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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13118

10 February 2023
Contents Publication in full By article 1 / 26
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL
MIGRATION: EU funding for anti-migrant ‘walls’, EU leaders opt for vague language to satisfy everyone
Brussels, 09/02/2023 (Agence Europe)

After a lengthy discussion, EU leaders adopted conclusions on migration during the night of Thursday 9 to Friday 10 February, reflecting the demand of some Member States to protect their external borders and to have new EU funds for this purpose, but also the demand of countries to avoid any direct EU funding of ‘anti-migrant’ fences.

They also discussed Italy’s concerns at its maritime borders and the activities of NGOs operating at sea to rescue migrants. The conclusions on the...

Contents

SPECIAL MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL
MIGRATION: EU funding for anti-migrant ‘walls’, EU leaders opt for vague language to satisfy everyone
ECONOMY: ‘Green Deal Industrial Plan’, EU27 want to mobilise existing funds before talking about sovereignty fund
UKRAINE: President Zelensky calls for more weapons and sanctions against Russia
TURKEY/SYRIA: EU leaders stand in solidarity with earthquake-stricken people of Turkey and Syria and are ready to increase their aid
SERBIA/KOSOVO: European Council calls for urgent progress in normalising relations
Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE: Ukraine’s place is in EU, Zelensky tells won over MEPs
EXTERNAL ACTION
CIVIL PROTECTION/HUMANITARIAN AID: visiting Turkey, Janez Lenarčič pledges continued EU support to both Turkey and Syria
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: four third countries should be added to European list of non-cooperative jurisdictions
COMPANIES: due diligence, European Parliament Committee on Environment wants to oblige company directors to have a credible transition plan
FINANCE: Christian Lindner and Magnus Brunner oppose ban on commissions
FINANCE: ESMA warns of high risks in a context of fragile markets
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: MEPs give green light to five provisional agreements in “Fit for 55” package, including ETS and CBAM
AGRICULTURE: differences in European Parliament on competences for carbon removals certification
DIGITAL: European Digital Identity Wallet, ‘Jerković’ report adopted by European Parliament committee
DIGITAL: Pilar del Castillo Vera’s report on ‘Data Act’ adopted in European Parliament committee
REGIONS: regions - an asset to convince European Commission of its priorities
RESEARCH: ERC delivers preliminary analysis of its 2023 call designed to support European researchers’ careers
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: fight against corruption – political group leaders endorse Roberta Metsola’s plan to reform European Parliament’s rules
BUDGET: MEPs want to improve proposal on EU’s financial Regulation
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL/CLIMATE: European Parliament’s ‘Environment’ and ‘Employment and Social Affairs’ committees in turn approve agreement reached on Social Climate Fund
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
DEMOCRACY: European Transparency Centre to shed light on platforms’ commitments to fight disinformation
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
CONSUMERS: EU Court of Justice clarifies consumer’s right to discounts for early repayment of a mortgage loan
NEWS BRIEFS
ECONOMY: InvestEU—European Commission and EBRD reach €60 million agreement on advisory support for investment projects
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Marian-Jean Marinescu elected third vice-chair of ‘Environment’ committee
HEALTH: European Committee of Regions supports a European Health Space guaranteeing citizens’ right to privacy and data
TRANSPORT: eight major players in automotive and logistics industry call on EU to accelerate deployment of alternative fuel infrastructure