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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13825
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NEWS BRIEFS / Economy

EU Council approves Ireland’s revised multiannual budget programme

10/03/2026 (Agence Europe) – On Tuesday 10 March, the Ecofin Council approved a revision of Ireland’s multiannual budget programme for the period 2026-2030 (see EUROPE 13821/24). “We worked very hard on this plan with a new, medium term approach. A plan that will continue to see us running surpluses, setting money aside into long-term savings funds, and investing more on infrastructure”, said Irish Finance Minister Simon Harris. This programme, the first to be revised due to the formation of a new government, now envisages the following trajectory for annual public spending growth: 6.6% in 2026, 6.0% in 2027, 7.6% in 2028, 6.7% in 2029 and 6.4% in 2030. See the revised multiannual budget programme for Ireland: https://aeur.eu/f/l0h (MB)

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
ENERGY: clean energy investment strategy aims to reduce EU’s dependence on imported fossil fuels
ENERGY: European Commission presents its ‘Citizens Energy Package’
INDUSTRY/ENERGY: European Commission rolls out strategy to help ‘nuclear’ countries produce Small Modular Reactors more quickly
ENERGY: Ursula von der Leyen highlights “strategic error” of reducing share of nuclear power in Europe’s energy mix
DIGITAL: Cyprus Presidency of EU Council includes ban on AI that generates sexual deepfakes in revision of AI Act regulation
DIGITAL: EDRi believes YouTube is abusing personalisation of its interface and contravening European Digital Services Act
DIGITAL: young Europeans are more exposed to radical right-wing political content on social media, according to a study
FOOD SAFETY: European Commission launches an AI tool to fight food fraud
MIGRATION: “political strategy” and “unnatural alliance” - EPP criticised for its report on Returns Regulation, adopted by parliamentary committee
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
HOUSING: tax incentives, flexible rules on short-term rentals, renovation funds - European Parliament adopts its message on housing crisis
INTERNAL MARKET: MEPs call on EU27 to make further efforts to remove persistent barriers to single market
RESEARCH: European Parliament votes to strengthen private participation in EU research and innovation ecosystem
TRANSPORT: European Parliament uses urgent procedure to amend CO2 emission standards for new heavy-duty vehicles
WOMEN'S RIGHTS: Irena Joveva and Mirosława Nykiel warn about impact of women’s unpaid work on pay and pension gaps
BUDGET: Nils Ušakovs defends 2027 budget combining “economic resilience and social cohesion”
JUSTICE: European Parliament approves provisional agreement with EU Council on directive aiming to harmonise several aspects of insolvency law
JUSTICE: European Parliament confirms choice of Andrés Ritter as EU’s next chief prosecutor
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: MEPs want to protect and remunerate copyrighted works used by generative AI
ECB: European Parliament approves appointment of Boris Vujčić as Vice-President of Frankfurt Institute
BANKS: European Parliament approves Frenchman François-Louis Michaud’s appointment to head European Banking Authority
FISHERIES: European Parliament calls for stronger action against invasive marine species
DEVELOPMENT: European Parliament approves European Parliament-EU Council agreement on increasing efficiency of External Action Guarantee
TRANSPARENCY: European Parliament calls for “ambitious” revision of rules on access to documents held by EU institutions
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: ‘MISP’ package - EU countries differ on role of European Securities and Markets Authority
FINANCE: ‘Competitiveness Lab’ - eight volunteer EU countries support creation of securitisation platform
ECONOMY: deadlock persists over EU loan to Ukraine for 2026 and 2027
WAR IN MIDDLE EAST
MIDDLE EAST: differences of opinion in European Parliament on response to Iran crisis
HUMANITARIAN AID: more than 400 tonnes of food already delivered to Lebanon thanks to EU emergency funding
CIVIL PROTECTION: more than 4,400 European citizens repatriated urgently from Middle East, EU-coordinated flights still under way
EXTERNAL ACTION
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: António Costa calls for a multidimensional foreign policy
UNITED STATES: EPP group proposes new clause to break deadlock in negotiations in European Parliament on bilateral trade commitments
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN COUNCIL: initial draft conclusions deplore catastrophic situation in Gaza and sets deadlines for deepening EU’s single market
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Angela Merkel, Volodymyr Zelensky and Lech Wałęsa, first recipients of new European Order of Merit
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: International Women’s Day - Jackie Fox calls on EU to draw inspiration from ‘Coco’s Law’ against cyberbullying
NEWS BRIEFS
ECONOMY: EU Council approves Ireland’s revised multiannual budget programme
ECONOMY: Belgium’s Draft Budgetary Plan for 2026 is “compliant” with commitments made at European level, says Eurogroup
ECONOMY: green light from EU Council for revision of Estonia’s post-Covid-19 recovery plan
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: two Dutch MEPs in European Parliament leave EPP group for ECR group
CSDP: Italy’s Milos Argenton, new EU Force Commander for Operation ASPIDES
CORRIGENDUM
ENERGY: European Court of Auditors audits energy communities in Italy, Netherlands, Poland and Romania