Ministers are outlining the priorities of the Croatian Presidency of the Council of the EU to parliamentary committees, in a series of meetings. (...)
Tourism
MEPs urged the Presidency to restart the discussions on air passenger rights and the Single European Sky. Some also wondered how to ensure that boosting the air transport sector will not lead to an increase in emissions. MEPs repeated calls to increase support for the tourism sector in the next EU long-term budget.(...)
Regional Development (...)
Internal market and consumer protection
Measures to support digitalisation, eliminate unjustified barriers in the single market and ensure consumer protection were among the issues discussed with Economy, Entrepreneurship and Crafts Minister Darko Horvat, in the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee on Wednesday.
MEPs asked the Presidency to be “ambitious” in tackling dual quality of products, advance its work on the free movement of services and ensure a better implementation of single market rules. Plans on artificial intelligence (AI) and on the circular economy, e.g. to prolong the shelf life of products, were also addressed. “The EU has all it takes to become a leader on artificial intelligence, on its own way and based on its own values”, said the Minister. (...)
Tourism
MEPs urged the Presidency to restart the discussions on air passenger rights and the Single European Sky. Some also wondered how to ensure that boosting the air transport sector will not lead to an increase in emissions. MEPs repeated calls to increase support for the tourism sector in the next EU long-term budget.(...)
Regional Development (...)
Regional Development Committee members
urged the Presidency to ensure that their updated budgetary proposals do
not sacrifice cohesion funding and that swift progress is made on all
matters.
Culture, education, youth and sport
In the field of education, Science and
Education Minister Blaženka Divjak on Tuesday told the Culture and
Education Committee that the Presidency will focus on: more investments
to enhance the role of education in the European semester; a balanced
mobility and brain circulation; better professional training for
teachers, and a new post-2020 strategic framework for education and
training. Youth in rural and remote areas will also be a priority,
Demography, Family, Youth and Social Policy Minister Vesna Bedeković
added.
Deputy State Secretary for Sport
Krešimir Šamija said that developing human potential in the field of
sports, through new professional skills and competences for trainers and
coaches, will be the priority.
Supporting mobility in the cultural and
creative sectors is also among their main objectives, Culture Minister
Nina Obuljen Koržinek said, on Tuesday.
Internal market and consumer protection
Measures to support digitalisation, eliminate unjustified barriers in the single market and ensure consumer protection were among the issues discussed with Economy, Entrepreneurship and Crafts Minister Darko Horvat, in the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee on Wednesday.
MEPs asked the Presidency to be “ambitious” in tackling dual quality of products, advance its work on the free movement of services and ensure a better implementation of single market rules. Plans on artificial intelligence (AI) and on the circular economy, e.g. to prolong the shelf life of products, were also addressed. “The EU has all it takes to become a leader on artificial intelligence, on its own way and based on its own values”, said the Minister. (...)
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