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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13899

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EXTERNAL ACTION
MONTENEGRO: European Commission proposes partially offsetting cost of Montenegro’s accession through Global Europe funds
WESTERN BALKANS: European Commission commits to strengthening assessment of maturity of infrastructure projects in Western Balkans
NORTH MACEDONIA: country welcomes Franco-German proposal for gradual integration and calls on EU to prepare future support
TRADE: EU clarifies allocation of tariff quotas under its steel safeguard measures
INDONESIA: European Commission presents proposals for trade agreements with Indonesia, with a view to their signature in late 2026
AFRICA: MEP Udo Bullmann promotes a “people-to-people” partnership between Europeans and Africans
Russian invasion of Ukraine
DEFENCE: EU disburses €3.9 billion for procurement of drones under €90 billion loan for Ukraine
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: European stakeholders defend need to keep human control over autonomous systems
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENT: EU Council and European Parliament reach agreement to strengthen European Chemicals Agency
ENVIRONMENT: EU Council/European Parliament agreement on France’s accession to Inter-American Convention for Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles
ENVIRONMENT: European Commission clarifies rules on recycling plastic bottles
CLIMATE: ETS - for EPP, priority is to reward pioneers, for example by allocating them more free allowances
CLIMATE: competitiveness is argument brandished by both supporters and opponents of ‘ETS’ system, according to think tank InfluenceMap
AGRICULTURE: draft report by Éric Sargiacomo on markets well received by MEPs
AGRICULTURE: MEPs consider European Commission proposals insufficient to mitigate fertiliser crisis
AGRICULTURE: EU livestock numbers continued to decline in 2025, according to European Commission
HEALTH: clinical trials, funding and innovation - MEPs start examination of draft report on European regulation on biotechnologies
COMPETITIVENESS: employee participation, country-of-origin principle, excluded sectors – René Repasi proposes safeguards for future ‘28th regime’ for companies
COMPETITIVENESS: Industrial Accelerator Act - second compromise text discussed on 2 July in EU Council working party
TRANSPORT: road charges for heavy goods vehicles - European Parliament and EU Council reach provisional agreement, without flexibilities linked to ‘sustainable’ trailers
MIGRATION: incoming Irish Presidency of EU Council wants to speed up return of irregular migrants, backed by new migration legislation
MIGRATION: International Organization for Migration sends recommendations to incoming Irish Presidency of EU Council
HOME AFFAIRS: ‘CSAM’ regulation - EU Council and European Parliament agree on “almost all” of text
REGIONS: EU pursues commitment to reunification of Cyprus
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: MFF 2028-2034 - ‘green’ ambition of next EU budget another key issue in negotiations
BUDGET: 2028–2034 MFF—Germany reportedly wants up to €400 billion in cuts in next long-term EU budget
IRISH PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
DEFENCE/SPACE: Ireland, a neutral country, makes defence and security a priority of its EU Council Presidency
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: pay transparency, working time and working conditions directives seen as most burdensome, according to BusinessEurope
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: European Institute for Gender Equality publishes analysis of cyberviolence against teenage girls
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: Christine Lagarde believes “monetary policy has gone back to basics”
BANKS: new Single Resolution Board procedure to speed up early redemptions of eligible liabilities instruments
COMPETITION: opening of antitrust investigation into potential abuse of dominant position by pharmaceutical group Align Technology
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: European Commission relaunches investigation into capital injection of around €134 million into Post Danmark
TRADE: European Commission launches online portal to help businesses implement Forced Labour Regulation
CUSTOMS: entry into force in EU of €3 import tax on parcels worth less than €150
EMPLOYMENT: EU Member States endorse provisional political agreement reached with European Parliament on electronic declaration for posted workers
UNITED STATES: Turnberry agreement to apply from 1 July - European Commission welcomes “good news for transatlantic relations”
JUSTICE: Eurojust and Iraq sign working arrangement against terrorism and serious organised crime
DIGITAL: European Union launches CSC-EDIC European consortium to strengthen European workers’ cybersecurity skills
RESEARCH: European Research Council unveils first 182 recipients of ‘Proof of Concept’ grants
CHAD: EU and International Organization for Migration launch €13.3 million programme to support north of country

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