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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13759
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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / European court of auditors

European Parliament gives green light to Daniel Caspary’s appointment

25/11/2025 (Agence Europe) – Adopting the position of the Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT), on Tuesday 25 November the European Parliament approved the appointment of German Christian Democrat Daniel Caspary as a member of the European Court of Auditors (411 votes in favour, 206 against and 25 abstentions). He will replace his compatriot Klaus-Heiner Lehne, whose term of office expires at the end of February 2026. Elected to the European Parliament since 2004, Mr Caspary has...

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
CHINA: MEPs call on EU to act to reduce dependence on Beijing for strategic raw materials
MERCOSUR: EPP Group in European Parliament abandons urgency procedure for safeguard clause in EU/Mercosur agreement
SUDAN: regional destabilisation, ethnic cleansing, humanitarian access, etc.—MEPs lambaste indifference to conflict in Sudan
FOOD SAFETY: European Parliament and European Commission call for biocontrol products to be made available more quickly
CONSUMERS: European Parliament ready for battle to demand suspension of Shein after sex doll scandal
CONSUMERS: European Parliament approves agreement on Toy Safety Directive
RULE OF LAW: European Parliament deplores deteriorating situation in Hungary over respect for fundamental values of EU
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: European Commission and European Parliament take action to combat cyber-violence in context of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
DEFENCE: European Parliament lends its support to provisionnal agreement on EDIP
PATENTS: European Parliament confirms its request for opinion from Court of Justice of EU on withdrawal of regulation on standard-essential patents
HOME AFFAIRS: fight against smuggling networks - European Parliament approves new tasks for Europol
FINANCE: artificial intelligence in financial sector - European Parliament calls for simplification of EU regulatory framework
EUROPEAN COURT OF AUDITORS: European Parliament gives green light to Daniel Caspary’s appointment
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY/SOCIAL: European Commission aims to boost economic competitiveness through ‘European Semester’ budgetary process
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: majority between EPP, ECR and far-right groups is emerging in European Parliament in support of reports on ‘safe third countries’ and ‘safe countries of origin’
ENVIRONMENT: EU Council and European Parliament reach several preliminary agreements on ‘end-of-life vehicles’ regulation
DIGITAL: EU Council wants to see a pragmatic but targeted revision of Digital Decade Programme
ANIMAL HEALTH: European Parliament-EU Council agreement on stricter rules for dogs and cats
FOOD SAFETY: impact assessment on hazardous pesticides present in products imported into EU
AGRICULTURE: EU farming organisations advocate rapid agreement on new genomic techniques
PLANTS: EU Council must guarantee farmers’ rights to exchange seeds, say 200 European organisations
COHESION: territorial cohesion must be placed at heart of 2028-2034 MFF competitiveness policies, according to CPMR
ENERGY: for Ursula von der Leyen, United States is “indispensable and trustworthy supplier” of energy
INSTITUTIONAL
TRANSPARENCY: European Parliament’s working group to investigate NGO funding has been launched and will have six months to submit a report
EXTERNAL ACTION
AFRICA: in Luanda, EU and African Union agree on a long-term strategic partnership
SECURITY - DEFENCE - SPACE
SPACE: ESA ministerial meeting focuses on three-year budget
DEFENCE/TRANSPORT: MEPs agree on ‘military Schengen’ to align with European Commission’s proposal on military mobility
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
CITIZENSHIP: Member States have obligation to recognise same-sex marriages lawfully concluded in another EU country, rules Court of Justice
NEWS BRIEFS
AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN: EU and Pakistan in favour of resolving tensions through dialogue before renewed attacks
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: European trade unions call on EU to take action for quality jobs and binding measures against violence at work
EDUCATION: Erasmus + (2028-2034) - European universities call for more resources and budget clarity
ENERGY: European Commission launches consultation on Czech electricity market reforms
ENVIRONMENT: some hundred organisations call on European Commission not to reopen Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation
FINANCE: 41% of Europeans do not contribute to supplementary pension schemes
INDONESIA: EU appeals against WTO report requiring review of European countervailing duty on specific Indonesian steel products
ISRAEL: European Commission registers a European Citizens’ Initiative on Association Agreement
UKRAINE: European Foreign Ministers to hold videoconference on Wednesday to discuss peace negotiations in progress
Op-Ed
OP-ED: Europe’s Future in Space: Stronger Together - by Andrius Kubilius and Josef Aschbacher