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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13454

17 July 2024
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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: re-elected President of European Parliament, Roberta Metsola defends vision of a “Europe for all”
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: ‘cordon sanitaire’ prevents ‘Patriots for Europe’ and ‘Europe of Sovereign Nations’ groups gaining access to European Parliament vice-presidency
THE LEFT: The Left in European Parliament will not support Ursula von der Leyen’s candidacy for presidency of European Commission
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENERGY: European energy ministers pave way for the potential creation of a strategy and a European Geothermal Alliance
AGRICULTURE: aid controls, EU simplifies rules on geo-tagged photos
CIVIL PROTECTION: EU activates civil protection mechanism to combat wildfires in North Macedonia and Bulgaria
RESEARCH: REA will use €5 million in European funding to support research infrastructures in EU and Ukraine
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
Interview SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT : Li Andersson, soon to be Chair of European Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, to promote “social policy that is as ambitious as possible”
SOCIAL: EU Employment and Social Affairs Ministers discuss most appropriate measures to tackle labour shortages
SOCIAL: Belgium, Romania, Slovenia and Spain call on future EU co-legislators to maintain ambitious social policies
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: EU ministers want to define concrete objectives to enhance skills of people with disabilities on labour market
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: 143 civil society organisations call for equality and fight against discrimination to be placed at heart of European policies
RULE OF LAW: sixty-three MEPs call for Hungary’s voting rights to be suspended
HUNGARIAN PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
HU24EU: boycott of informal meetings, Csaba Lantos says Hungarian Presidency of EU Council determined to act as an “honest broker”
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: EU countries stress importance of continuing macro-financial assistance to Ukraine
ECONOMY: Eurogroup members discuss Enrico Letta’s proposals for reactivating European competitiveness
TAXATION: EU ministers want to promote efficient and effective process for international cooperation at UN level
FINANCE: Finance Watch warns EU heading towards investment crisis
EXTERNAL ACTION
FUTURE OF EUROPE: ‘European Political Community’ summit to discuss Ukraine, migration and energy on 18 July
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Bruegel think tank calls for stronger mandate for EU High Representative
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: European Commission makes satisfactory assessment of implementation of ASAP
EDUCATION - YOUTH - CULTURE - SPORT
EDUCATION: European student card, European Commission sets out a roadmap for next 2 years
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: European Commission approves a new ‘Traditional Speciality Guaranteed’ from Romania
DEFENCE: ‘European Peace Facility’, Council withdraws assistance to Niger’s armed forces
ECONOMY: EU Council endorses revised recovery plans for five Member States
EUROGROUP: euro area finance ministers adopt their work programme up to March 2025
ENERGY: electricity market reform officially enters into force
ENERGY: ENTSO-E and ACER investigating power cut in south-eastern continental Europe this 21 June
JUSTICE: Sweden joins European Public Prosecutor's Office
LEBANON: EU extends its sanctions framework by one year
FISHERIES: EU Council adopts acts on new EU/Cape Verde fisheries agreement
TRANSPORT: EASA launches third version of Innovative Air Mobility Hub
UKRAINE: ten years after destruction of MH17, EU reiterates its full support for efforts to establish truth
CORRIGENDUM
THE LEFT: suspension of EU’s association agreement with Israel, one priority of The Left Group in European Parliament

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