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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13864
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NEWS BRIEFS / Africa

France and Kenya to gather African leaders and major corporations at ‘Africa Forward Summit’

Brussels, 07/05/2026 (Agence Europe) – On Monday 11 and Tuesday 12 May, France and Kenya will co-host the ‘Africa Forward Summit: Africa-France Partnerships for Innovation and Growth’, which will focus on economic issues, entrepreneurship and youth. French President Emmanuel Macron and Kenyan President William Ruto will welcome a succession of African heads of state and government, sports and cultural figures, as well as executives from major French corporations. “This event will be particularly actionable, because we’ve shifted our approach; in terms of investment, business promotion and economic partnerships. [...] We have no reason to be ashamed of French corporations being in Africa, that their presence there is firmly established”, an Elysée Palace source told a small group of journalists, including Agence Europe, on Wednesday 6 May. (BD)

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SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: EU Council and European Parliament reach agreement to simplify AI rules and ban ‘digital nudifier’ apps like Grok
DIGITAL: European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) reports a sharp increase in complaints due to use of AI tools
Interview FISHERIES: Costas Kadis backs case-by-case, science-based management of marine protected areas
COHESION: European Committee of Regions sets out its conditions for limiting ‘recentralisation’ of Cohesion Policy in next MFF
TRANSPORT: improving military mobility should also benefit civilian infrastructure, says European Committee of Regions
HEALTH: health risk in EU from Hantavirus is “low”, according to European Commission
CIVIL PROTECTION: Union for Mediterranean adopts 2030 Action Plan on Civil Protection and Disaster Risk Management
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED STATES: European Parliament and EU Council negotiators close in on a compromise on ‘Turnberry’ agreement
JORDAN: EU and Amman strengthen their strategic partnership with financing agreements worth €135 million
ICC: US sanctions against ICC members and Francesca Albanese - Spain calls on European Commission to activate blocking statute
PALESTINE: UN Committee for Palestinian Rights attempts diplomatic offensive in European capitals
SECURITY - DEFENCE - SPACE
DEFENCE: around 30 MEPs call for creation of a genuine Defence Union
SECURITY: European Commission and European Investment Fund at European Parliament hearing on indirect financing of Israeli spyware
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCES: European Central Bank observes a decline in euro area equity market integration since 2022
STATE AID: green light from European Commission for revision of German decarbonisation scheme for companies subject to ‘ETS’ system
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT: MEPs want to make 8 August European Day in Remembrance of Victims of Accidents at Work
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
MIGRATION/SOCIAL: Italian rules on granting citizens’ income discriminate against refugees, rules Court of Justice of European Union
NEWS BRIEFS
AFRICA: France and Kenya to gather African leaders and major corporations at ‘Africa Forward Summit’
ENERGY: EU grants over €1 billion to European hydrogen projects
SPACE: European and Japanese space agencies strengthen their cooperation on planetary defence and Ramses mission
MEXICO: green light from EU Council for signing on 22 May of agreements revising relations between EU and Mexico
DIGITAL: European Commission warns Trump administration that future legislative package on tech sovereignty does not concern it
MIDDLE EAST: some 60 MEPs call on EU to put pressure on Israel to allow journalists free access to Gaza
Op-Ed
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