro area inflation estimated at 2.1% in August
ENLARGEMENT: survey shows 56% of Europeans support EU enlargement
GEORGIA: EU urges authorities to reverse freeze on bank accounts of civil society organisations
CSDP: Gail van Hoever is new Head of EUAM RCA mission; Rear Admiral Marco Casapieri is new Commander of EUNAVFORMed Irini
YEMEN: EU strongly condemns detention of dozen members of United Nations by Houthis