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MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Highland Cross 2025 road closures
Source: Scotland – Highland Council
Road users are advised that temporary traffic restrictions will come into operation on Saturday 21 June 2025 between 06:00 and 19:00 for the Highland Cross 2025 event.

The C1112 Glen Affric Road will be temporarily closed to vehicles from 11:00 to 17:00, from its junction with the C1110 Cannich Fasnakyle – Kerrow Wood Road to the north side of the bridge over the Abhainn Gleann nam Fiadh.

The following roads will also be temporarily closed from 12:45 to 18:00:

A862 Ardullie – Dingwall – Beauly – Inverness Road, closed between its junction with the A831 Drumnadrochit – Cannich – Beauly Toll Road and its junction with the U2288 Mid Street, Beauly

A831 Drumnadrochit – Cannich – Beauly Toll Road, closed between its junction with the A862 Ardullie – Dingwall – Beauly – Inverness Road and its junction with the U1480 Altyre Road

Beauly Square will also be closed from 06:00 to 19:00.

The closures affect vehicle access only. Pedestrian access and access for emergency vehicles will not be affected.
13 Jun 2025

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June 14, 2025
MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Australia’s naval nuclear propulsion: AUKUS update to IAEA Board of Governors, June 2025

Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments

Speech

Australia’s naval nuclear propulsion: AUKUS update to IAEA Board of Governors, June 2025

Update by Australia, the UK and the USA (AUKUS) to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors on Australia’s naval nuclear propulsion programme

Thank you, Chair.

I have the honour of speaking on behalf of Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States to provide an update to the Board of Governors on Australia’s naval nuclear propulsion (NNP) program.

Chair,

Bilateral consultations between Australia and the Agency on the safeguards and verification approach for Australia’s program, including an arrangement under Article 14 of Australia’s Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement (CSA), are ongoing.

As the Director General stated in his report to this Board last November, these consultations are guided by the relevant provisions of the Agency’s Statute, and Australia’s CSA and Additional Protocol (AP). The topics under discussion include the structure and content of Australia’s Article 14 arrangement; provisions for advance notification, reporting and verification prior to the entry of nuclear material into the arrangement; and the circumstances under which the arrangement will apply.

Technical discussions also continue on ways to facilitate possible verification and monitoring activities, and on the structure of material balance areas, facilities and sites at relevant locations in Australia, within the framework of Australia’s CSA and AP.

Chair,

We reaffirm the fundamental commitment that ensures our approach sets the highest non-proliferation standard. Australia’s program will be subject to a robust package of safeguards and verification measures, enabling the Agency to continue to fulfil its technical objectives for Australia at all stages. Throughout the lifecycle of Australia’s conventionally armed, nuclear-powered submarines the Agency will continue to verify that there has been no diversion of nuclear material, no misuse of facilities, and no undeclared nuclear material or activities in Australia.

As the Director General has stated, Australia’s Article 14 arrangement, once finalised, will be referred to this Board for appropriate action – which we fully support. When the Article 14 arrangement comes before the Board of Governors, in the fullness of time, we expect it to be judged on its non-proliferation merits, on the basis of the Director General’s technical assessment.

Chair,

We remain committed to updating the Board on relevant developments concerning our three countries’ cooperation on NNP, as we have done since September 2021.

Australia is continuing to build our capacity to operate and maintain our future conventionally armed, nuclear-powered submarines through support and training from the US and UK. To this end, consistent with the phased approach we announced in March 2023, Australia is receiving regular port visits from American nuclear-powered submarines at HMAS Stirling in Western Australia – which will continue and be supplemented in future by UK visiting submarines. There is a long history of US and UK submarines visiting Australia, and port visits by many nations are carried out regularly around the world. Our cooperation is proceeding in full compliance with AUKUS partners’ respective international obligations, including Australia’s obligations under its CSA and AP, and under the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty.

As the Director General confirmed in his report last November, the Agency continues to undertake independent verification activities in relation to Australia’s program; and Australia continues to provide the Agency all information required under its CSA and AP.

Chair,

We support the Director General’s ongoing commitment to report to the Board on NNP programs, as he judges appropriate. He did this last November, and he has also done so at this Board in the Safeguards Implementation Report for 2024. We continue to welcome technically focused discussions at the Board, under agenda items proposed by the Director General and guided by his reporting.

