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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13785
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NEWS BRIEFS / Honduras

EU opposes outgoing President’s decree ordering recount of presidential election

Brussels, 13/01/2026 (Agence Europe) – On Tuesday 13 January, the spokesperson for the European External Action Service (EEAS) expressed the European Union’s “concern” following the adoption by the outgoing president of Honduras, Xiomara Castro, of a decree ordering a recount of the November 2025 presidential election, in which businessman Nasry Asfura was declared the winner with less than a 1% lead over Salvador Nasralla (see EUROPE B13780A19), who denounced the result as...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: ahead of their upcoming summit, EU and India clarify their cooperation agreement on legal migration
DIGITAL: Cyprus Presidency of EU Council opens delicate debate between Member States on revision of GDPR
COMPETITIVENESS: critical raw materials - European Commission yet to have EU27’s approval to negotiate a new agreement with Washington
COMPETITIVENESS: European Critical Chemicals Alliance holds its first General Assembly in Netherlands
COMPETITIVENESS: European Competitiveness Fund and research in next MFF 2028-2034 - BusinessEurope publishes its ‘red lines’
AGRICULTURE: EU farmers to continue mobilising in Strasbourg on 20 January
FISHERIES: new European digital certification system to tackle illegal fishing
ENVIRONMENT: new EU rules against PFAS in drinking water
CLIMATE/ENERGY: adapting Europe’s energy system to climate change could cost up to €100 billion, according to EEA
RESEARCH: startup executives find European Union too fragmented, bureaucratic and risk-averse, according to EIB study
TRANSPORT: airlines at odds with MEPs over revision of air passenger rights
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF THE EU: European Union must equip itself with a “package of deterrent measures” to deal with any type of external aggression, believes Valérie Hayer
EXTERNAL ACTION
ARCTIC: discussions are underway between Allies on “which measures could make sense” to protect entire Arctic region, says Boris Pistorius
MIDDLE EAST: European Left Alliance launches a citizens’ initiative to suspend trade between EU and Israel
TRADE/CLIMATE: temporary exclusion of fertilisers from CBAM must still be approved by EU’s co-legislators
CHINA/INDIA: EU definitively adopts anti-dumping duty on Chinese and Indian barium carbonate
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Secretary General of Council of Europe to participate in Davos Economic Forum
NEWS BRIEFS
ECB: several heads of major central banks “stand in full solidarity” with their US counterpart, Jerome H. Powell
HONDURAS: EU opposes outgoing President’s decree ordering recount of presidential election
JUSTICE: European Public Prosecutor’s Office has frozen €254,000 worth of assets during investigation targeting four farmers in Sicily for fraudulent grazing activities
RUSSIA: Sweden and Finland call for tougher EU sanctions against Moscow