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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13831

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EUROPEAN COUNCIL
ENERGY/CLIMATE: EU leaders to assess European Commission’s proposals for reducing energy prices and reforming ETS system
MIDDLE EAST: European leaders to call for appeasement
UKRAINE: European leaders to remind Viktor Orbán of his commitment to €90 billion loan
COMPETITIVENESS: EU27 to reiterate urgency of boosting European competitiveness at time when war in Middle East is exacerbating problems faced by businesses
FINANCES: European leaders to set course for legislative work on integrating capital markets
BUDGET: European leaders to discuss 2028-2034 MFF’s contribution to competitiveness agenda
DEFENCE: European Council should call for acceleration of efforts to achieve necessary defence capabilities
SECTORAL POLICIES
COMPETITIVENESS: digitalisation, simplified liquidation, attractive rules on stock options - European Commission unveils its ‘28th regime’ for companies
COMPETITIVENESS: 28th Regime proposal on corporate legal framework gets mixed reception in European Parliament
DIGITAL: report on revision of Artificial Intelligence Act largely adopted in European Parliament committee
DIGITAL: personal data: German, French, Italian, Spanish and Swedish companies put forward proposals for improving EU Regulation
HOME AFFAIRS: following failure of their negotiations on derogation regime for ePrivacy Directive, European Parliament puts blame on EU Council
HOME AFFAIRS: European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties approves two agreements on air passenger data with Norway and Iceland
AGRICULTURE: Olivér Várhelyi wants to accelerate authorisation procedures for pesticides, without affecting assessment criteria
AGRICULTURE: MEPs call for ambitious strategy for livestock farming in Europe
AGRICULTURE: environmental NGO challenges way in which European Commission has prepared reform of CAP
COHESION: MEPs criticise shortcomings in European Commission’s proposal on cohesion funds for 2028-2034 period
TOURISM: MEPs call for intelligent management of tourism
TRANSPORT: EU Council rejects European Parliament’s amendments concerning revision of air passenger rights
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT: European summit - EU social partners express fears over energy prices and respect for workers’ rights
WAR IN MIDDLE EAST
MIDDLE EAST: Nikos Christodoulides calls for a coalition of willing on diplomatic front
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: Nikos Christodoulides calls for a mechanism to be put in place for Article 42.7
ICELAND: EU and Reykjavik sign security and defence partnership agreement
EXTERNAL ACTION
AUSTRALIA: Ursula von der Leyen to visit Sydney and Canberra from 23 March, hoping to make trade agreement official
TRADE: no major progress in European Parliament-EU Council negotiations to revise steel safeguard measures
MONTENEGRO: Montenegro provisionally closes its EU accession negotiation chapter on trans-European networks
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
BANKS: Europe’s banking sector remains solid, despite exposure to “limited pockets of vulnerability”, says Claudia Buch
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: European Commission approves new geographical indications
LATIN AMERICA/UN: Spain wants future UN Secretary-General to be Latin American or Caribbean
EIB: Marko Primorac appointed Vice-President of European Investment Bank
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: Éric Thévenard appointed Director for Health and Food Audits and Analysis in Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: David Mueller becomes Director for Resources and General Affairs in Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union
TRANSPORT: city of Riga and province of Bolzano/Bozen awarded for promoting active and sustainable transport
TRANSPORT: MEPs approve aviation agreement between EU and United States of America, Iceland and Norway

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