AUKUS partners remain committed to transparency and setting the highest non-proliferation standard for Australia’s NNP program. We welcome opportunities to present information and address genuine questions regarding Australia’s NNP program. Since 2023 we have co-hosted a side event on our non-proliferation approach at each NPT PrepCom meeting – most recently on 1 May in New York. We will continue to provide updates to the Board and in other fora, as appropriate.

Thank you, Chair.

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Published 13 June 2025

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June 14, 2025
MIL-OSI Canada: Minister Solomon concludes a successful visit to VivaTech 2025 in Paris

Source: Government of Canada News (2)

Canada’s participation as Country of the Year is a testament to the strength of its AI ecosystem

June 13, 2025 – Paris, France

Today, the Honourable Evan Solomon, Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, concluded a successful visit to Paris, France, where he met with key industry and political leaders to advance Canada’s growth agenda.

Minister Solomon led the Canadian delegation for the opening of the 9th edition of VivaTech. He welcomed President Emmanuel Macron to the Canada Pavilion on the first day of the conference and showcased some of Canada’s leading innovators to the French delegation. At President Macron’s invitation, Minister Solomon later participated in a working dinner with French business leaders at the Élysée Palace.

Minister Solomon participated in Montréal-based company Hypertec’s announcement of a $5 billion initiative to build one of Europe’s largest sovereign artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure networks, with over 2 gigawatts of data centre capacity and nearly 100,000 NVIDIA graphics processing units planned in France, Italy, Portugal and the U.K. This initiative demonstrates Canadian leadership on the world stage and will translate to a $250 million investment by the company in Quebec to build next-generation server facilities and create over 100 specialized jobs in AI-related fields.

Over the course of his visit, Minister Solomon held bilateral discussions with Clara Chappaz, Minister Delegate for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technologies from France; Lex Delles, Minister of the Economy, SME, Energy and Tourism from Luxembourg; and His Excellency Abdulla Bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of the Economy from the United Arab Emirates. Their discussions reflected Canada’s commitment to develop collaborative research and development initiatives, to facilitate and accelerate the commercialization of Canadian products and services, and to build additional compute infrastructure in Canada.

In focused discussions with political and business leaders, including with Jay Puri, Executive Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations at NVIDIA, Minister Solomon advanced key Canadian AI and digital priorities, including scaling our companies and ecosystems, unlocking productivity through technology adoption, fueling trust in a digital economy, and pursuing Canadian digital sovereign capabilities.

As the Country of the Year, Canada greatly expanded its footprint at VivaTech with a Canada Pavilion of 500 square metres and a business delegation of over 230 Canadian companies. This showcase highlighted the innovation of Canadian companies and the maturity of Canada’s AI ecosystem and reinforced its reputation as a world leader in AI. The 2025 Canadian presence and business delegation was spearheaded by Scale AI, one of Canada’s global innovation clusters.

The Canada Pavilion offered a nexus for Canadian companies to feature their technology and success and to pursue the trade diversification Canada needs for its products and companies. The world was introduced to Canadian innovators like Airudi, CGI, Cohere, Farpoint Technologies, IVADO Labs, Mappedin, Pontosense, Trusting Pixels, Videns and Vooban.

As AI continues to shape our world in new and unexpected ways, the Government of Canada seeks to harness AI’s opportunities, mitigate its risks and foster trust. With strategic government investments and support for responsible AI adoption, Canada will grow its AI ecosystem and enhance productivity across the country.

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June 14, 2025
MIL-OSI USA: Justice Department Seeks to Shut Down Georgia Tax Preparer for Fabricating Expenses and Credits

Source: US State Government of Utah

Note: View complaint here.

The Justice Department filed a complaint today to permanently bar tax preparer Tanja D. Hollis, of Griffin, Georgia, and her business, Tanja Tax Preparations LLC, from preparing federal tax returns for others.

The complaint, filed in a federal court in Newnan, Georgia, alleges that Hollis prepared and filed false federal tax returns through Tanja Tax Preparations that understated her customers’ tax liabilities by reporting false or exaggerated business expenses and claiming tax credits for false education expenses.

According to the complaint, despite knowing them to be false, Hollis prepared returns claiming business expenses for customers who did not own or operate a business and education expenses for customers who were not enrolled as students. The IRS interviewed Tanja Tax Preparations customers who said they did not give Hollis any reason to believe that the items reported on their returns were legitimate.

