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Deadline : Monday 10 July at 12:00.

The EU issued a statement on Sudan strongly condemning the ongoing fighting, as well as the continued refusal of the parties to the conflict to seek a peaceful solution.

EU flagship instrument to fight organised crime, EMPACT, releases 2022 results.

The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, met with Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez in Madrid. The meeting took place the day after the start of the Spanish presidency.

As the incentives of customs authorities and public prosecutors are not fully aligned, efforts will have to be made to improve collaboration to fight smuggling and illicit trade, Professor Vanessa Franssen from the University of Liège argued during a EURACTIV round table debate.

According to the latest EU future strategy document, Europe must elevate human well-being as the core element of its economic model to face environmental collapse and Chinese and US competition.

The Spanish EU Council presidency has signed sponsorship deals with Volkswagen and Renault — despite long-standing calls to end the controversial practice.

Sweden could still become a NATO member before next week's Vilnius summit, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday (6 July), following another round of talks to try to overcome Turkish objections holding up Stockholm's membership bid.

The head of the EU's border agency, Hans Leijtens, is making a case for Frontex to remain in Greece — after the agency's fundamental rights officer reportedly recommended suspending Frontex's operations there.

Political groups in the European Parliament are preparing their final push on the embattled EU Nature Restoration Law ahead of a decisive vote on Wednesday (12 July), with the right doubling down on its opposition and supporters attempting to win more votes.

On a one-day visit to Sofia on Thursday (6 July), Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy entered into a direct clash with the pro-Russian narrative of Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, who said that Ukraine was shying away from a diplomatic solution to the conflict.

Spokespersons for Parliament and for political groups will hold a briefing on the 10 - 13 July plenary session on Friday at 11.00, in Parliament’s Anna Politkovskaya press room.

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Spokespersons for Parliament and for political groups will hold a briefing on the 10 - 13 July plenary session on Friday at 11.00, in Parliament’s Anna Politkovskaya press room.

Source : © European Union, 2023 - EP

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak could decide next week on whether to accept an arrangement that would finally see the UK obtain access to the €95 billion Horizon Europe research and development funding programme after two and a half years of delays.

Newsletter - 10-13 July 2023 - Strasbourg plenary session

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The main contention points in the European Parliament's debate about an EU broadband law are how to deal with tower companies and the rules for permits, while divisions over the senders-pay principle loom in the background.