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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13417

28 May 2024
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EXTERNAL ACTION
MIDDLE EAST: Foreign Ministers call for an Association Council with Israel
HUMANITARIAN AID: Josep Borrell “horrified” by Israeli strikes that killed “dozens of displaced persons”
SYRIA: European Union announces financial support of €2.12 billion for Syrians in 2024 and 2025
RUSSIA: EU sanctions 19 persons and one entity under new regime of restrictive measures linked to human rights violations
GEORGIA: EU foreign ministers call on Tbilisi not to pass ‘transparency of foreign influence’ law
TRADE/ENVIRONMENT: a number of WTO members ask EU to delay applying its rules on imported deforestation
Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE: ministers call on Hungary to lift its veto on European Peace Facility
RUSSIA: disinformation, EU sanctions media outlet Voice of Europe and two of its managers
ECONOMY: mid-June target for G7 agreement on mobilising profits generated by frozen Russian public assets
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: action to help farmers “does not stop here”, says Belgian Minister David Clarinval
AGRICULTURE: several EU Member States call for expansion of country of origin labelling of foodstuffs
AGRICULTURE: EU Council still divided over rules governing use of new genomic techniques
FISHERIES: European Commission calls on Senegal to step up fight against illegal fishing
ENERGY: four Central and Eastern European countries reiterate their concerns about German tax on gas storage neutrality
ENERGY: next EU term must invest in energy transition of Central and Eastern European countries, according to E3G and CEE Bankwatch
ENERGY: Council of EU adopts Regulation on reduction of methane emissions from energy sector
DIGITAL: Germany and Baltic States want to steer EU’s future digital policy towards less regulation and more of a market economy
DIGITAL: Thierry Breton calls for unified digital and technological regulation between United States and Europe
HOME AFFAIRS: EU Council definitively validates new directive criminalising human trafficking
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: G7 concerned about finalisation of Pillar I of international reform on corporate taxation, rejects wealth tax
TAXATION: an EU-wide wealth tax is an inefficient tool for income redistribution, says Tax Foundation Europe
COMPETITION: European Commission consults interested parties on block exemption regulation applicable to automotive sector
COMPETITION: European Commission approves Czech measure worth around €3.2 billion to support energy transition
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT: directive on quality internships, very little progress made in EU Council
EDUCATION - YOUTH - CULTURE - SPORT
EDUCATION: European Education and Culture Executive Agency takes stock of Bologna Process in face of current crises
EDUCATION: twenty years of Erasmus Mundus, European Education and Culture Executive Agency looks back at evolution of programme
EP2024
EP2024: Marine Le Pen calls on Giorgia Meloni to unite “to become the second largest group in the European Parliament”
EP2024: future President of European Commission must not collaborate with far-right forces, warns Olaf Scholz
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
MEDIA: EU consults to better tackle problem of online hate speech
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: European Commission approves a Polish State aid scheme worth around €486 million to support cereal producers
COMPETITIVENESS: EU Council adopts Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA)
CULTURE: five films supported by Creative Europe won awards at Cannes
EDUCATION: eight innovations selected to take part in European Digital Education Hub
EDUCATION: Digital Education Action Plan, European Commission launches call for contributions to assess its strategy
ENVIRONMENT: PAN Europe exposes “largest known area-wide water contamination by a manmade chemical”
MIGRATION: agreement between Albania and Italy on transfer of migrants rescued at sea will not be replicated, says Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama
HEALTH: EU Council ratifies new rules on substances of human origin

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