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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13431

14 June 2024
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SECURITY - DEFENCE
NATO: “Delays in our support have had serious consequences, and we must not allow this to happen again”, warns Jens Stoltenberg
SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: victims’ rights, EU Council validates its position
HOME AFFAIRS: EU interior ministers still unable to adopt Declaration on 40th anniversary of free movement area
MIGRATION: legal labour migration, EU Council approves its mandate on EU Talent Pool
DIGITAL: protection of minors, European Commission requests additional information from three pornographic sites as part of DSA
DIGITAL: EU Council adopts position on additional procedural rules for application of GDPR
CLIMATE: Bonn Conference, great deal more work expected at COP29 on climate financing for developing countries
ENVIRONMENT: Belgian Presidency moves closer to an agreement at EU Council on substances to be monitored in water
ENVIRONMENT: four non-governmental organisations urge European Commission to ban PVC
TRANSPORT: Maroš Šefčovič inaugurates first public charging hub for trucks in Port of Antwerp-Bruges
AGRICULTURE: manifesto of ‘Comité Européen des Entreprises Vins’ for 2024-2029 legislature
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: European Commission tries new approach to proposal on shell companies
TAXATION: Estonia continues to block directive at EU Council on VAT on digital platforms, despite proposals from Belgian Presidency
COMPETITION: European Commission suspects Alchem of involvement in pharmaceutical cartel
STATE AID: European Commission will verify whether support measures in favour of public carrier WestVerkehr have given it undue comparative advantage
ECB: Data Protection Officer Maarten G.A. Daman outlines certain safeguards for digital euro framework
ECB: two experts from Bruegel propose strategic adjustments for ECB in face of more volatile inflation due to supply shocks
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
MIGRATION: Hungary fined by Court of Justice for unprecedented and “exceptionally serious” breach of EU law
MIGRATION: UNRWA’s ability to protect stateless Palestinians in Gaza may have ceased after 7 October, says EU Court of Justice
Russian invasion of Ukraine
RUSSIA: eight Member States call on EU to take measures against free movement of Russian diplomats
MIGRATION: EU Council gives green light to one-year extension of temporary protection for Ukrainian refugees in EU
ECONOMY: G7 agreement on $50 billion loan to Ukraine
EXTERNAL ACTION
CHINA: Beijing threatens to file WTO suit against EU over tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles
HONG KONG/MACAO: European Commission reports on ongoing erosion of fundamental rights and ‘one country, two systems’ principle in Hong Kong and Macao
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: question of reorganising parliamentary committees could be raised again by mid-July
EP2024
EP2024 : AfD has to wait for French parliamentary elections to find out whether it can rejoin ID group in European Parliament
EP2024: conservative ECR Group increases to 77 MEPs
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: directive on equal treatment, Belgian Presidency could forgo unanimous political agreement in EU Council
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: call for expressions of interest in creating a platform of honey experts
SOUTH KOREA: Seoul lifts restrictions on French and Irish beef
DEFENCE : EU adopts €9 million ‘European Peace Facility’ to support Moldovan air defence capabilities
DEVELOPMENT: official development assistance from G7 and EU to Africa is close to its lowest level in 50 years, according to NGO ‘One’
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: European Union’s first text against gender-based and domestic violence has come into force
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: 400,000 disabled people unable to vote in European elections, according to European Disability Forum

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