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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13755
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NEWS BRIEFS / Climate

Target 2040 - co-legislators to meet 9 December for what promises to be rapid negotiations

19/11/25 (Agence Europe) – Published on Monday 17 November, the ‘four-column’ document setting out the positions of the Council of the EU and the European Parliament on the greenhouse gas emissions reduction target for 2040 (https://aeur.eu/f/jis) will form the basis for discussions between the co-legislators on 9 December. This first session of inter-institutional negotiations on the revision of the European climate law to introduce the 2040 objective could well be the only...

Contents

SECURITY - DEFENCE - SPACE
DEFENCE/TRANSPORT: European Commission proposing “Military Schengen” to enable troops and equipment to be delivered in less than three days
DEFENCE: European Commission wants to unleash potential of disruptive innovation
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: European Commission pressured to agree to postponement of application of certain essential obligations of AI Act
DIGITAL: European Commission amends GDPR to authorise wider use of personal data
DIGITAL: European Commission wants to consolidate European data ecosystem and harmonise certain cybersecurity rules
DIGITAL: European Commission presents project for ‘commercial digital wallets’ to cut red tape for businesses
CONSUMERS: digital equity, unjustified geo-blocking, sustainable consumption - European Commission unveils its 2030 Agenda to strengthen consumer rights
TRANSPORT: agreement between European Parliament and EU Council concerning European regulation on rail capacity management
MIGRATION: Cyprus will need relocations to manage a potential migration crisis, not just financial aid, warns Nicholas Ioannides
MIGRATION: returns of irregular migrants - Copenhagen still to convince EU countries on mandatory mutual recognition
JUSTICE: Victims’ Rights Directive - Articles 5a and 22 among main points to be resolved with view to European Parliament-EU Council agreement in December
ENVIRONMENT: regulation to combat imported deforestation postponed by a year and additional simplifications... EU Council adopts its negotiating mandate
ENVIRONMENT: EU Council ready to make certain concessions on ‘End-of-Life Vehicles’ regulation, with a view to negotiations with European Parliament
FOOD SAFETY: several EU Member States are calling for pesticide use and availability to be facilitated
AGRICULTURE: MEPs to approve agreement on simplifying CAP on 20 November
FISHERIES: European Commission deplores failure of negotiations on North-East Atlantic mackerel quotas
HEALTH: WHO Europe calls for urgent strengthening of safeguards as AI in healthcare accelerates
REGIONS: new strategy for outermost regions will aim to “reshape strategic partnership” with these territories, stresses Raffaele Fitto
ENERGY: electricity networks - European Commission fine-tuning new approaches to get rid of ‘first come, first served’ principle
ENERGY: European Commission opens registrations for new raw materials mechanism
EXTERNAL ACTION
MERCOSUR: postponement of vote in European Parliament on resolution requesting opinion of CJEU on legality of EU/Mercosur agreement
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: EU Member States to consider ways to step up fight against Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’
AFRICA: European Court of Auditors identifies shortcomings in management of EU projects to combat hunger
MIDDLE EAST: “EU must cut ties with Israel”, in accordance with international law, says Francesca Albanese
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: directive on administrative cooperation is effective, but there is room for improvement, according to European Commission
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL: Member States give tentative green light to revision of European Globalisation Adjustment Fund arrangements
EDUCATION - YOUTH - CULTURE - SPORT
EDUCATION: Erasmus+ Annual Report 2024 confirms success of programme’s objectives
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
DIGITAL: EU General Court confirms Amazon’s designation as a ‘very large online platform’ under ‘DSA’
ENVIRONMENT: EU General Court rules against automatic extension of approvals for active substances in plant protection products
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Commissioner for Human Rights defends European Court of Human Rights, challenged on migration issue
NEWS BRIEFS
AFRICA: Stefano Signore appointed Director for Africa at European Commission
PATENTS: withdrawal of regulation on standard essential patents - European Parliament to vote in plenary on request for CJEU opinion
CHINA: EU launches anti-dumping investigation into Chinese electric robotic lawnmowers
CLIMATE: target 2040 - co-legislators to meet 9 December for what promises to be rapid negotiations
ECONOMY: euro area inflation at 2.1% in October
ENERGY: Bruegel calls for better coordination of capacity mechanisms to make European electricity market more efficient
FINANCE: European supervisory authorities list “essential” IT service providers for EU’s financial sector
HOUSING: Hungary blocks EU Council conclusions on affordable housing
INTERNAL MARKET: European Commission consults on provision of cross-border services in construction sector
SOCIAL: EU27 approve their mandate on revision of directive on carcinogens, mutagens and reprotoxic substances at work