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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12973

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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EUROZONE: next Managing Director of ESM still not known
EURO AREA: Eurogroup recommends Croatia join euro area
GREECE: close budgetary surveillance of Athens to end in August
COMPANIES: European Parliament/EU Council negotiations on the ‘Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive’ may be drawing to a close
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EDUCATION
EMPLOYMENT/SOCIAL: Social Imbalance Procedure in European Semester, EU Member States ask for more time to study its feasibility
EMPLOYMENT/SOCIAL: next Czech Presidency of EU Council wants an agreement on Digital Platform Workers Directive by end of 2022
EMPLOYMENT/SOCIAL: EU Member States welcome a “historic agreement” on adequate minimum wages
SOCIAL: coordination of social security schemes, French Presidency of EU Council hands on file to Czech Republic without any progress
EDUCATION: EU Council recommends that Member States make education and training for ecological transition a priority
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: European Commission launches Code of Practice to combat online disinformation
DIGITAL: MEPs approve interinstitutional agreement on DSA
CONSUMERS: MEPs adopt ‘Charanzová’ report on general product safety in digital age
TRANSPORT: MEPs take stock of key challenges to make long-distance and cross-border rail transport attractive
CLIMATE: new carbon market, French Presidency of EU Council remains close to European Commission’s initial proposal
ENERGY: revisions of RED II' directive, French Presidency of EU Council proposes measures on sustainability of biofuels
INTERNAL MARKET: European Commission wants to preserve integrity of European standardisation system
EXTERNAL ACTION
WTO: consensus on horizon in Geneva on fisheries, health and e-commerce
WESTERN BALKANS: European Council wants progressive integration already during enlargement process
SECURITY - DEFENCE
NATO: Stoltenberg says Madrid Summit will transform Alliance
Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE: France, Germany, Italy, and Romania support granting Kyiv EU candidate status
UKRAINE: European Economic and Social Committee urges Member States to grant Ukraine candidate status for EU membership
UKRAINE: EU leaders could ask EU to release additional funds under European Peace Facility
FOOD SECURITY: EU leaders should call on EU to redouble its efforts to support local production in developing countries
CRIMEA: Council of Europe condemns Russia’s human rights violations
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
ENERGY: Court finds that Belgium’s request for an Opinion on compatibility with EU law of modernised ‘Energy Charter Treaty’ is premature
SOCIAL: adjusting level of family allowance according to place of residence of children is contrary to EU law, confirms Court of Justice
COMPETITION: Commission decision partially annulled, but fines upheld for cartel in market for optical disk drives case
Op-Ed
Op-ed: Powering up democracy is key to peaceful future for Europe, by Christa Schweng and Roger Casale
NEWS BRIEFS
HOME AFFAIRS: MEP committee approves agreement with EU Council on extension of EU Covid certificates
STATE AID: regarding TAP restructuring, European Commission clears slot allocation at Lisbon airport for easyJet
COHESION: European Commission adopts a first programme under Just Transition Fund
COHESION: Brexit reserve, European Commission allocates €627 million to four Member States
COURT OF AUDITORS: EU Council appoints two new members
DIGITAL: report on opinion of Marcel Kolaja on artificial intelligence adopted in European Parliament Committee
GMO: MEPs oppose marketing of two GM maize varieties
HEALTH: ECDC monitors monkeypox outbreak

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