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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13898

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SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT: EU27 back stronger worker mobility rules to combat abuse, but favour simplicity

On Monday 29 June, employment and social affairs ministers from the EU27 addressed the proposals announced by the European Commission on worker mobility, notably including new monitoring measures for cross-border unemployed persons receiving benefits in their country of residence, as it had undertaken to do on 29 April when agreement was reached at the Council of the EU on the revision of the rules coordinating social security schemes (883/2004) (see EUROPE B13859A11).

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Contents

SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT: EU27 back stronger worker mobility rules to combat abuse, but favour simplicity
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: comprehensive approach and tackling low take-up of benefits - EU27 support objectives of EU anti-poverty strategy
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: work and extreme heat - EU27 agree on improving protection measures, but without new binding rules
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: MFF 2028-2034 - EU Council adopts its position on arrangements for Cohesion spending
EXTERNAL ACTION
CHINA: European Union and China set up new platform for economic dialogue
TRADE: Europe remains heavily dependent on a handful of countries for its critical raw material imports, particularly rare earths, according to Eurostat
VENEZUELA: EU releases €5 million to help Venezuelan population
SERBIA: European Commission doesn’t comment on snap elections announced by Aleksandar Vučić, it assesses judicial reform in Serbia
WAR IN MIDDLE EAST
MIDDLE EAST: EU welcomes framework agreement signed between Israel and Lebanon
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: Norbert Lins claims to have “substantially amended” initial proposal on CAP 2028-2034
AGRICULTURE: EU Council gives green light to new rules strengthening farmers’ position in supply chain
ENVIRONMENT: EU Council eases certain rules on industrial emissions
ENVIRONMENT: EU Council formally adopts EU circularity rules covering entire life cycle of vehicles
DIGITAL: EU argues for global agreement on digital taxation, warns Donald Trump it will react “quickly and firmly” to his threats
RESEARCH: EU Council approves reform of Research Fund for Coal and Steel
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: EU Council still fails to unblock anti-discrimination directive
MEDIA: big tech giants and generative AI worsen European media’s financial squeeze, says new report
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: EU Member States adopt conclusions for better protection of girls online
IRISH PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
ENERGY/CLIMATE: networks package, ETS revision - priorities of Irish Presidency for climate and energy action by end-2026
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: support for Ukraine and situation in Middle East, foreign policy priorities of Irish Presidency of EU Council
AGRICULTURE: reform of common agricultural policy and livestock farming are priorities for Irish Presidency of EU Council
FISHERIES: European ministers to debate reform of CFP on 28 and 29 July, under Irish Presidency
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
BANKS: revised European Banking Authority’s SREP Guidelines to apply from January 2027
COMPETITION: rail network - Netherlands taken to task by European Commission over risk of distortion of competition
SECURITY - DEFENCE - SPACE
DEFENCE: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan calls for Türkiye to be integrated into European defence initiatives
NEWS BRIEFS
HOME AFFAIRS: European Union Drugs Agency strengthens partnership with United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
STATE AID: green light for Spanish direct aid scheme for road transport companies
ALBANIA: Greens/EFA delegation in European Parliament travels to Tirana to join protests against luxury hotel complex project in protected area
BURUNDI: EU voices concern at UN over continuing human rights violations
DEMOCRACY: investigation into far-right European party ESN - required threshold of 180 MEP signatures exceeded
JUSTICE: European Public Prosecutor’s Office - Council of EU appoints new prosecutors for France and Malta
DIGITAL: EU Council adopts AI Omnibus package, banning “nudification” applications
CIVIL PROTECTION: EU Council adopts recommendation on preparedness for wildfires
CSDP: EU appoints Felix Andåker as Head of EUPOL COPPS
TUNISIA: European Union deeply concerned by heavy sentence handed down to human rights defender Siham Bensedrine
CORRIGENDUM
ENERGY: Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Slovenia and Sweden are not part of tripartite agreement for energy storage