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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13817
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NEWS BRIEFS / Consumers

EU27 call on Commission to strengthen consumer protection against misleading online practices

26/02/2026 (Agence Europe) – As expected, the Ministers of the EU27, meeting on Thursday 26 February at the Competitiveness Council, approved the conclusions on the 2030 Agenda for consumers (see EUROPE B13813A12). They are calling for greater protection for European consumers, particularly in the online environment. The conclusions include several references to “changes in consumption patterns linked to the rise of digital technology” and “misleading and aggressive techniques,...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
COMPETITIVENESS: automotive, chemicals, steel and metals – EU27 Ministers focus their attacks on ETS and Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
COMPETITIVENESS: Energy costs, raw materials, ‘28th regime’ and simplification – EU27 reiterate their remedies for boosting EU’s competitiveness
COMPETITIVENESS: Pending ‘Industrial Accelerator Act’, EU27 competitiveness ministers reiterate their red lines
COHESION: European Ministers advocate simplification and flexibility for cohesion policy in next 2028-2034 period
HOME AFFAIRS: European Commission establishes new programme to prevent and counter terrorist threats
HOME AFFAIRS: Commission wants to provide EU with uniform legal framework concerning illegal possession of firearms
HOME AFFAIRS: several areas of agreement reached during interinstitutional negotiations on ‘CSAM’ regulation, with third meeting planned for 11 May
HEALTH: Cyprus proposes creation of European Centre of Clinical Excellence for Pharmaceuticals
AGRICULTURE : Court of Auditors say potential of European tool for using innovation in agriculture has not been fully exploited
ENERGY: European Commission states “no immediate risks” to security of supply from Druzhba pipeline
ENERGY: several Member States request inclusion of low-carbon hydrogen in industrial objectives of Renewable Energy Directive
ENERGY: WindEurope warns against changes to ETS and organisation of electricity market
JUSTICE: Bulgarian European Prosecutor found guilty of serious misconduct – her dismissal not ruled out, according to European Public Prosecutor’s Office
TOURISM: European Commission to bring together sector stakeholders to help draft future European strategy for sustainable tourism
DIGITAL: seven NGOs call for Aura Salla to resign as European Parliament rapporteur on digital ‘omnibus’
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: ‘My Voice, My Choice’ – European Commission recognises that objective of initiative can be pursued, without proposing new text
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: two organisations denounce exclusion of disabled migrants in ‘EU Asylum and Migration Pact’
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: European Globalisation Adjustment Fund – EU co-legislators extend support measures for employees facing redundancy
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: MEPs question Christine Lagarde on direction of monetary policy in euro area
EXTERNAL ACTION
Interview ACP: ratification of Samoa Agreement – “We are taking this very seriously“, says OACPS Secretary-General Moussa Saleh Batraki
MERCOSUR: Latvia and Hungary express their reservations about safeguard clause in EU/Mercosur agreement
ANGOLA: EU and Angola hold their seventh “Joint Way Forward” ministerial meeting
SYRIA: Kurds call on EU to monitor implementation of ceasefire agreement
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU announces €63 million in aid for Somalia
SECURITY - DEFENCE - SPACE
SPACE: Andrius Kubilius promises ‘Space Shield’ will bring added value to European defence
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
HUNGARY: CJEU rules Budapest infringed European right to media freedom by refusing to renew commercial radio station’s contract
ENVIRONMENT: Court of Justice of EU specifies conditions with which a road project must comply in order to ensure protection of wild birds
NEWS BRIEFS
CHINA: European Commission extends definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of steel road wheels from China
CONSUMERS: EU27 call on Commission to strengthen consumer protection against misleading online practices
GENDER EQUALITY: in its updated survey, European Institute for Gender Equality confirms gap in distribution of unpaid care work
TRANSPORT: EU Council adopts agreement with European Parliament on method for calculating greenhouse gas emissions