The complaint alleges that, by repeatedly understating her customers’ tax liabilities, Hollis caused the United States to lose substantial tax revenue.

In addition to a permanent injunction, the complaint asks the court to order Hollis to turn over the ill-gotten tax preparation fees she earned while preparing and filing fraudulent tax returns.

Return preparer fraud is one of the IRS’ Dirty Dozen Tax Scams, and taxpayers seeking a return preparer should remain vigilant. The IRS has information on its website for choosing a tax preparer, launched a free directory of federal tax preparers, and offers information on how to avoid “ghost” tax preparers whose refusal to sign a return should be a red flag to taxpayers. The IRS also has a checklist of things to remember when filing income tax returns. In the past decade, the Tax Division has obtained injunctions against hundreds of unscrupulous tax preparers. Information about these cases is available on the Justice Department’s website. An alphabetical listing of persons enjoined from preparing returns and promoting tax schemes can be found here. If you believe that one of the enjoined persons or businesses may be violating an injunction, please contact the Tax Division with details.

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June 14, 2025
MIL-OSI USA: Rwandan Immigrant Arrested for Concealing Role as Perpetrator of Genocide After Fraudulently Entering the United States

Source: US State Government of Utah

A federal grand jury in Ohio has returned a three-count indictment unsealed today charging Rwandan national Vincent Nzigiyimfura, also known as Vincent Mfura, 65, of Dayton, Ohio with lying on his U.S. immigration and naturalization applications. Specifically, the indictment alleges that he concealed his role as a perpetrator of the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, among other misrepresentations. Nzigiyimfura was arrested Wednesday in Dayton and made his initial appearance yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

According to the indictment, Nzigiyimfura participated in the genocide that took place between April and July 1994, when members of Rwanda’s majority Hutu population killed hundreds of thousands of the country’s minority Tutsi ethnic group in an attempt to eradicate the ethnic group. An estimated 500,000 to 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed during the three-month genocide. Nzigiyimfura, a Rwandan businessman and butcher, was allegedly a leader and organizer of the genocide against Tutsis in the area in and around Gihisi and Nyanza. Nzigiyimfura allegedly provided weapons, transportation, and material inducements to other Hutus and directed them to search for and apprehend people to be killed based on their status as Tutsis. He allegedly set up roadblocks to detain and kill Tutsis, using his personal vehicle to transport materials to build the roadblocks. According to the indictment, Nzigiyimfura devised a scheme to trick Tutsis in hiding to believe that the killings had stopped only to have them rounded up and murdered.

“As alleged, Vincent Nzigiyimfura directed and encouraged murders during the genocide in Rwanda and then lied to U.S. authorities to start a new life in this country,” said Matthew R. Galeotti, Head of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. “The United States is not a safe haven for human rights violators. Those, like the defendant, who commit immigration fraud to hide their violent pasts will be charged and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”

Mr. Galeotti thanked the prosecutors from the Criminal Division’s Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section (HRSP), agents from HSI Cincinnati and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio for their work in bringing this important prosecution.

“The indictment alleges this defendant facilitated the killings of Tutsis during the Rwandan genocide and then lied about it on immigration applications in the United States,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Kelly A. Norris for the Southern District of Ohio. “This egregious conduct will not be tolerated.”

“U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI) is committed to pursuing justice for victims of genocide by ensuring that those who committed atrocities in foreign lands cannot hide in Ohio or any other community in the United States,” said Acting Special Agent in Charge Jared Murphey of ICE HSI Detroit. “No one wants a war criminal as their neighbor and these allegations paint a grim picture of the horror Nzigiyimfura inflicted on the Tutsi people. His indictment and arrest is a step toward justice for those victims. ”

When the genocide ended in 1994, as alleged, Nzigiyimfura fled Rwanda and later lived in Malawi. While living in Malawi in 2008 to 2009, Nzigiyimfura allegedly submitted materially misleading applications for an immigrant visa and alien registration, including by falsely representing that he was not an alien who had engaged in genocide. In the presence of a U. S. Consular Officer, Nzigiyimfura affirmed he understood that any willfully false or misleading statement or willful concealment of material facts could subject him to criminal prosecution. Additionally, according to the indictment, Nzigiyimfura submitted an affidavit in which he misleadingly claimed he “left Rwanda in 1994 due to the Genocide,” when in fact, he fled the country because of his participation in the persecution and massacre of Tutsis. His alleged misrepresentations and omissions yielded an immigrant visa to enter the United States in 2009.

