While media attention has focused on state-sponsored disinformation campaigns and the targeting of our democratic institutions, attacks against digital supply chains – comprised of all external suppliers, partners, and service providers to our governments and operators of critical national infrastructure – pose a less visible but very significant threat.
The EU Critical Infrastructure Blueprint shall promote shared situational awareness of the origin and consequences of an incident, to reinforce the coordination of public communications and to strengthen an effective response.
The United Nations launched new Global Principles for Information Integrity on Monday, emphasizing the need for immediate action to address the harms caused by misinformation, disinformation and hate speech. UN Secretary-General António Guterres outlined key recommendations aimed at making information spaces safer while upholding the freedom of speech.
According to the European Court of Auditors (ECA), the EU did initiate crisis-response measures, but their impact often cannot be demonstrated. The EU’s security-of-supply architecture seems still incomplete. And solidarity between EU Member States leaves a lot to be desired.
The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the creation of a joint venture by TAV Havalimanlari Holding, based in Turkey and controlled by Aéroports de Paris, and Fraport, based in Germany. The transaction mainly concerns the market for airport operations.
On 17 and 18 April, the European Council adopted conclusions on Ukraine, the Middle East, Türkiye and a new European competitiveness dea. The European Council also underlined the Union’s and its Member States’ determination to closely monitor and contain any risks stemming from disinformation compaigns during the upcoming European elections.
“The Merger Regulation has served businesses and consumers and the European economy as a whole very well. By protecting competition in the Single Market. By keeping European markets fair and open. Effective merger control is crucial to European businesses” – EU Commission EVP Vestager.
“According to the World Bank’s Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment, released in February 2024, Ukraine’s reconstruction and recovery will cost $486 billion over the next decade. It combines both needs for public and private funds. The most pressing issues are the highest estimated needs of housing, transport, commerce and industry, agriculture, energy, social protection, and livelihoods” – EU Commissioner Várhelyi.
Consumer trust is the foundation for growth and innovation. Retailers compete fiercely for consumers’ favour every day, making them quite aware of what consumers expect and need.
Insight EU is collecting further reactions on the Letta Report update and reforms of the European Single Market.
Greece´s 4th payment request concerns one target under the loan facility component. This target requires that an aggregate of €4.5 billion of RRF loans are signed by financial institutions with companies to support private investment related to areas such as the green transition, the digital transition, increasing export capacity, and innovation.
“The single market is a fundamental asset, a fundamental tool. Thanks to the single market, we have made a lot of progress over the last decade in building a more prosperous European Union with positive consequences for our citizens across the EU” – Council President Charles Michel.
The Body will be in charge of developing, updating and interpreting common minimum standards for ethical conduct, applicable to all members of EU institutions and bodies, and for the implementation and transparency of rules.
The European Commission has adopted an amendment to its current Work Programme of Horizon Europe, the EU’s research and innovation programme. The amendment mobilises previously unallocated Horizon Europe funding to increase the 2024 budget by nearly €1.4bn to a total of €7.3bn.
Though EU lobbyists increasingly sign up to the EU transparency register, spontaneous meetings and most EU staff are still exempt from transparency rules. In particular, the EU Auditors warn about risk of NGOs’ funding sources remaining opaque.
More than eight in ten Europeans (81%) believe voting is even more important given the current geopolitical situation. Six in ten citizens (60%) take an interest in the upcoming European elections 6-9 June, 11pp more than at the same point in time prior to the previous vote in May 2019.
The Artemis Accords serve as a framework for international cooperation on space exploration and are based on the Outer Space Treaty and other relevant UN conventions.
While media attention has focused on state-sponsored disinformation campaigns and the targeting of our democratic institutions, attacks against digital supply chains – comprised of all external suppliers, partners, and service providers to our governments and operators of critical national infrastructure – pose a less visible but very significant threat.
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Brussels, 1 August 2022 Key stakeholders discussed recent and upcoming calls for investment in high-speed
Today, the EU Commission has published its first progress report on the 2021-2030 EU Strategy on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life. The progress report shows that in line with the EU strategy, most Member States have taken action against antisemitism since 2021.
The UK and US have announced new sanctions on key figures in the financial networks of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ).
The UK and US have imposed coordinated sanctions on Hamas today to disrupt the terrorist group’s financial networks.
Five key figures and an entity involved in the leadership and financial networks of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) are the subject of the UK’s new sanctions, which will help to cut off the flow of funding that supports these terrorist groups, including from Iran.
The Council today approved additional restrictive measures against 6 persons and 5 entities, in view of the gravity of the ongoing situation in Syria. The new listings include an economic advisor to Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, three leading businesspersons providing support to, and benefitting from, the Syrian regime and two persons connected to the Assad family.
Among the entities listed are two companies involved in the manufacture of weapons and vehicles for the SAF (Defense Industries System and SMT Engineering); the SAF-controlled Zadna International Company for Investment Limited and three companies involved in procuring military equipment for the RSF (Al Junaid Multi Activities Co Ltd, Tradive General Trading and GSK Advance Company Ltd).
The Council today approved conclusions on the priorities of the European Union in United Nations Human Rights fora in 2024. In its Conclusions, the Council reaffirms the EU’s commitment to human rights, multilateralism and the international criminal justice system in the current fraught international environment marked by armed conflict, authoritarianism, disinformation and a pushback against gender equality.
