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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13739
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Economy

European Court of Auditors gives mixed assessment of Next Generation EU’s contribution to improving business environment

The European post-Covid-19 recovery plan (Next Generation EU) could make life easier for businesses, but the EU Member States have not exploited its full potential, according to the European Court of Auditors in a report presented on Monday 27 October.

In 2019 and 2020, through the country-specific socio-economic policy recommendations set out as part of the ‘European Semester’ budget process, the European level has made 82 recommendations to Member States to improve the business...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE : European ministers continue to contest merging of CAP into a single fund for 2028-2034
FISHERIES: European ministers condemn overfishing by third countries in North East Atlantic
FISHERIES: Susan Steele reappointed head of European Fisheries Control Agency
CLIMATE: EU 2040 target - new draft compromise mentions “adequate” contribution from international carbon credits
CLIMATE: in 2024, EU and its Member States contributed almost €32 billion to financing climate action
COMPETITIVENESS: European Commission wants to gearshift to guarantee access to raw materials with ‘RESourceEU’
HOME AFFAIRS: European Commission signs United Nations Convention against Cybercrime on behalf of EU
HOME AFFAIRS: European Commission launches consultation to prepare Europol’s future mandate
TRANSPORT: EASA and ECHA strengthen their cooperation by updating their cooperation agreement
TRANSPORT: CLECAT calls for ambition to make freight transport more environmentally friendly to be maintained
Russian invasion of Ukraine
AGRICULTURE : European Commission and Ukraine hope that measures taken by EU countries banning Ukrainian products will be lifted
UKRAINE: ‘Coalition of Willing’ intends to further increase pressure on Russia
EXTERNAL ACTION
ASIA: António Costa calls for closer ties between EU and countries of South-East Asia
PARAGUAY: EU and Paraguay plan to step up cooperation
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: European Court of Auditors gives mixed assessment of Next Generation EU’s contribution to improving business environment
MONEY LAUNDERING: FATF removes Burkina Faso, Mozambique, Nigeria and South Africa from its list of countries under increased monitoring
FINANCE/CLIMATE : Better Finance warns of counterproductive consequences of revised sustainable finance regulation
INSURANCE : European Commissioner Maria Albuquerque announces new technical rules for EU prudential framework
INSURANCE: Insurance Europe calls for pause in implementation of Insurance Recovery and Resolution Directive
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE : European ministers divided over 6% target in EU strategy for young farmers
ECB: money supply in euro area rose by 2.8% year-on-year in September
PATENTS: EU Council adopts compulsory licencing regulation
EMPLOYMENT: EU Council definitively approves new operating rules for European works councils
ENERGY: EU Council does not oppose delegated act on ‘low-carbon’ hydrogen
ENVIRONMENT: Coceral calls for postponement of European deforestation regulation
UNITED STATES: European businesses want more stability in transatlantic relations, according to BusinessEurope survey
MEDIA: European Commission makes €13.8 million available for cross-border partnerships
RESEARCH: European Commission strengthens scientific collaboration between African Academy of Sciences and European Research Council
TERRORISM: EU renews sanctions against Daesh and al-Qaeda for another year
TRANSPORT: EU Council adopts agreements with European Parliament on river information services and exemption of zero-emission heavy duty vehicles from tolls