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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13837
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Competitiveness

BusinessEurope issues recommendations to improve European Competitiveness Fund

On Wednesday 25 March, the European employers’ organisation BusinessEurope published its recommendations on the ‘European Competitiveness Fund’ (ECF), welcoming a number of ideas put forward, but also highlighting aspects that are still “unclear” (see EUROPE B13817A2).

“The merging of 14 existing programmes into a single rulebook and a central digital portal offers an opportunity to reduce fragmentation and create a more efficient and strategic funding framework”, says...

Contents

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
MIGRATION: reform of ‘Returns’ Regulation – European Parliament adopts its negotiating mandate, based on ‘Bellamy’ report
HOME AFFAIRS: despite a last-ditch attempt by EPP group, European Parliament rejects extension of ePrivacy Directive derogation 
CORRUPTION: directive on combating corruption in EU definitively adopted by European Parliament
UNITED STATES: despite persistent reservations, European Parliament approves trade agreement with United States
DEVELOPMENT: European Parliament calls for greater transparency and control over EU’s Global Gateway initiative
DIGITAL: MEPs confirm ban on artificial intelligence services that allow people to be ‘denuded’ without their consent
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: following a European citizens’ initiative, European Parliament debates an EU-wide ban on conversion practices
BANKS: European Parliament ratifies Interinstitutional Agreement on ‘CMDI’ package to strengthen management of banking crisis in EU
ENVIRONMENT: directive on wastewater treatment – European Parliament debate on striking balance between environmental protection and access to medicines
ENVIRONMENT: European Parliament ratifies new rules to reduce groundwater and surface water pollution
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: formal European Commission investigation targets Snapchat over inadequate protection of minors online
DIGITAL: four pornographic content platforms subject to formal investigation by European Commission for insufficient protection of minors
CONSUMERS: 30% of online retailers engaged in deceptive commercial practices during the last ‘Black Friday’ and ‘Cyber Monday’
TRANSPORT/INDUSTRY: experts disagree on development of automotive mobility in EU
COMPETITIVENESS: BusinessEurope issues recommendations to improve European Competitiveness Fund
COHESION: Russian and Belarusian borders – Raffaele Fitto reaffirms that Member States themselves have chosen to reallocate social funds to defence
ENVIRONMENT: ECHA supports EU-wide PFAS restriction with derogations
FISHERIES: Europêche warns of risks of further opening up tuna market under agreement with Indonesia
FISHERIES: Oceana calls for in-depth reform of seafood sector by 2040
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
CUSTOMS: European Parliament and EU Council negotiators agree on the reform of the Union Customs Code
EXTERNAL ACTION
WTO: EU Council adopts its conclusions at start of 14th WTO Ministerial Conference
SECURITY - DEFENCE
NATO: Mark Rutte hails European “leadership” in talks on international coalition to secure Strait of Hormuz
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL: social security – EU countries issued slightly more portable documents for postings in 2024, according to European Commission
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: European Institute for Gender Equality publishes guide to fairer pay in Europe
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
RUSSIA: Court of Justice confirms EU sanctions against five Russian and/or Belarusian oligarchs
NEWS BRIEFS
SPACE: Norway and Iceland officially join EU’s GOVSATCOM and Iris2 satellite programmes
SEA: Belgian capital bids to host secretariat of international ocean treaty
MEXICO: MEPs begin preparatory work to validate the EU-Mexico modernised global agreement
NIGERIA: multilateralism, security and migration – EU and Abuja reaffirm their joint commitments
RELIGIONS: Ireland’s Mairead McGuinness appointed EU special envoy for religious freedom
HEALTH: first human case of avian influenza A(H9N2) imported into European Union
TRANSPORT: EASA and EUROCONTROL publish action plan to ensure safe operations during Global Navigation Satellite System interference events