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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13713
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COUNCIL OF EUROPE / Justice

Council of Europe is modernising its mutual legal assistance procedures in criminal matters and incorporating new digital tools

19/09/2025 (Agence Europe) – The Council of Europe opened a new protocol to the European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters for signature on Friday 19 September at the Conference of Ministers of Justice, organised under the Maltese Presidency in Valletta. Focused on strengthening cross-border cooperation, this ‘Valletta Protocol’ modernises cooperation procedures, provides for new types of requests and incorporates digital tools that will enable greater speed and...

Contents

Russian invasion of Ukraine
RUSSIA: European Commission submits 19th package of sanctions against Russian government
ECONOMY: European Commission seeks to clarify terms of future loan to Ukraine based on frozen Russian public assets
SECURITY/DEFENCE: Russia violates Estonian airspace – Kaja Kallas condemns this “extremely dangerous provocation”
EXTERNAL ACTION
IRAN: nuclear programme – UN Security Council votes to reinstate sanctions against Tehran
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Milorad Dodik’s shadow complicates Sarajevo’s progress towards EU
NAMIBIA: EU pledges €1.3 billion for large-scale renewable hydrogen production
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: political agreement in Eurogroup on several decision-making procedures relating to introduction of digital euro
EUROGROUP: euro area countries adopt their work programme up to June 2026
FINANCE: possible progress on investor categorisation and supervision in European Parliament/EU Council negotiations over retail investment
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: EU politicians and social partners agree in Porto on need to create quality jobs but differ on how to achieve this
interview EMPLOYMENT: for employers, “any new legislation will always be bad for competitiveness”, says MEP Estelle Ceulemans
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: European construction industry reiterates rejection of limitation of subcontracting at EU level
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: following adoption by Council, several NGOs and think tanks consider statement of intent on 2035 target insufficient
ENVIRONMENT: clearing scrub, introducing livestock, prescribed fire... EU’s environmental agency is stepping up its support for fire prevention techniques
ENVIRONMENT: EU Member States vote in favour of using RENURE fertiliser
AGRICULTURE: European ministers to discuss 2028-2034 CAP appropriations and free trade on 22 and 23 September
FISHERIES: European ministers will discuss future of common fisheries policy on Monday 22 September
ANIMAL HEALTH: European Commission launches public consultation on revision of on-farm animal welfare rules
CONSUMERS: online retail sector urges Commission to act against “regulatory loopholes” that benefit Chinese retail platforms
HOME AFFAIRS: European Data Protection Supervisor issues warning about EU-US agreement on security screenings and identity verifications
TRANSPORT: five organisations calling for carmakers to be forced to withdraw excessively polluting cars from European fleet
ENERGY: several ECR MEPs reject delegated act on low-carbon hydrogen
ENERGY: ACER approves new Harmonised Allocation Rules for long-term transmission rights
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF EU: defence and Ukraine at heart of informal discussions among European leaders in Copenhagen
BUDGET: on a mission to Albania and Montenegro, MEPs express doubts about sound use of EU funds
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
DEMOCRACY: Council of Europe secretary general to discuss Ukraine and Gaza at UN General Assembly ‘High-level Week’
JUSTICE: Council of Europe is modernising its mutual legal assistance procedures in criminal matters and incorporating new digital tools
NEWS BRIEFS
CHINA: EU launches anti-dumping investigation into Chinese alkyl phosphonic acids
TRADE: EU renews its anti-dumping duty on certain Chinese and Thai cast iron pipe fittings
TRADE: EU launches new anti-dumping investigation into certain cold-rolled steel flat products from several countries
RESEARCH : LERU suggests additional measures for visa strategy to attract researchers to Europe
REGIONS: Narva inaugurates Europe’s largest rare earth magnet factory