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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13711
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NEWS BRIEFS / Saudi arabia

EU and Saudi Arabia could soon launch negotiations for strategic partnership

17/09/2025 (Agence Europe) – The European Commissioner for the Mediterranean, Dubravka Šuica, and the Saudi Arabian Minister for the Economy and Planning, Faisal Alibrahim, expressed their intention to launch negotiations on a strategic partnership agreement in the near future during their meeting in Brussels on Tuesday 16 September, according to a European source. “Our upcoming Strategic Partnership can open new opportunities to deepen our cooperation bilaterally. KSA can also play a major role in the region through triangular partnerships,” Ms Šuica emphasised on the social network X. She also stressed the importance of continued cooperation on a number of fronts, including the reconstruction of Syria, support for the Palestinian Authority and the future Palestine Donor Group. (CG)

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
ISRAEL: European Commission proposes partial suspension of trade agreement
INDIA: EU asks New Delhi to cooperate on “all aspects of fight against Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine”
Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE: European Parliament opens its representative office in Kyiv
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: European Commission unveils amounts per country for minimum CAP envelope of €293.7 billion
SEA: OceanCare delivers a petition calling for an ambitious European Oceans Pact
FISHERIES: 86% of French people support more quotas for small-scale fishers, according to survey by Oceana
ENVIRONMENT: EU Council ready to extend list of substances to be monitored in water if European Parliament agrees extra time and exemptions
CLIMATE: Environment Council – lack of agreement on 2040, Member States will refocus ambition on an indicative emissions reduction range
HEALTH: there is not yet an effective framework for critical shortages of medicines, according to European Court of Auditors
HEALTH: EU authorises medicine to treat post-partum depression
COMPETITIVENESS: simplification – EU Member States continue discussions on new ‘mid-caps’ category
DIGITAL: Henna Virkkunen is concerned about “increased risk of foreign interference” following Spain’s contract with Huawei
TRANSPORT: car industry paves way for new emissions scandal ten years after Dieselgate says T&E
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EUROGROUP: digital euro, support for Ukraine and macroeconomic situation on ministerial agenda
ECONOMY: how EU could move from spectator to actor in geopolitical shifts, according to three Bruegel economists
ECONOMY: payment of €250 million in macrofinancial assistance to Jordan
TAXATION: Tobacco Taxation Directive – Swedish snus is not included in revision, unlike nicotine sachets, confirms European Commission
FINANCE: Bruegel think-tank qualifies scale of flight of European savings to United States
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
HOUSING: accessible housing – several Member States have reservations about future reform of state aid and its impact on housing market
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: EU Fundamental Rights Agency calls for “urgent” and “targeted” response to growing violence against intersex people
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
DEMOCRACY: Council of Europe launches New Democratic Pact for Europe website
NEWS BRIEFS
AFRICA: EU countries begin preparations for November EU-African Union Summit
AFRICA: EU draws up new map of European-funded projects in field of entrepreneurship
SAUDI ARABIA: EU and Saudi Arabia could soon launch negotiations for strategic partnership
ECONOMY/DEFENCE: Commission receives mandate to negotiate participation of Canada and United Kingdom in military projects supported by SAFE
ECONOMY: euro area inflation at 2.0% in August
SOCIAL: European Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs will finally be represented in Porto