We managed to invite – and they are coming today – first, the Israeli Foreign Minister [Israel Katz] – the new one. Second, the representatives of the Arab and Muslim countries diplomatic initiatives: the Ministers [for Foreign Affairs] of Saudi Arabia [Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud], Egypt [Sameh Shoukry], Jordan [Ayman Al Safadi] and the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States [Ahmed Abou Ghei]. And after, in a separate session, the Foreign Affairs Minister of Palestine [Riyad al-Maliki].
Prime Minister Petteri Orpo, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen met in Stockholm on Friday 19 January. In the discussions, the prime ministers highlighted issues they would like to see promoted during the next EU parliamentary term.
Under the new regime, the EU may target those who support, materially or financially, Hamas or the PIJ. It may also target those who participate in the planning, preparation or enabling of violent actions by Hamas or the PIJ. Persons, groups, entities, and bodies could also be listed for activities such as: supplying, selling, or transferring arms and related materiel to the two terrorist organisations; supporting actions which undermine or threaten the stability or security of Israel in conjunction with Hamas and the PIJ; being involved in serious violations of international humanitarian law or human rights law; inciting or publicly provoking violent actions of the two organisations.
The Ministry of the Interior has sent out for comments a proposal for an act on the protection of infrastructure critical to society and on the improvement of resilience. The legislative project will enhance national security and the resilience of society. In the project, the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the resilience of critical entities, which entered into force in January 2023, will be transposed into national law. The Critical Entities Resilience Directive introduces new requirements for Finland, including new official duties related to the identification and supervision of critical entities.
Together with its partners, France is fully committed to impeding the actions of Hamas, which the EU has listed as a terrorist organization.
On January 16, 2024, the Council of the EU added Hamas’ leader in the Gaza Strip, Yahya Sinwar, to its terrorist list, following last month’s listing of Mohammed Deif and Marwan Issa, the first and second in command of Hamas’ military wing.
Now three of the main individuals behind the October 7, 2023, terrorist attacks on Israel have been listed by the European Union as terrorists, in addition to the group itself, which has long been listed as such.
France commends Jordan on its efforts to help Gaza’s civilian population. France is directly supporting the Jordanian field hospital in Gaza by both funding and providing medication and medical supplies. Moreover, we continue to work in close cooperation with Jordan on humanitarian efforts in Gaza, as proven by the January 4th joint airdrop of seven tons of humanitarian aid and the deployment of a Jordanian medical team to Egypt using the Dixmude helicopter carrier.
The Ministry of the Interior has set up a legislative project to prepare provisions on permit requirements for the export of ammunition. The aim is to prevent especially the export of cartridge components to Russia in line with the EU’s sanctions decision.
The Council of the EU’s decision of 2014 prohibits the selling, supply, transfer or export of arms and related equipment to Russia. In June 2023, the Council amended the regulation to introduce new measures to prevent circumvention of the sanctions imposed on Russia
Prime Minister Petteri Orpo, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen met in Stockholm on Friday 19 January. In the discussions, the prime ministers highlighted issues they would like to see promoted during the next EU parliamentary term. Finland’s policy priorities for the 2024–2029 EU parliamentary term are the following: strengthening Europe’s strategic competitiveness, improving comprehensive security and promoting a clean transition, the bioeconomy and the circular economy.
The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the creation of a joint venture by TAV Havalimanlari Holding, based in Turkey and controlled by Aéroports de Paris, and Fraport, based in Germany. The transaction mainly concerns the market for airport operations.
As climate change accelerates, the urgency for countries to implement crucial plans that build resilience to impacts of climate change increases.
ENTSO-E welcomes the opening of discussions between the EU and Switzerland and in particular the work on an electricity agreement between the EU and Switzerland, which is crucial for the secure and efficient functioning of the synchronously interconnected European transmission grid.
The Arab Republic of Egypt and the European Union have mutually agreed to elevate their relationship to the level of a strategic and comprehensive partnership, based on the values of equity and on mutual respect and trust.
“We cannot afford the high cost of climate change, but policy choices are needed to decide how and who pays the costs of the fight against it. The good news is that our market economy is a great tool to tackle the challenge and deliver a prosperous and sustainable society” – EVP Vestager.
In its conclusions, the Council reiterates the gravity of the accelerating triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, which poses a global and existential threat and aggravates existing security concerns.
In its conclusions, the Council reiterates the gravity of the accelerating triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, which poses a global and existential threat and aggravates existing security concerns. The Council also expresses grave concern about the harm to the climate and the environment, in addition to the immense human suffering, caused by ongoing armed conflicts worldwide. Russia’s illegal, unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine has inflicted massive environmental damage, nuclear safety risks, and precipitated energy and food insecurity globally, and Russia must be held accountable for it.
President Ursula von der Leyen and President of the Swiss Confederation Viola Amherd launched today the negotiations on a broad package of measures to deepen and expand the EU-Switzerland relationship. The two mandates authorise the EU Commission and Switzerland to negotiate a package as outlined in the Common Understanding, endorsed by the Swiss Federal Council and the European Commission in November 2023.
Carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) is an important part of the technology portfolio for meeting net zero ambitions. In the IEA’s Net Zero Emissions by 2050 (NZE) Scenario – which lays out a pathway for the energy sector that aligns with the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 °C.
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In April 2023, the regulatory authorities of the Core capacity calculation region referred to ACER two proposals from the Transmission System Operators (TSOs) to amend the Core region’s Intraday Capacity Calculation Methodology (Core ID CCM).
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