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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13579

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SECURITY - DEFENCE
NATO: “President Trump will not allow anyone to turn Uncle Sam into Uncle Sucker”, warns Pete Hegseth

On Thursday 13 February, at the end of the NATO ministerial meeting in Brussels, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth warned that “President Trump will not allow anyone to turn Uncle Sam into Uncle Sucker”.

Mr Hegseth once again urged the Allies to spend more on defence, declaring that “we must make NATO great again” (see EUROPE B13578A11). Reiterating his country’s support for the Atlantic Alliance, Mr Hegseth acknowledged on his arrival that the world was “a safer - a freer...

Contents

SECURITY - DEFENCE
NATO: “President Trump will not allow anyone to turn Uncle Sam into Uncle Sucker”, warns Pete Hegseth
EXTERNAL ACTION
MIDDLE EAST: Roberta Metsola in Israel and Palestine for talks with authorities
SYRIA: EU working towards “rapid lifting of sectoral economic sanctions”, according to Jean-Noël Barrot
Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE: European leaders reiterate that peace negotiations must involve Ukraine and Europeans
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: in its ‘vision’, scheduled for 19 February, European Commission will be insisting on reciprocity of standards
ENVIRONMENT: ECR group in European Parliament calls for committee of inquiry into European Commission’s funding of green NGOs
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: European recyclers’ lobby EuRIC calls for extension of deadlines for compliance with ‘waste shipment’ regulation
ENERGY: fourteen European employers’ organisations form alliance to promote “nuclear ecosystem” in Europe
ENERGY: ACER decides not to introduce long-term transmission rights between Netherlands and Norway
TRANSPORT: T&E and European shipping and aviation industries call for urgent action to accelerate production of clean fuels
DIGITAL: Code of Practice on Disinformation becomes an integral part of European Digital Services Act
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
DRC: European Parliament calls for EU sanctions against Rwanda
MERCOSUR: debate continues in European Parliament with view to finding majority for or against EU-Mercosur trade agreement
NICARAGUA: MEPs call on EU to impose sanctions on President Ortega and his wife
TURKEY: European Parliament adopts a resolution condemning dismissal and arrest of several mayors
GEORGIA: European Parliament considers current authorities to be illegitimate
MEDIA: European Parliament reaffirms its commitment to press freedom during Ján Kuciak and Martina Kušnírová tribute
JUSTICE: recognition of parenthood - Glenn Micallef points out that EU does not interfere in national legislation, but guarantees rights of everyone
YOUTH: MEPs call for swift action to tackle mental health crisis
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EUROGROUP: euro area enlargement, transatlantic relations and budgetary policy on agenda of euro area countries
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: AGE Platform Europe concerned about removal of Equal Treatment Directive from European Commission’s work programme
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
CONSUMERS: consumer credit, Court of Justice of EU interprets concept of a creditor’s duty to provide information
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
MOLDOVA: Council of Europe launches its fourth Action Plan for Moldova in Chisinau
NEWS BRIEFS
CULTURE: 2025 edition of Berlinale opens with fourteen films supported by European Union
ECONOMY: Hungary’s multiannual budget programme to be adopted shortly
EDUCATION: ‘Juvenes Translatores’ - European Commission has announced winners of its 18th translation competition
ENERGY: European Commission evasive on inclusion of some form of gas price capping in future action plan
PACIFIC: EIB Global and EU grant €2.5 million for a feasibility study on construction of a multipurpose seaport in Kiribati
TRANSPORT/INDUSTRY: automobiles—Roxana Mînzatu hosts working group on skills and social considerations
YEMEN: EU condemns arbitrary detentions by Houthi rebels after death of a UN aid worker