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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13976

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SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT: European Commission seeks to reverse decline in basic skills through AI and by making teaching more attractive
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: definition of rape remains unresolved two years after adoption of EU directive on violence against women and domestic violence
RULE OF LAW: Poland - Minister of Justice Waldemar Żurek defends new Constitutional Tribunal judges and remains open to EU mediation
RULE OF LAW: 2026 report—Michał Wawrykiewicz’s draft report proposes more precise monitoring of national reforms and rule of law breaches
HOUSING: European Affordable Housing Act – EU Council discussions likely to be difficult
SECTORAL POLICIES
HOME AFFAIRS: EU/US agreement on traveller data – at European Parliament, European Commission defends provisional application this year
MIGRATION: European Commission intends to withdraw its proposal to revise directive on status of long-term residents
AGRICULTURE: simplifying rules remains “cross-cutting priority” for European Commission, says Christophe Hansen
AGRICULTURE: Copa-Cogeca calls on Micheál Martin to defend CAP and its budget
FISHERIES: European Commission presents proposals on 2027 fishing quotas in Atlantic
FISHERIES: Europêche calls for concrete measures
ENVIRONMENT: European Parliament groups S&D and The Left deplore environmental assessments vote outcome
ENVIRONMENT: MEPs challenge inclusion of two Indian shipbreaking yards on European list of ship recycling facilities
ENERGY: EESC calls for greater transparency of electricity costs in EU
COMPETITIVENESS: energy costs, regulatory red tape and labour costs are main challenges facing entrepreneurs in 2027, according to Eurochambres
COMPETITIVENESS: European Commission adopts European Innovation Council 2027 work programme and allocates €1.8 billion
DIGITAL: S&D MEPs unconcerned by legislative backlog over forthcoming Digital Fairness Act
Russian invasion of Ukraine
RUSSIA: Giorgia Meloni wants Europeans to decide in December who will represent them in talks to end war in Ukraine
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: Maroš Šefčovič outlines plans for forthcoming trade diversification ‘package’
CHINA: EU and China hold differing views on rebalancing their trade relations, according to MEPs
INDONESIA: free-trade agreement with EU set to be finalised before year-end through fast-track procedure
ARCTIC: in report on trans-Arctic routes, Systemiq calls on EU to apply environmental precautionary principle
LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN: EU/CELAC summit in 2027 should help forge ties between Europeans and Latin Americans “beyond trade”, says António Costa
WESTERN BALKANS: European Commission welcomes progress in rollout of Reform and Growth Facility
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
BANKS: European Parliament committee vote on banking sector competitiveness postponed
FINANCE/CLIMATE: climate change adaptation requires €272 billion a year by 2035, more than funding pledged, UNEP warns
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
ENERGY: Court of Justice upholds dismissal of appeal against applying rules for internal market in natural gas to Nord Stream 2
CONSUMERS: EU Court of Justice clarifies when chemical product packaging may be confused with food packaging
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
SPORT: Council of Europe lays foundations for safer sport for children as part of New Democratic Pact for Europe
ITALY: Committee for Prevention of Torture acknowledges measures to combat prison overcrowding but highlights numerous challenges
LUXEMBOURG: Council of Europe calls for children’s specific vulnerabilities to human trafficking to be taken into account
DEMOCRACY: KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz association wins Council of Europe’s Democracy Innovation Award
NEWS BRIEFS
HOME AFFAIRS: EU Council adopts its negotiating mandate to strengthen controls on drug precursors
CHINA: delegation of medical device companies led by European Commission visits Shanghai to open up new business opportunities
TRADE: relations with US, diversification and Trans-Pacific Partnership on agenda for next Trade Council meeting
COMPETITIVENESS: semiconductor design—new European platform to mobilise €525 million in investments
COMPETITIVENESS: European SMEs angry at withdrawal of proposed regulation on late payments
HONG KONG: EU deplores pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong’s sentencing of additional 10 years in prison
TRANSPORT: EU activates aviation security information-sharing mechanism over bomb threats

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