Five years later, Nzigiyimfura submitted an application to naturalize as a U. S. citizen. Here, too, according to the indictment, he knowingly made false statements and omitted material facts, including claiming he had never persecuted any person, never committed a crime or offense, and never lied to any U. S. Government official to gain entry to the United States. In a November 2014 interview with a U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officer, Nzigiyimfura verbally reaffirmed these false statements, as well as others, according to the indictment. His application for naturalization has not been granted. Nzigiyimfura has lived in the United States since 2009.

In 2018, according to the indictment, Nzigiyimfura submitted an application and supporting documentation for a replacement Permanent Resident Card (green card) that was due to expire in 2019 and obtained a new fraudulently procured green card with an expiration date in 2029. On July 27, 2021, Nzigiyimfura allegedly used his fraudulently procured replacement green card in connection with an application for an Ohio driver’s license.

Nzigiyimfura is charged with one count of visa fraud and two counts of attempted naturalization fraud. If convicted, he faces a statutory maximum penalty of 30 years in prison. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U. S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

HSI Cincinnati is investigating the case, with assistance from the Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center (HRVWCC). Established in 2009, the HRVWCC furthers the government’s efforts to identify, locate, and prosecute human rights abusers in the United States, including those who are known or suspected to have participated in persecution, war crimes, genocide, torture, extrajudicial killings, female genital mutilation, and the use or recruitment of child soldiers.

Trial Attorney Brian Morgan of the Criminal Division’s HRSP and Assistant U. S. Attorney Rob Painter of the Southern District of Ohio are prosecuting the case, with assistance from HRSP Historian/Analyst Dr. Christopher Hayden and the Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs.

Members of the public who have information about former human rights violators in the United States are urged to contact U. S. law enforcement through the HSI tip line at 1-866-DHS-2-ICE (1-866-347-2423) or internationally at 001-1802-872-6199. They can also email HRV. ICE@ice. dhs. gov or complete its online tip form at www. ice. gov/exec/forms/hsi-tips/tips. asp.

An indictment is merely an allegation, and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

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June 14, 2025
MIL-OSI USA: Labrador Letter: Strengthening Our Fight Against Child Exploitation in North Idaho

Source: US State of Idaho

Home Newsroom Labrador Letter: Strengthening Our Fight Against Child Exploitation in North Idaho

Dear Friends,
This week I traveled to North Idaho to strengthen our partnerships with local law enforcement in the fight against child exploitation. The trip included meetings with police chiefs, time with our Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) investigators, and important discussions about how we can better protect children across Idaho.
I attended the Idaho Chiefs of Police Association Conference, where I had the opportunity to thank police chiefs from across our state for their dedication to protecting Idaho communities. I wanted them to know that my office is here as a resource, ready to assist with investigations and prosecutions, especially when it comes to ICAC cases. Our ICAC investigators do incredibly demanding work to protect vulnerable children from online predators, and they can’t do it alone.
The reality is that building strong partnerships with police departments across Idaho is essential to keeping kids safe. At the conference, I spent time at our ICAC booth speaking directly with chiefs about collaboration opportunities and the resources available to their departments. These conversations matter because protecting children requires all of us working together.
I also joined our ICAC investigators and team members in Post Falls for their biannual Mental Health and Resiliency training. This training is conducted by Dr. Alex Crampton and Dr. Ross Ginkel, the contracted psychologists for our ICAC team. These investigators are heroes who work tirelessly to protect children in Idaho. Every day, they confront horrific images and disturbing cases as they conduct search warrants and arrest online predators.
What many people don’t realize is the emotional toll this work takes on the men and women who do it. My office ensures these investigators have mental health resources available whenever they need them, and it was an honor for me to join them for part of this critical training. We hold these full-team mental health trainings in different locations across Idaho to accommodate investigators statewide and bring the entire team together.
I then met with Captains Mark Brantl and Jason Mealer at the Post Falls Police Department to discuss ongoing collaboration between local law enforcement and our ICAC Task Force. Our ICAC Unit works with the Idaho ICAC Task Force, a coalition of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, to investigate and prosecute individuals who use the internet to criminally exploit children.
These partnerships aren’t just professional relationships, they’re critical lifelines in our mission to protect children in our state. When local departments have the support they need and our investigators have the mental health resources to sustain this difficult work, children in Idaho are safer.
As both a parent and your Attorney General, I know there’s no more important work than protecting children from those who would harm them. This trip reminded me that we have dedicated professionals throughout Idaho who share that commitment, and together, we’re making a difference.
Best regards,

