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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13187

25 May 2023
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BEACONS
Beacons: What Is the European Education Area, anyway? (2/2)

On 18 February 2021, the Council of the EU adopted a lengthy resolution (see EUROPE B12662A15) under the Portuguese Presidency, which lost no opportunity to reiterate the Lisbon Strategy and the open method of coordination. The European Parliament merited just a single mention. The new strategic framework for education and training, which took inspiration from previous versions, was to run for the entire decade (2021-2030): the European Education Area (EEA) was merely its first plank. The...

Contents

BEACONS
Beacons: What Is the European Education Area, anyway? (2/2)
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENT: Member States endorse EU Council negotiating mandate over regulation on shipments of waste
ENVIRONMENT: MEPs back revision of Industrial Emissions Directive to reduce pollution
BIODIVERSITY: Nature Restoration Regulation, green light from Member States to move forward on basis of revised compromise from Swedish Presidency of the EU Council
AGRICULTURE: all political groups in European Parliament seem to want to find compromises on issue of sustainable use of pesticides
FISHERIES: European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries also rejects Nature Restoration Law
FISHERIES: MEPs reject proposal on fisheries management measures in Indian Ocean
CLIMATE: in European Parliament Environment Committee, draft report on a carbon certification framework does not meet with unanimity
CLIMATE: more than 130 European and American elected representatives call for withdrawal of Sultan Al-Jaber from COP28 presidency
TRANSPORT: Carlo Secchi, Coordinator of Trans-European Network, laments lack of cross-border projects
TRANSPORT: four Member States want to discuss regulation of private jets
TRANSPORT: EU Council moves forward on EU-wide driving disqualification
MIGRATION: ‘Pact on Migration and Asylum’ – arrivals from Tunisia at heart of Member States’ discussions
JUSTICE: after year marked by war in Ukraine, Eurojust announces that it has increased workload by 14% compared to 2021
COHESION: all EU policies must fight social and territorial disparities and promote cohesion, says CoR
ENERGY: European Commission reaffirms its support to Moldova to facilitate integration of its energy sector into EU energy market
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED STATES: EU-US Trade and Technology Council expected to focus on economic security
TRADE: EU Trade Ministers to discuss relations with US and China
TRADE: European Commission’s future economic security strategy causing concern
WESTERN BALKANS: MEPs call on Albania to meet EU membership criteria by 2030
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: European Commission unveils its retail investment strategy and gives itself three years to consider a ban on advisers’ commissions
ECONOMIC/SOCIAL: European Commission recommends a prudent fiscal policy for 2024
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: EU Member States still fail to agree on Digital Platform Workers Directive
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
MEDIA: political agreement on ‘anti-SLAPP’ directive approved by Member States’ ambassadors to EU
MEDIA: MEPs call for better protection of journalists in EU and worldwide
DEMOCRACY: European Ethics Body will be limited to setting standards, says Věra Jourová
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
COMPETITION: EU General Court rejects Meta’s appeal in Facebook anticompetitive practices investigation
STATE AID: Italian aid measure to airlines contested by Ryanair is annulled by General Court of the Court of Justice of the European Union
NEWS BRIEFS
HOME AFFAIRS: Member States’ discussion about regulation on child sexual abuse material shared online postponed until 31 May
BUDGET: Siegfried Mureșan appointed general rapporteur for EU 2024 budget
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: Member States’ ambassadors support EU ratification of Istanbul Convention
INTERNAL MARKET: Member States approve European Parliament/Council provisional agreement on geographical indications for industrial and craft products
MIDDLE EAST: EU condemns Israeli settler violence
REGIONS: European Committee of the Regions and UNICEF join forces to support integration of Ukrainian children
TRANSPORT: MEPs endorse agreement on deployment of alternative fuel infrastructure
TRANSPORT: MEPs endorse agreement on renewable and low-carbon fuels for maritime transport