COMPETITION
- Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11889 - Amcor / Berry)
- Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11933 - PAI Partners / Motel One)
- Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11807 - United Group / Motor Oil (Hellas) / Alpha Satellite TV)
- Austria - Construction cartel update: BWB applies for the imposition of fines against six companies relating to building construction projects in Burgenland
- Finland - Market Court imposed a €1.5 million penalty payment on Attendo for obstructing a company inspection
- Sweden - The Competition Authority has decided on new regulations and general guidelines on merger notifications under the Competition Act
STATE AID
- Answer given by Ms Ribera to a MEP written question - Polish State aid
TRADE & CUSTOMS
- Agenda for: Meeting of the Trade Policy Committee (Services & Investment) - 09 April 2025
- Agenda for: Meeting of the UCC Guarantee Management system (GUM) Project - 03 April 2025
- Answer given by Mr Hansen to a MEP written question - Impact of Mercosur on Romanian agriculture and new EUR 1 billion fund
- Answer given by Mr Šefčovič to a MEP written question - Urgent call for sanctions in the face of increasing imports of fertilisers from Russia and Belarus
- Answer given by Mr Šefčovič to a MEP written question - Classification by the Customs Code Committee of automotive gas installation kits for internal combustion engines or similar products under CN code 90328900
- WTO - Committee on Safeguards - Notification pursuant to article 12.1(c) of the Agreement on Safeguards - Notification pursuant to article 9, footnote 2 of the Agreement on Safeguards - European Union - Certain steel products - Supplement
- WTO - Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement: 10 key results from 2024
- Trading partners? Europe’s options against Trump’s tariffs - See the Böll EU Brief 01/2025
- EU-Thailand Free Trade Agreement: European Tuna Industry sounds alarm
- Crackdown on online fashion industry goes against development of China-EU free trade
- EU readies counterstrike on Big Tech and US banks over Trump’s mega tariffs - Politico.eu
- Polish PM Tusk makes last-ditch plea to avoid Trump’s tariffs - Politico.eu
INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY
- Sustainability and due diligence: MEPs fast-track vote on postponed application
- Answer given by EVP Séjourné to a MEP written question - Shipbuilding industry
- Answer given by EVP Séjourné to a MEP written question - Data on exports of non-compliant toys
FINANCE
- Commission proposes maintaining current liquidity rules to strengthen EU financial markets - See the Staff working document
- Answer given by Ms Albuquerque to a MEP written question - EIOPA’s supervision of cross-border insurance sales
- The ESAs call for vigilance amid rising geopolitical and cyber risks
- Joint Committee Update on risks and vulnerabilities in the EU financial system - Spring 2025 - Insurance Europe asks for key performance indicator relating to insurance underwriting to be removed from taxonomy
- Faced with Trump’s harmful economics, Europe needs people-centred capital markets - S&D Group Statement
ENERGY
- Agenda for: Working Party on Energy - 08 April 2025
- Agenda for: Meeting of the Energy Union Committee - 11 April 2025
- Agenda for: Meeting of the Market Access Advisory Committee - 02 April 2025
- Quarterly reports confirm continued electricity and gas market resilience -DG Energy
- Answer given by Mr Jørgensen to a MEP written question - Securing the EU’s energy future: the role of nuclear power amid global investments and growing demand
- Decision No.03/2025 of the EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) of 27 March 2025 on amendments to products that can be taken into account in the single intraday coupling
ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE
- Agenda for: Working Party on International Environment Issues (CITES) - 11 April 2025
- Working Document - 2nd Meeting of Expert Group on the Nature Restoration Regulation - 10 April 2025
- Public consultation - EU ETS – reporting of CORSIA-eligible fuels and CORSIA emissions unit cancellation reports - Delegated regulation - Feedback period: 01 April 2025 - 29 April 2025
- Speech by President António Costa at the opening session of the SOS Ocean international conference
- EU climate ambition: new analysis of National Energy and Climate Plans reveals major concerns - See Can Europe Report
DIGITAL, DATA PRIVACY & INFORMATION SOCIETY
- Agenda for: 24th meeting of the Committee established under Article 93 of the General Data Protection Regulation - 28 April 2025
- Commission Decision (EU) 2025/628 of 31 March 2025 laying down internal rules concerning the provision of information to data subjects and the restrictions of certain data-subjects’ rights in relation to the processing of personal data by the Commission for the purpose of the supervision, investigation, enforcement and monitoring under Regulation (EU) 2022/2065
- Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/650 of 26 March 2025 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1538 as regards the update of harmonised technical conditions for short-range devices within the 874-876 and 915-921 MHz frequency bands
- Answer given by EVP Virkkunen to a MEP written question - Protecting children from targeted online advertising
TRANSPORT & MOBILITY
- Answer given by Mr Tzitzikostas to a MEP written question - Russian ‘shadow fleet’ in the Baltic Sea
- Answer given by Mr Tzitzikostas to a MEP written question - Adoption of the ReFuelEU Aviation Act and the economic impact of mandatory minimum sustainable aviation fuel quotas in the air transport sector
AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE
- Public consultation - EU LGBTIQ equality strategy for 2026-2030 - Communication - Feedback period: 01 April 2025 - 24 June 2025
- Public consultation - Marketing and use of explosives precursors – updated rules - Proposal for a regulation - Feedback period: 31 March 2025 - 23 June 2025
ECB, EURO & ECONOMY
- Speech by Piero Cipollone: Enhancing cross-border payments in Europe and beyond
- Geopolitical risk and its implications for macroprudential policy - Macroprudential Bulletin - No.28
- Word2Prices: embedding central bank communications for inflation prediction - ECB Working Paper Series No.3047
FUTURE OF EUROPE
- Report by President António Costa to the EP plenary session
- Speech by President von der Leyen at the EP Plenary debate on the conclusions of the European Council meeting of 20 March 2025
EXTERNAL RELATIONS
- Agenda for: First EU-Central Asia summit, 4 April 2025
- President Ursula von der Leyen in Uzbekistan to take the EU-Central Asia partnership to the next level
- Agenda for: Meeting of the Conventional Arms Exports subgroup (COARM) of the Working Party on Non-Proliferation and Arms Exports - 09 April 2025
- Statement by HR/VP Kallas, Commissioner Šuica and Commissioner Lahbib on the formation of the new transitional government in Syria
- Statement by the HR/VP on behalf of the EU on the alignment of certain countries concerning restrictive measures against ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda and persons, groups, undertakings and entities associated with them
EU/UKRAINE
- Remembering Bucha: Real peace must be based on justice - See the EP Statement
- Weimar+: Press remarks by High Representative/Vice-President Kaja Kallas upon arrival
- Joint Declaration by the Foreign Ministers of Germany, France, Italy, Poland, Spain, the United Kingdom as well as the HR of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy in Madrid
- €50 million in EIB support for Ukraine’s rail border crossings and infrastructure to boost EU connectivity and trade
