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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13830

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INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: MFF 2028-2034 - EU27 defend EU Council’s role in budget governance
DEMOCRACY: EU Council approves proxy voting for MEPs who are pregnant or have recently given birth
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: ahead of European Summit, European ministers calibrate their position on ETS revision
CLIMATE: LULUCF regulation does not sufficiently reflect climate reality, according to European ministers
TRANSPORT/INDUSTRY: European ministers divided over revision of CO2 emission standards for cars and vans
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: EU Council supports development of a competitive and sustainable bioeconomy by 2040
ENVIRONMENT: several European ministers call for permitting procedures to be expedited
ENVIRONMENT: European Commission closely monitoring implementation of nuclear safety recommendations at Ostrovets power plant
MIGRATION: at request of three left-wing groups, European Parliament will vote on 26 March to validate its negotiating mandate on reform of ‘Returns’ Regulation
COMPETITIVENESS: 28th company regime - European Trade Union Confederation concerned about return to ‘Bolkestein Directive’
SEA: France calls for all EU Member States to join Mercator intergovernmental organisation
HEALTH: European Parliament/EU Council negotiations on critical medicinal products progress slowly
Russian invasion of Ukraine
ENERGY: Ukraine accepts technical and financial support from EU to repair Druzhba pipeline
CIVIL PROTECTION: EU activates its Civil Protection Mechanism to support Moldova, which is suffering from oil slick following Russian strikes in Ukraine
TRANSPORT: total value of EU-Ukraine trade via ‘solidarity lanes’ estimated at around €270 billion since May 2022
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED STATES: MEPs to vote on EU-US trade commitments in committee on Thursday
UNITED KINGDOM: seventh EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly is “increasingly important” in current global context
ENLARGEMENT: Ukraine and Moldova have technically opened their six clusters of EU accession negotiation chapters
HUMANITARIAN AID: Hadja Lahbib calls for continued EU humanitarian commitment as global donors become scarce
DEVELOPMENT: Jozef Síkela advocates greater EU involvement in fragile areas
WAR IN MIDDLE EAST
MIDDLE EAST: Middle East crisis has all hallmarks of worst-case scenario, warns Kaja Kallas
LEBANON: Germany, France, Italy, United Kingdom and Canada call for de-escalation
FISHERIES: European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries calls for aid to tackle crisis affecting sector
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: a Catholic association cannot dismiss an employee solely because she has left Catholic Church
NEWS BRIEFS
AFGHANISTAN: EU condemns another deadly strike in Afghanistan and calls for ceasefire with Pakistan
BANKS: European Commission launches a public consultation on revision of rules for State aid to ailing banks
COLOMBIA: Bogota lifts all anti-dumping duties on imports of frozen fries from EU
ENVIRONMENT: European Commission launches call for evidence on targeted revision of Water Framework Directive
FINANCE/CLIMATE: EU taxonomy - European Commission launches public consultation on revision of technical screening criteria
JAPAN: EU and Japan reaffirm cooperation during joint committee’s sixth meeting for Strategic Partnership Agreement
BETTER REGULATION: Ursula von der Leyen declines NGO invitation to ‘counter-summit’ in Antwerp
DIGITAL: European Commission is providing €200 million for submarine cable and digital infrastructure projects
EEAS: Kaja Kallas announces appointment of three new Heads of EU Delegations to Türkiye, Chad and WTO
TRANSPORT: MEPs approve agreement with EU Council on method for calculating greenhouse gas emissions

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