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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13704
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Finance

MEPs to vote at European Parliament plenary session on ‘Lalucq’ report on EU investment effort

At the opening of the European Parliament’s plenary session in Strasbourg on Monday 8 September, Aurore Lalucq (S&D, French) welcomed the compromise reached on her draft report on investment and reforms to boost the European Union's competitiveness.

MEPs examined a number of reforms - public and private investment, regulatory simplification, revitalisation of securitisation and financial supervision - with the aim of completing Capital Markets Union (CMU) and Banking Union, a year after...

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