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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13930

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INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: 2028-2034 MFF - Irish Presidency of EU Council seeks to cut to chase in budget negotiations at General Affairs Council

“I am absolutely convinced that we can manage to conclude an agreement by the end of the year, because it is necessary”, stated Thomas Byrne, Ireland’s Minister of State for European Affairs, on Thursday 3 September in Dublin, ahead of a General Affairs Council (GAC) devoted to the 2028-2034 European budgetary framework (see EUROPE B13929A19). That next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) was thus discussed for the first time on Thursday afternoon by the 27 ministers responsible...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: 2028-2034 MFF - Irish Presidency of EU Council seeks to cut to chase in budget negotiations at General Affairs Council
BUDGET: MFF 2028-2034 - a new EU own resource on online gambling would offer “several advantages”, according to an ECIPE study
EXTERNAL ACTION
ENLARGEMENT: European affairs ministers to debate future “safeguard clauses” to protect Rule of law in new member countries
TRADE: MEPs concerned about respect for human rights in trade agreements with Philippines and United Arab Emirates
CÔTE D’IVOIRE: MEPs call for sustainability safeguards in negotiations with EU on investment facilitation
UN: EU reaffirms dedication to UN’s multilateral system
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: EU will struggle to fully improve defence preparedness by 2030, warns European Court of Auditors
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: five Member States meet in Copenhagen to make non-EU ‘return hubs’ reality – Rwanda and Uganda under consideration
COMPETITIVENESS: industrial acceleration - EU urged to increase value of manufacturing sector by 30% by 2035, according to latest Irish compromise
COMPETITIVENESS: PfE group in European Parliament wants to ask European Commission to clarify choice of legal basis for draft ‘28th regime’
DIGITAL: several MEPs urge European Commission to obtain same guarantees from Meta as in US
DIGITAL: France and Netherlands want to strengthen European capabilities in AI, cloud, and quantum
DIGITAL: RSF urges European Commission to investigate chatbots relaying Russian media sanctioned by EU
FOOD SAFETY: duration of pesticide authorisations at heart of disagreements in European Parliament
FOOD SAFETY: Brazil, pesticides and poultry to be covered by EU health audits in 2027
AGRICULTURE: MEPs propose cattle be excluded from text on industrial emissions
ENVIRONMENT: national nature restoration plans “not set in stone”, according to Éric Mamer
HEALTH: in face of lack of treatments for paediatric cancers, researchers and associations call on European Union to act
HEALTH: Liesbet Lagae calls on European Union to invest in biological data production to speed up AI-driven medicines discovery
CLIMATE: “We cannot regard carbon capture and storage as get out of jail free card,” say authors of UNEP report
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPETITION: European Commission updates its guidelines on detecting abusive exclusionary practices by dominant companies
ECB: nature of current energy shock calls for “measured” monetary response, say two Frankfurt institute economists
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Court of Justice makes clear that existence of control over a company by a person subject to EU sanctions must be substantiated objectively
CLIMATE: EU Court dismisses action by two NGOs on incompatibility of EU 2030 climate targets with environmental law
NEWS BRIEFS
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU grants additional €510,000 to Nepal after floods
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU invests €10 million in strengthening socioeconomic stability in Afghanistan
HOME AFFAIRS: Europol and European Labour Authority sign agreement to better combat labour exploitation and trafficking in human beings
ARMENIA: European Parliament Committee on International Trade approves temporary measures to liberalise Armenian exports to EU
TRADE: International Trade Centre reports number of extraordinary trade measures increased this summer and mainly concerns imports
JUSTICE: European Public Prosecutor’s Office obtains five convictions in France for €275,800 fraud involving European funds
MONTENEGRO: EU Council seeks additional resources with a view to Podgorica’s accession
MIGRATION: Pedro Sánchez calls for permanent presence of Frontex in Ceuta
RESEARCH: Horizon Europe programme—421 ‘Starting Grant’ winners announced for 2026
SERBIA: European Green Party urges EPP to break with SNS party after announcing tribute to Ratko Mladić
HEALTH: European Commission launches consultation on HealthData@EU operating rules
TRANSPORT: real emissions from plug-in hybrid vehicles were significantly higher than type-approval values in 2021 and 2023, according to ICCT