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NEWS BRIEFS / Women’s rights

Kaja Kallas, Roxana Mînzatu and Hadja Lahbib reaffirm EU’s commitment against female genital mutilation

06/02/2026 (Agence Europe) – To mark the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation on Friday 6 February, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas, Commission Executive Vice-President Roxana Mînzatu and Commissioner Hadja Lahbib reaffirmed, in a statement issued the day before, the European Union’s commitment to eradicating these practices, which they described as a “grave violation of human rights” and a “tool of control and oppression”....

Contents

Russian invasion of Ukraine
RUSSIA: European Commission proposes its twentieth set of sanctions, covering energy, finance and trade
HEALTH: WHO launches appeal for donations to protect healthcare in Ukraine
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: European Commission asks TikTok to change its “addictive” design
ENVIRONMENT: climate and water resilience are essential for Europe’s future, says Maria Panayiotou
CLIMATE: EU seeks to boost its effectiveness in international climate negotiations
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: Jessika Roswall to present circular economy regulation “later this year”
HOME AFFAIRS: MEP Birgit Sippel proposing to extend derogation from ePrivacy Directive until April 2027, one year less than Commission
COMPETITIVENESS: BusinessEurope calls on European leaders to turn intentions into action so that EU can fully exploit single market’s potential
COMPETITIVENESS: ahead of informal EU27 retreat on 12 February, Europe’s SME envoys call for concrete measures to reduce regulatory burdens
ENERGY: electricity demand in EU could increase by around 2% a year until 2030, according to IEA
FOOD SAFETY: European Parliament’s AGRI and ENVI Committees involved in examining simplification package
RESEARCH: European Union opens discussions with India on its association with Horizon Europe programme
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
HOUSING: caution on short-term rentals, support for student housing, squats - European Parliament committee to approve its message to Commission on 9 February
MEDIA/DIGITAL: European Commission publishes guidelines on application of Article 18 of Media Freedom Act
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: ILGA-Europe raises issue of health discrimination against LGBTQI people in Europe
EXTERNAL ACTION
TÜRKIYE: “we need to look with fresh eyes at EU-Türkiye relations”, says Marta Kos
UNITED STATES: in European Parliament, resuming negotiations on EU–US trade agreement remains difficult
HUMANITARIAN AID: European Commission allocates over €123 million for Latin America and Caribbean
ARMENIA: EU welcomes Armenia’s increasing convergence with EU CFSP positions
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: MEPs call for framework for performance-related funding and oppose its generalisation in next multiannual budget
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: Marta Kos, Andrius Kubilius and Raffaele Fitto followed “a politically balanced programme” in Slovenia, according to European Commission
TRANSPARENCY: European Commission should have made public positions taken by Member States within ‘Scopaff’ committee, says EU Court of Justice
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: annual report of monetary institute - Renew Europe and Greens/EFA groups in European Parliament take action on digital euro
MONEY LAUNDERING: AMLA defines its strategic priorities for period 2026-2028
FINANCE/CLIMATE: ShareAction urges EU co-legislators to tighten ‘SFDR’ regulation on sustainable finance
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Norway asks Council of Europe to waive immunity of former Secretary General, Thorbjørn Jagland, implicated in Epstein files
NEWS BRIEFS
HUMANITARIAN AID: two humanitarian operations carried out in Yemen and Burundi using airlifts
CHINA: European Commission approves anti-dumping duty on Chinese imports of certain preparations or preserves of sweetcorn
CHINA: European Commission imposes a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of Chinese ceramic tableware and kitchenware
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: Kaja Kallas, Roxana Mînzatu and Hadja Lahbib reaffirm EU’s commitment against female genital mutilation
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: EU Member States give green light to measure aimed at boosting recycling of plastics using chemical processes
ENERGY: ACER amends methodologies for automatic price adjustment under rare electricity market conditions
FINANCE: technical details of active account obligation under EMIR published in Official Journal of the EU
JORDAN: first EU-Jordan Security and Defence Dialogue
PERU: EU to observe Peruvian legislative and presidential elections on 12 April
SOCIAL: European Commission proposing to mobilise almost €4 million to support workers made redundant in Belgium and Austria
SUDAN: Hadja Lahbib denounces new attack by Rapid Support Forces on hospital in Kadugli