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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13753
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SECURITY - DEFENCE - SPACE / Space

Successful launch of Sentinel 6B satellite

Sentinel 6B from the Copernicus programme was successfully launched on Monday 17 November at 06.21 CET aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg space base (California, USA), announced the European Space Agency (ESA).

Less than an hour after lift-off, the satellite was placed in orbit 1,336 km above the Earth, higher than other Earth observation satellites.

Sentinel 6B is equipped with a radar altimeter and a radiometer and will provide critical data every ten days on ocean...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: Pillar 1 of MFF 2028-2034, devoted to National and Regional Partnership Plans, sows divisions between EU Member States
BUDGET: EU Council and European Parliament agree on 2026 budget
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: European ministers opposed to proposal on degressivity and capping of aid post-2027
AGRICULTURE: Olivér Várhelyi confirms a package to simplify food legislation
FISHERIES: some 10 European ministers call for rapid reform of Common Fisheries Policy
ENERGY: ‘REPowerEU’ - before second round of European Parliament/EU Council negotiations, main points of disagreement remain ‘unresolved’
CLIMATE: COP30 - Wopke Hoekstra champions carbon pricing and CBAM mechanism to international partners
DIGITAL: Paris and Berlin want to work together on a number of European digital laws
DIGITAL: European Commission could envisage a far-reaching simplification of digital legislative framework, with around fifty texts under consideration
DIGITAL: tech sector urges EU to take concrete action to consolidate its “digital sovereignty”
TRANSPORT: logisticians and hauliers join forces to propose a solution to modal split of rail freight in EU
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: European economy to exceed expectations in 2025 despite uncertainty, notes European Commission
ECONOMY: European Commission outlines options for EU to meet Ukraine’s “substantial” budgetary needs for 2026 and 2027
FINANCE/BANKING/INSURANCE: for Chairpersons of European Supervisory Authorities, competitiveness means simplification, efficiency and collaboration
ECB: digital euro is “designed to avoid any banking disintermediation”, says Piero Cipollone
EXTERNAL ACTION
ALBANIA: Tirana opens final set of negotiating chapters and slowly moves closer to EU membership
UNITED KINGDOM: defence, mobility, trade - EU27 reaffirm need to respect their principles before any new cooperation with London
TURKEY: Turkish government and European Commission call for closer trade ties
MERCOSUR: France still opposed to EU-Mercosur agreement as is, according to French Agriculture Minister, Annie Genevard
CHINA: Belgium concerned about Chinese anti-dumping tariffs on European pork
SECURITY - DEFENCE - SPACE
DEFENCE: Rear Admiral Vasileios Gryparis calls for more resources for EUNAVFOR Aspides operation
SPACE: successful launch of Sentinel 6B satellite
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: EU27 invited to approve sixth revision of directive on carcinogens, mutagens and reprotoxic substances at work
EMPLOYMENT: Danish Presidency of EU Council wants to explore how EU’s ‘Employment’ and ‘Social’ acquis can be optimised to improve competitiveness
EDUCATION - YOUTH - CULTURE - SPORT
EDUCATION: preparations for EYCS Council - EU Member States stumble over resolution of strategic framework for education and training (2026-2030)
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: equal treatment - Danish Presidency of EU Council forced to abandon plans for directive dating back to 2008
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights reiterates need to take these rights into account when digitalising justice
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Council of Europe calls for more effective data collection to protect children from sexual abuse
NEWS BRIEFS
HOME AFFAIRS: EU Council definitively approves new mechanism for suspending ‘visa-free’ regimes enjoyed by 61 third countries
CLIMATE: greenhouse gas emissions from EU economic sectors down by 0.4% in second quarter of 2025
DEMOCRACY: EU Council adopts reform of statute for European political parties and their foundations
GENDER EQUALITY: European Equal Pay Day - Roxana Mînzatu and Hadja Lahbib reaffirm their “ commitment to a Union of Equality”
MIGRATION: solidarity pool under ‘Pact on Migration and Asylum’ - EU27 invited on 18 November to specify their aid commitments for 2026
DIGITAL: EU Council formalises streamlining of GDPR rules for data transfers between countries
RESEARCH: European Commission consults on future Charter of access for industrial users to research and technology infrastructures
DRC: EU welcomes signing of “Framework Agreement for Peace” between Kinshasa and ‘M23’
TRANSPORT: European Commission is allocating more than €600 million to 70 alternative fuels infrastructure projects