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June 14, 2025
MIL-OSI USA: Federal Reserve Board announces that results from its annual bank stress test will be released on Friday, June 27, at 4:30 p.m. EDT

Source: US State of New York Federal Reserve

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June 14, 2025
MIL-OSI Europe: At a Glance – World Day Against Child Labour – 13-06-2025

Source: European Parliament

The International Labour Organization (ILO) introduced the World Day Against Child Labour in 2002. The day is observed annually on 12 June. The 2025 World Day focused on the release of the latest estimates and trends on global commitments to eliminate child labour, with a key message: ‘Progress is clear, but there’s more to do: let’s speed up efforts!’ This is a further update of a 2023 ‘At a glance’ note originally drafted by Ingeborg Odink.

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June 14, 2025
MIL-OSI Europe: Latest news – 16 June – 19 June: Plenary week

Source: European Parliament

In the week of 16 June, Members’ work will be centred on Parliament’s plenary sitting, and Committees will meet only in exceptional cases.

During this week, the Committee on Budgets will vote on a proposal to amend the ERDF, Cohesion Fund and Just Transition Fund in the context of the mid-term review. Members from the BUDG and ECON Committees will hold the 19th Recovery and Resilience Dialogue, focusing on Member States’ progress towards achieving transparency requirements, payment requests and ongoing implementation challenges.

Additionally, Commissioner Kubilius will present the Defence “omnibus” to SEDE Members, proposing changes to boost and strengthen European Defence. ITRE Members will meet with Commissioner Jørgensen, who will present a key proposal from the RePowerEU roadmap to end EU dependency on Russian energy. Follow the links below to discover this week’s highlights.

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June 14, 2025
MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – EU climate target for 2040 – E-002269/2025
Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-002269/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Nikolas Farantouris (The Left)

In February 2024, the Commission announced a 90 % reduction in net greenhouse gas emissions compared to 1990 levels as the recommended target for 2040 to ensure that the EU reaches climate neutrality by 2050[1]. This recommended target was based on a detailed Commission impact assessment[2] and a proposal from the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change, which proposed that the target should be 90-95 %[3]. However, the legislative proposal to include the target in the European Climate Law[4] has been significantly delayed and is now expected on 2 July 2025. At the same time, it seems that the Commission will propose flexibilities that undermine climate efforts and the achievement of EU climate neutrality[5] (notably the possibility to use international carbon credits instead of implementing domestic action[6]), which is strongly criticised by the Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change[7].

In view of this, can the Commission say:

1.Will it present its proposal on 2 July 2025?

2.Does it intend to propose flexibilities and, if so, which ones?

3.Will the Commission’s proposal be accompanied by an analytical and detailed impact assessment demonstrating its full compatibility with the climate-neutrality objective, but also comparing that proposal’s expected results with the results of a proposal based on domestic action rather than on the use of international carbon credits?

Submitted: 5.6.2025

[1] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM%3A2024%3A63%3AFIN, https://climate.ec.europa.eu/eu-action/climate-strategies-targets/2040-climate-target_en.

[2] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52024SC0063

[3] https://climate-advisory-board.europa.eu/reports-and-publications/scientific-advice-for-the-determination-of-an-eu-wide-2040

[4] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32021R1119.

[5] https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-2040-climate-target-with-carbon-credits-expected-in-july-diplomats-say/

[6] Carbon credits allow one country to finance emission reduction projects in another (usually a poorer, developing country) and subtract those CO₂ emission reductions from its own carbon balance.

