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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13879

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SECTORAL POLICIES
COMPETITIVENESS: like EU27 ministers, MEPs are divided over effects and arrangements of Industrial Accelerator Act
CIVIL PROTECTION: wildfires - European Commission presents preparedness plan for summer 2026
JUSTICE/HOME AFFAIRS/MIGRATION: ‘Pact on Migration and Asylum’ and cross-border justice at heart of last ministerial meeting under Cyprus Presidency of the EU Council
MIGRATION: interinstitutional negotiations on Return Regulation conclude against backdrop of political fracture
HOME AFFAIRS: European Commission advocates gradual lifting of checks at internal borders of Schengen area
JUSTICE: European judicial cooperation - Eurojust activity continues to grow in 2025
TRANSPORT: air passenger rights – negotiators from the European Parliament and the Council of the EU are playing their final card
AGRICULTURE: MEPs call for school food distribution programme to be maintained after 2027
AGRICULTURE: Maria Walsh proposes allocating at least 10% of CAP budget to supporting young farmers
AGRICULTURE: MEPs to vote at end of September on agri-food promotion draft report
CLIMATE: ‘ETS’ must be preserved, but it must finance industrial decarbonisation, according to industry stakeholders invited to European Parliament
CLIMATE: Commission expects support from across political spectrum as well as from Member States for its ‘integrated framework for climate resilience and risk management’
DIGITAL: S&D group in European Parliament wants “European ownership criteria” to support development of cloud and AI capacity in EU
DIGITAL: Anthropic offers ENISA access to its Mythos model, discussions now focus on secure access arrangements
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: European Council expected to call for urgent action to strengthen EU’s preparedness significantly
Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE: European Council expected to condemn Russian threats against EU Member States
UKRAINE: Péter Magyar could meet Volodymyr Zelensky next week
EXTERNAL ACTION
MIDDLE EAST: European Council could call for work on sanctions against extremist Israeli ministers
UNITED STATES: despite reservations about compromise reached at end of May, MEPs approve ‘Turnberry’ deal
ENLARGEMENT: EU must focus on negotiations with Montenegro and Albania, António Costa says in response to Chancellor Merz’s proposals
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: EU Council examines three new own resources proposed by European Parliament
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: European Commission to grant greater fiscal flexibility to certain EU countries to help them reduce their dependence on fossil fuels
TAXATION: tobacco products taxation - Cyprus Presidency of EU Council to consult EU Member States on its latest compromise proposals
EMU: Valdis Dombrovskis calls for stronger international role for euro
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT: European Commission welcomes Moldova’s efforts to move closer to European standards on education and workers’ rights
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
DEMOCRACY: Democracy27 - Vera Jourova presents initiative to Members of European Parliament
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: EU agri-food surplus rises in February 2026
ECONOMY: inflation estimated at 3.2% in May 2026 in euro area
GENDER EQUALITY: European Institute for Gender Equality notes progress on boards of directors
JAPAN: European Union steps up economic cooperation with Japan at regional level
DIGITAL: European Commission launches Scaleup Europe fund at European Innovation Council summit
DIGITAL: provisional agreement on ‘digital omnibus’ gets green light from European Parliament’s competent committees
RESEARCH: call for proposals for research projects aimed at attracting talented scientists to EU
HEALTH: EU27 expected to say they stand ready to adopt “urgent measures” to counter Ebola outbreak
CORRIGENDUM
EMPLOYMENT: companies in European construction sector do not seek exemption from scope of ‘28th regime’

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