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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13836
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NEWS BRIEFS / Development

EU ambassadors approve European Parliament/EU Council agreement on reform of external action budget guarantee

Brussels, 25/03/2026 (Agence Europe) – On Wednesday 25 March, the ambassadors of the Member States to the European Union (Coreper) approved the agreement reached on 26 January between the European Parliament and the Council of the EU on increasing the effectiveness of the external action guarantee (see EUROPE B13825A22). Last May, the European Commission proposed increasing the effectiveness and scope of this ‘European Fund for Sustainable Development Plus’ (EFSD+) budget guarantee,...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
COHESION: European Union to redirect €34.6 billion in funding to meet new strategic priorities
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
ENERGY: MEPs call for more independence in face of rising energy prices
Russian invasion of Ukraine
JUSTICE: European Commission presents proposal to make EU founding member of Special Tribunal for Crime of Aggression against Ukraine
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: European Commission unveils ‘AGILE’ Fund designed to integrate disruptive technologies into military sector
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: reform of organisation and Middle East conflict central to discussions between European ministers at 14th WTO Ministerial Conference
SECTORAL POLICIES
CIVIL PROTECTION: after devastating fires of summer 2025, European Commission is launching a new Wildfire Risk Management strategy
JUSTICE: Ewa Kopacz calls for children’s rights to be integrated into all European policies
INTERNAL MARKET: 60% of barriers to EU’s single market in services identified in 2002 still existed in 2023, laments report by European Court of Auditors
FISHERIES: European ministers to discuss challenges facing small-scale fishing on Monday 30 March
AGRICULTURE: Belgium and other countries warn of milk crisis and call for European response
AGRICULTURE: World Bank publishes recommendations to strengthen agricultural risk management in EU
COMPETITIVENESS: following new global data, EUROFER urges EU legislators to agree on steel protection clause
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
CUSTOMS: French city of Lille to host future European Union Customs Authority in 2028
EUROGROUP: EU countries will take stock of macroeconomic impact of war in Middle East and budgetary measures taken to deal with it
ECB: Frankfurt institute seeks to anticipate pass-through of energy shock to inflation
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL: Estelle Ceulemans calls for mandatory assessment of psychosocial risks in workplace by employers under ‘Quality Jobs’
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: implementation of judgments of European Court of Human Rights progresses, but faces “challenges”
NEWS BRIEFS
DEFENCE: European Parliament and Council of EU continue negotiations on intra-EU transfers of defence-related products
DEVELOPMENT: EU ambassadors approve European Parliament/EU Council agreement on reform of external action budget guarantee
ECONOMY: EU countries give green light to revision of Italy’s post-Covid-19 recovery plan
ECONOMY/DEFENCE: ‘SAFE’ instrument - European Commission gives green light to French and Czech investment plans
FINANCES: EU ambassadors approve extension of EIOPA Chairperson’s mandate
INTERNAL MARKET: Europe’s lottery sector redistributed a record €29.4 billion in 2024, according to new report
MIGRATION: first-time asylum applications in European Union fell by 27% in 2025
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Lukas Sieper, MEP from Party of Progress, joins Renew Europe group in European Parliament
RESEARCH: European Commission allocates €617.18 million to doctoral programmes designed to strengthen Europe’s talent pool
TRANSPORT: European Commission registers a European Citizens’ Initiative on accessible and sustainable transport