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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13631

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Time off: Labour day

Please note that our offices will be closed on Thursday 1 May. Issue 13632 will be dated 3 May 2025.

Contents

Time off: Labour day
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: investments under 2024 edition of European Defence Fund amount to €910 million
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY/DEFENCE: resumption of discussions in EU Council on ‘SAFE’ instrument of loans for rearmament of Member States
FINANCE: European financial sector decision-makers and institutions agree on need to simplify rules
TAXATION: workers’ after-tax pay increased in most OECD countries in 2024, except for single-parent families
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: EU budget needs new own resources, but Member States are defending their “sovereign right” to levy taxes
EPP: meeting in Valencia, Christian Democrat family openly criticises its pro-European partners
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT: quality traineeships - discussions between Member States stall
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENT: future ‘nature credits’ on voluntary basis could serve as source of additional income for farmers, according to European Commission
RESEARCH: Ursula von der Leyen and Emmanuel Macron want to attract researchers to Europe and France
ENERGY: EU Council experts examine first version of conclusions on energy security
ENERGY: European electricity distribution and transmission system operators launch collaborative DSO/TSO Technopedia platform
ENERGY: approximately fifty energy sector players call on EU and UK to link their respective carbon pricing systems
DIGITAL: two NGOs denounce intensive lobbying by digital giants to water down ambitions of European code of practice on AI models
CONSUMERS: France wants to push EU to adopt a transitional measure to curb problem of e-commerce and dangerous parcels from China
TRANSPORT: EU is lagging behind in adoption of electric vehicles, despite emergence of new, more affordable models
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED KINGDOM: Member States reiterate their expectations for potential new areas of cooperation with United Kingdom
MIDDLE EAST: EU calls for immediate resumption of humanitarian aid to Gaza
CHINA: Beijing lifts sanctions against four MEPs
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: development of national human rights institutions is still uneven, according to European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
MEDIA: European Commission launches three calls for proposals to support independent and pan-European information
EDUCATION - YOUTH - CULTURE - SPORT
EDUCATION: ‘European diploma’ - ahead of EU Council meeting on 12 May, Member States are still facing obstacles
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
RUSSIA: exporting cash from EU to Russia to finance medical treatment is illegal, says Court of Justice
TRADE: Court of Justice refers a case concerning importation into EU of ammonium nitrate from Russia to General Court
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
SERBIA: European Court of Human Rights announces interim measure to ban use of sonic weapons in repression of demonstrations in Serbia
NEWS BRIEFS
CULTURE: animated film “Flow” wins 2025 LUX Audience Award
DEFENCE: design of FACT project complete
ECONOMY: more EU countries activate national escape clause of Stability Pact
KUWAIT: EU “deeply concerned” by new executions
SPORT: EU Member States clarify their position on revision of World Anti-Doping Code