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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13398

25 April 2024
Contents Publication in full By article 13 / 49
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Enlargement
European Parliament celebrates 20 years since ten Member States joined EU
Brussels, 24/04/2024 (Agence Europe)

The European Parliament celebrated, on Wednesday 24 April in Strasbourg, the 20th anniversary of the biggest enlargement of the European Union, when, on the 1st of May 2004, ten countries from Central, Eastern and Mediterranean Europe joined the EU: Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia(see EUROPE B8698A4).

The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, spoke of the “transformative effect” of enlargement, both...

Contents

MEDIA: Agence Europe’s podcast Le quart d’heurope lays out challenges facing 2024–2029 EU legislature
EXTERNAL ACTION
CHINA: EU tackles restrictions on access to Chinese public procurement contracts
TURKEY: European Court of Auditors unable to prove effectiveness and usefulness of Facility for Refugees
SECTORAL POLICIES
HEALTH: European Commission announces launch of Critical Medicines Alliance to prevent shortages
DIGITAL: TikTok announces suspension of its ‘TikTok Lite’ rewards programme following investigation launched by Commission
RESEARCH: European Commission and Singapore agree to examine terms and conditions of Singapore’s association with Horizon Europe
EP2024
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 2024: ECR party adopts its manifesto for European elections, deciding not to present ‘Spitzenkandidat’
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
CLIMATE: denounced by European Greens, European Parliament’s right wing defends annihilating European Green Deal and advocates finding a “balance”
ENERGY: overwhelming support in European Parliament for withdrawal from Energy Charter Treaty
ECONOMY: call for European Parliament to confiscate frozen Russian assets in EU
MIDDLE EAST: MEPs call on EU to take a firmer line with Iran
EGYPT: some MEPs continue to criticise global partnership between EU and Egypt
ENLARGEMENT: European Parliament celebrates 20 years since ten Member States joined EU
COMPANIES: Corporate Due Diligence Directive, European Parliament validates provisional agreement
DIGITAL: European Parliament ratifies Cyber Solidarity Act
SOCIAL: MEPs overwhelmingly confirm agreement reached with EU Council on digital platform workers
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: combating domestic violence and violence against women, directive approved by European Parliament and Member States
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: European Disability and Parking Cards, European Parliament approves directive and its extension to third-country nationals
AGRICULTURE : MEPs approve changes to certain Common Agricultural Policy rules
AGRICULTURE : MEPs approve their position on plant reproductive material rules
AGRICULTURE : European Parliament confirms its first-reading position on new genomic techniques
AGRICULTURE : MEPs approve new rules for setting up EU plant health emergency team
ENVIRONMENT: European Parliament votes in favour of stricter limits for several atmospheric pollutants by 2030
ENVIRONMENT: European Parliament approves interinstitutional agreement on ‘Packaging and Packaging Waste’ regulation
COMPANIES: European Parliament in favour of improving transparency of environmental, social and governance ratings
HOME AFFAIRS: MEPs reluctantly approve reform of Schengen Borders Code
INTERNAL MARKET: European Parliament validates provisional agreement on Internal Market Emergency and Resilience Act (‘IMERA’)
DIGITAL: latest translated version of ‘AI Act’ approved by MEPs
ENERGY: European Parliament approves delegated act adding raw materials to list for production of biogas and biofuels
WESTERN BALKANS: European Parliament validates interinstitutional agreement on €6 billion growth plan
HAITI: Janez Lenarčič urges Haitian political forces to form transitional government
HEALTH: European Parliament validates interinstitutional agreement on European Health Data Space
HEALTH: European Parliament ratifies compromise text on quality and safety standards for substances of human origin
TRANSPORT: European Parliament approves updated TEN-T network guidelines
TRANSPORT: European Parliament approves improved cooperation between Member States to punish dangerous foreign drivers
FINANCE: European Parliament calls for greater transparency and better supervision of benchmark indices
FINANCE: EMIR, European Parliament approves agreement reached with EU Council
FINANCE: Listing Act, European Parliament approves agreement reached with EU Council
BANKS: Parliament adopts position on ‘CMDI’ package to strengthen banking crisis management
BANKS: Parliament green lights appointment of Germany’s Karen Braun-Munziger to ‘Single Resolution Board’
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: MEPs approve principle of compulsory training for elected representatives to prevent conflict and harassment in workplace
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
TRANSPARENCY: EU General Court partially annuls decision by Frontex refusing request for access to documents
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: European Commission raises €8 billion in its 4th syndicated transaction of 2024
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: according to Mr Cipollone, a digital euro combined with ECB’s retail payment strategy will make it possible to meet challenges in payments sector
SECURITY - DEFENCE - SPACE
SPACE: launch of new EU Space Information Sharing and Analysis Centre
DEFENCE: in 2023, European Defence Agency managed over 90 cooperative projects and programmes
NEWS BRIEFS
ECONOMY: European Commission disburses €1.5 billion in macrofinancial assistance to Ukraine
INTERNAL MARKET: access to regulated professions and proportionality, European Commission refers Czech Republic to EU Court of Justice
INTERNAL MARKET: Commission refers Greece to EU Court of Justice for incorrect application of EU rules on late payments