[7] https://climate-advisory-board.europa.eu/reports-and-publications/scientific-advice-for-amending-the-european-climate-law-setting-climate-goals-to-strengthen-eu-strategic-priorities
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June 14, 2025
MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – Travel ban on patriotic activists as a flagrant breach of the law – criminalisation of people advocating for remigration – E-002246/2025
Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-002246/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Mary Khan (ESN)

On 15 May 2025, German police at Munich airport blocked patriotic activists from flying to Italy to attend the Remigration Summit in Milan. Those concerned were not subject to criminal charges, and the justification given – citing a supposed threat to Germany’s image – is without foundation. This arbitrary restriction of the right to free movement enshrined in Article 21 TFEU has echoes of Stasi tactics and undermines trust in the basic principles of the rule of law.

As with the labelling of the AfD as ‘extreme right’ – a label that infringes fundamental rights – here too, political beliefs are being used as grounds for state repression: young people campaigning peacefully for orderly migration are being treated like criminals – greeted with machine guns, detained for hours and terrorised. The mere suspicion of participation in a legal, anti-migration event in another EU Member State was sufficient to ride roughshod over fundamental rights. At a time when migrants are illegally crossing borders every day without consequence, a crackdown is being waged against anti-government patriots.

1.What steps is the Commission taking to prevent the right to free movement enshrined in Article 21 TFEU from being curbed on political grounds?

2.What does it make of the German authorities acting with no basis in criminal law to block EU citizens from travelling?

3.Is it considering opening an investigation to determine whether the actions of the German authorities infringed fundamental rights?

Submitted: 4.6.2025
Last updated: 13 June 2025
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June 14, 2025
MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – UK arrests for online speech and implications for EU digital regulation – E-002239/2025
Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-002239/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Christine Anderson (ESN)

Recent reports in The Times (4 April 2025)[1] reveal that UK police make over 30 arrests per day for ‘offensive’ online communications under vague laws criminalising messages that cause ‘annoyance’, ‘inconvenience’ or ‘anxiety’. Over 12 000 such arrests occurred in 2023 alone, with civil liberties groups warning of a chilling effect on free speech. Most cases do not result in conviction, yet individuals are subjected to police detention and reputational damage merely for expressing controversial views online.

Given the EU’s own trajectory of regulating online content via the Digital Services Act and other instruments, and in view of the UK’s post-Brexit shift away from EU legal safeguards such as the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, I ask the Commission:

1.Does the Commission consider Brexit a contributing factor in this decline in free expression in the UK?

2.What safeguards exist in EU law to prevent similar over-policing of speech in the Member States, particularly when this results from employing vague legal terms and concepts?

3.How will the Commission ensure that EU digital regulation does not enable comparable infringements on freedom of expression?

Submitted: 4.6.2025

[1] https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/police-make-30-arrests-a-day-for-offensive-online-messages-zbv886tqf.
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June 14, 2025
MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – Authorisation of available treatments for feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) – E-002247/2025
Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-002247/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Annalisa Corrado (S&D), Martin Hojsík (Renew), Sebastian Everding (The Left), Markéta Gregorová (Verts/ALE), Günther Sidl (S&D), Alessandro Zan (S&D), Flavio Tosi (PPE), Petras Auštrevičius (Renew), Sakis Arnaoutoglou (S&D), Sirpa Pietikäinen (PPE)

Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is a highly lethal viral disease caused by a mutation of the feline coronavirus, affecting up to 2 % of cats, with over 95 % mortality in symptomatic cases. To date, no veterinary treatment has been officially authorised, despite the demonstrated efficacy of GS-441524, a derivative of Remdesivir.

This therapy has been approved in the United Kingdom and was temporarily authorised by the EU in Cyprus during a 2023 outbreak. However, within the EU, it remains restricted to human use only. This leads to a dangerous black market, exposing animals to health risks, lack of quality control and unaffordable costs.

European veterinary associations and animal welfare associations are calling for veterinarians to be granted legal access to this life-saving treatment.

1.Is the Commission aware of this issue and does it intend to take any action, including steps to counter the black market that has developed?

2.Given the deadlock in the Member States, does it consider that a centralised European authorisation procedure for veterinary use of this medicine could help overcome the current situation and ensure safe and legal treatment options for cats?

Submitted: 4.6.2025
Last updated: 13 June 2025
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June 14, 2025
MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – Lack of targeted support policies for people with disabilities and vulnerable groups in the EU – E-002221/2025
Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-002221/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Afroditi Latinopoulou (PfE)

The European Union proclaims social cohesion and care for the most vulnerable. However, reality exposes it. While in most Member States people with disabilities, low-income pensioners, single-parent families and other vulnerable social groups do not receive sufficient support to respond to price surges, the European Commission continues to allocate hundreds of millions of euros in subsidies, integration programmes and benefits for illegal immigrants.

