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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13914

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SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL: ‘AI’ at work, access to employment, inequalities - Commission targets new areas for action before tenth anniversary of European Pillar of Social Rights

A future instrument - legislative or otherwise - on activating people removed from the labour market, focused in particular on women, a High-Level Experts Group on AI’s impact on the labour market in the medium and long term and the confirmation of a European deal on long-term care in 2027: these were the initiatives presented on Wednesday 22 July by Vice-President Roxana Mînzatu in the context of the ‘Action Plan on the European Pillar of Social Rights’, intended to assess the nine...

Contents

SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL: ‘AI’ at work, access to employment, inequalities - Commission targets new areas for action before tenth anniversary of European Pillar of Social Rights
SOCIAL: directive on carcinogens, mutagens, and reprotoxic substances - Member States give green light to agreement reached with European Parliament
EXTERNAL ACTION
ISRAEL: no agreement among EU Member State ambassadors on decision to ban products from settlements
OMAN: EU to open delegation in Muscat
KOSOVO: EU believes decision to accept resignations of Kosovo Serb judges and prosecutors “appears incompatible with the law”
UNITED STATES: BusinessEurope and U.S. Chamber of Commerce call for “broadly aligned” transatlantic policy towards China
TRADE: Washington threatens to impose 100% tariffs on generic medicines in 2028 and announces new surcharges
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: MFF 2028-2034 - Irish Presidency of EU Council plans final bilateral talks with Member States before summer break
BUDGET: MFF 2028-2034 - Kyriakos Pierrakakis’ idea of own resource from auctions of telecoms spectrum is far from achieving consensus
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: European Commission appoints three new heads of representation, three principal legal advisers and one director
SECTORAL POLICIES
COMPETITIVENESS: European Commission publishes practical guidance to help authorities not only reward lowest price under Net-Zero Industry Act
RESEARCH: Member States discuss ways to facilitate circulation of scientific innovation in EU
DIGITAL: Microsoft and Mistral announce partnership to strengthen cloud capacity in Europe and integrate Mistral’s AI models into Microsoft
DIGITAL: France becomes first EU country to ban under-15s from accessing social media
FOOD SAFETY: EFSA lowers safe exposure threshold for trifluoroacetic acid by 3.5 times
AGRICULTURE: amendments to Norbert Lins’s draft report highlight political divides over direct payments
PLANTS: European project BeXyl unveils new tools to combat Xylella fastidiosa
FISHERIES: European Commission removes redundant measures in a protected area of Baltic Sea
TRANSPORT/CLIMATE: revision of ETS - aviation sector highly critical and maritime industry divided over extension of scope
HOME AFFAIRS: EU–US talks on visa exemption - civil society concerned about “serious interference” in protection of personal data
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: deficit at -3.1% of GDP and public debt at 88.9% of GDP in euro area in first quarter of 2026
FINANCE: financial supervision - ESMA notes progress in supervision of cross-border investment services in six EU countries
SECURITY - DEFENCE - SPACE
SPACE: Poland joins IRIS² programme
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: to combat age-related discrimination, European Parliament study supports introduction of European senior citizen card
WAR IN MIDDLE EAST
ENERGY: IEA director concerned about renewed escalation of conflict in Middle East for global oil supply
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: new Hungarian wine protected by an EU designation of origin
ECB: Boris Kisselevsky appointed head of Frankfurt institute’s Secretariat
ECONOMY: EU Council approves UK participation in EU loan to Ukraine for 2026 and 2027
ECONOMY: EU Council invited to adopt revision of post-Covid-19 recovery plans of six Member States
ENERGY: ‘methane’ regulation - NGO CAN Europe concerned about “giving free pass to gas imports” following Commission recommendations
FINANCE: EU Council nominates Carlo Comporti as ESMA president
FINANCE: ESMA calls for preparations for move to ‘T+1’ settlement cycle in EU
JUSTICE: European Public Prosecutor’s Office obtains conviction of ten defendants in €100 million VAT fraud case
JUSTICE: European Public Prosecutor’s Office seizes €20 million in investigation into suspected Recovery and Resilience Facility fraud
MIGRATION: Commission refuses to register ‘Save Europe Act’ European citizens’ initiative for breach of non-discrimination principle
DIGITAL: participation of Russia - European Commission confirms decision to end €2 million grant awarded to Biennale
DIGITAL: European Commission registers European citizens’ initiative ‘Stop Killing The Internet: No Digital ID & No Age Verification’
CSDP: Gail Van Hoever’s term as head of EUAM RCA mission extended until 7 November 2026
RUSSIA: still no agreement among EU Member States on 21st package of sanctions
SECURITY: European Commission sets up Security College Secretariat within its Secretariat-General, headed by Ilkka Salmi
MARITIME SECURITY: operation EUNAVFORMED Irini boards ship suspected of being part of Russian ‘shadow fleet’