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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13704
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Russian invasion of Ukraine / Transport

Ukraine opens its first European-standard railway line

08/09/2025 (Agence Europe) – On Friday 5 September, Ukraine opened its first railway line complying with European track gauge standards. The 22-kilometre line links the Ukrainian towns of Uzhgorod, on the border with Slovakia, and Chop, near Ukraine’s border with Hungary. The project was financed by an EU grant under the ‘Connecting Europe Facility’ (CEF) and a €28.6 million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB). This marks an important step in deepening the country’s...

Contents

BEACONS
Beacons: With the summer recess over, the political climate is rife with ambiguity
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE : Denmark cautiously launches debate on CAP reform
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT: introduction of a European preference, a key issue in revision of EU rules governing public procurement
TRANSPORT/INDUSTRY : electric car industry and health professionals urge EU to maintain CO2 emissions targets
ENERGY: electricity price peaks in South-East Europe could have been avoided with enough capacity for cross-zonal trade, according to ACER
ENVIRONMENT: European Ombudsman closes enquiry into data collection that led to revision of wolf’s protection status
CLIMATE: according to Bruegel, economic development can contribute to environmental improvements
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED STATES: Donald Trump threatens EU with retaliation after Google fine
MIDDLE EAST: “we don’t encourage flotillas like this”, says European Commission in response to grassroots support for Gaza
ISRAEL: Spain announces measures against Israeli government
AFGHANISTAN: European Union allocates further €14 million to strengthen resilience and support for women and girls
Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE: as air attacks intensify, Europeans and Americans step up cooperation on sanctions against Russia
TRANSPORT: Ukraine opens its first European-standard railway line
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: budget flexibility; European Court of Auditors calls on Commission to simplify and better anticipate its needs
INSTITUTIONAL: lowering ‘yellow card’ threshold for national parliaments would require treaty change, says European Commission
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: MEPs to vote at European Parliament plenary session on ‘Lalucq’ report on EU investment effort
COMPETITION:  European Commission imposes a fine of €172,000 on Eurofield SAS and Unanime Sport SAS for supplying incomplete information
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
SOCIAL: Council of Europe calls for stronger protection of social rights during cost of living crisis
NEWS BRIEFS
EUROPEAN COMMISSION : before State of Union address, Commission publishes report on first year of activity since re-election of Ursula von der Leyen
FRANCE: National Assembly votes no confidence in government
ISRAEL: EU condemns shooting in East Jerusalem
MIGRATION: debate on mass immigration into EU led by PfE Group in European Parliament to take place as planned in plenary on 10 September
SUDAN: Hadja Lahbib welcomes extension of Adre border crossing