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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13745
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Emu

Bulgaria ready “at every level” for its changeover to euro, says Prime Minister Rossen Jeliazkov

Bulgaria, which will adopt the euro on 1 January (see EUROPE B13653A1), hosted a launch conference on Tuesday 4 November attended by representatives of the European Central Bank (ECB), the Bulgarian National Bank, the Eurogroup, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and the European Commission. The Commission outlined the expected benefits of accession, both for Bulgaria and for the international influence of the single currency, while a significant...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: 2040 target – marathon negotiations at the Council of the EU to reach a conclusion before the opening of COP30
MIGRATION: politicisation, friction over ‘Dublin’ – despite drop in flows into EU, Commission walks on eggshells for its first report on solidarity
PATENTS: MEPs call on European Parliament President to refer withdrawal of regulation on Standard Essential Patents to CJEU
ENERGY: ‘REPowerEU’ – Eurogas calls for review of prior authorisation mechanism for non-Russian gas entering EU
EXTERNAL ACTION
WESTERN BALKANS: European Commission advocates a Union of 30 members by 2030, but sidesteps issue of institutional reform
ENLARGEMENT: Ukraine and Moldova have made “significant progress” towards EU membership, but Georgia is moving further away from EU
TURKEY: European Commission notes “deterioration” in democratic standards and judicial independence in Turkey
UNITED STATES: MEPs against reducing tariffs on certain US products without guarantees
ISRAEL: European Commission still has no plans to ban trade with Israeli settlements
LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN: António Costa to represent the European Union alone at the EU-CELAC summit
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EMU: Bulgaria ready “at every level” for its changeover to euro, says Prime Minister Rossen Jeliazkov
TAXATION: Danish Presidency seeks balanced position in EU Council on revision of energy taxation
COMPETITION: European Commission opens investigation to assess acquisition of Anglo American’s nickel activities by Chinese mining giant MMG
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
HOUSING: EU Member States are asked to approve their conclusions on future European plan for affordable housing this week
RULE OF LAW: most of Commission’s recommendations to Member States in 2025 were repetitions of previous years, deplores NGO Liberties
EDUCATION - YOUTH - CULTURE - SPORT
CULTURE/MEDIA: European ministers recognise culture and reliable media as “essential component” of EU democratic defence
NEWS BRIEFS
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Kaja Kallas welcomes one-year extension of mandate for Operation EUFOR Althea
ECONOMY: green light from EU Council for payment to Kyiv of instalment of €1.8 billion under ‘Ukraine Facility’
SPACE: European Commission organises industrial dialogue on implementation of space programme
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