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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13740
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Ekaterina Zaharieva brings together private investors for future Scaleup Europe Fund

28/10/2025 (Agence Europe) – On Tuesday 28 October, the European Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation, Ekaterina Zaharieva, brought together investors and the EIB Group to begin sketching out the future Scaleup Europe Fund, announced in May (see EUROPE 13650/2). The various players taking part in the meeting agreed that the future Fund should focus on growth capital and late-stage investments supporting projects in the fields of artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, semiconductors and biotechnologies. Participants in this session included Novo Holdings (Denmark), EIFO (Danish Investment and Export Fund), CriteriaCaixa (Spain), Santander/Mouro Capital (Spain), Fondazione Compagnia San Paolo/Intesa Sanpaolo/Fondazione Cariplo (Italy), the Dutch pension fund ABP, Wallenberg Investments (Sweden) and the Polish business promotion bank BGK. (LM)

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BEACONS
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SECTORAL POLICIES
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FISHERIES: European ministers agree on 2026 Baltic fishing quotas
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CLIMATE: plans submitted by Parties to Paris Agreement do not enable to meet emission reduction ambitions
ENERGY: Dan Jørgensen stresses importance of fully connected Central and South-East region
INDUSTRY: European Commission launches Critical Chemicals Alliance
MIGRATION: returns - new Danish text yet to offer solutions to issues raised by compulsory mutual recognition of decisions
MIGRATION: ‘safe third countries’ - European Parliament rapporteur encourages EU-level agreements and abolishes suspensive effect of appeals
DIGITAL: data protection: EDPS publishes new guidelines for use of generative AI in European institutions
EXTERNAL ACTION
CAMEROON: re-election of President Biya - EU calls on authorities to guarantee security of all political actors
MERCOSUR : EU due to sign trade agreement with Mercosur on 20 December in Brazil
SECURITY - DEFENCE - SPACE
SPACE: ESA and EU aim to strengthen European resilience through space
SECURITY/DEFENCE: EU condemns balloon attack on Lithuania
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ROMANIA: European Commission urges Bucharest to respect its fiscal commitments for its “credibility” on financial markets
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INSTITUTIONAL
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NEWS BRIEFS
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ENERGY: imminent wave of LNG production capacity set to transform market dynamics, according to IEA
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ENVIRONMENT : EU organisations call for stronger enforcement of pesticide legislation
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