In view of the above:

1.How does the Commission justify unequal treatment to the detriment of European citizens themselves, as people with disabilities and the poorest social classes remain without material support, while billions are allocated to housing, benefits and programmes for illegal immigrants?

2.While the Commission imposes green and digital reforms, citizens with serious needs – people with disabilities, the elderly, low earners – do not have the financial means to respond. What protection mechanisms does the Commission intend to propose so that our vulnerable fellow citizens do not slide to the social margins of this ‘new’ Europe?

3.The high cost of energy, basic goods and rents has disproportionately affected vulnerable groups. Why does the Commission not commit funds to these expenses, as it does for migration programmes, and does the Commission intend to promote direct, targeted financial aid to Member States, with citizens with disabilities and other vulnerable groups as the exclusive recipients?

Submitted: 3.6.2025
Last updated: 13 June 2025
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June 14, 2025
MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – Spread of paedo-criminal content – P-002322/2025

Source: European Parliament

Priority question for written answer P-002322/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Pascal Arimont (PPE)

Items almost undoubtedly intended for paedophilia crimes are still being advertised on online platforms like X. The offending products are being marketed as ‘Baby Girl BDSM Bondage Sets’, which contain leather chokers for a neck measuring between 12.5 and 16 inches – the typical size for children aged 9 to 16 years.

How is the Commission ensuring tougher enforcement so that all forms of sexual violence against children are subsequently punished and more effectively removed from huge online platforms?

Submitted: 10.6.2025

Last updated: 13 June 2025

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June 14, 2025
MIL-OSI Europe: Latest news – Meeting of Wednesday 18 June 2025, Strasbourg – Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries

Source: European Parliament

The next DMAS meeting will take place in Strasbourg on 18 June from 17.00 to 18.00 in WEISS S2.2.
The main item will be a debriefing of the 14th EU-Egypt Interparliamentary Meeting in Cairo, Egypt, 25-27 May 2025.

Link to remote connection

Source : © European Union, 2025 – EP

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June 14, 2025
MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – Greece on course for desertification – need for a special environmental protection scheme – E-002251/2025
Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-002251/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Maria Zacharia (NI)

Following successive waves of catastrophic fires, uncontrolled industrial renewable energy installation, the commercialisation of land and the lack of meaningful restoration, nature in Greece is being driven to collapse. Greek forests, flora and fauna are at risk of complete desertification. The region of Attica has lost 37 % of its forests over the last eight years, while Euboea, the Peloponnese, Rhodes and Western Greece are facing similar decline. As a Mediterranean country in the front line of the climate crisis, Greece sees its environmental value shrinking dramatically, without an institutional or national protection plan.

Can the Commission therefore say:

1.Does it intend to recognise Greece as a Member State of high environmental vulnerability under Regulation (EU) 2024/1991 on nature restoration?

2.Will it invite the Greek Government to draw up a national map of areas of full environmental protection, with an explicit ban on commercial exploitation reducing the level of green coverage?

3.What financial support is available for targeted reforestation with resistant, endemic species?

Submitted: 4.6.2025
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MIL-OSI Europe: Answer to a written question – Cyprus’s Supreme Constitutional Court avoided the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) over transparency law – P-001545/2025(ASW)
Source: European Parliament
In line with the ruling in Case C-283/81 Cilfit v Ministerio della Sanità[1], national supreme courts are not required to request a preliminary ruling if the EU legislation in question has already been the subject of interpretation by the Court of Justice of the European Union or if the issue of the correct application of EU law leaves no scope for any reasonable doubt as to the manner in which the question will be resolved.

The Commission does not, in principle, initiate infringement proceedings under Article 258 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) if the infringement of obligations under Article 267(3) TFEU constitutes an isolated case.

The Commission monitors significant developments concerning the rule of law in Member States, including on the anti-corruption framework in the context of the annual Rule of Law Report.

The Commission follows closely developments in this area and will provide an up-to-date assessment in its 2025 Rule of Law Report, planned to be published in July 2025.

[1] ECLI:EU:C:1982:335.
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MIL-OSI Europe: Final draft agenda – Monday, 16 June 2025 – Strasbourg

Source: European Parliament

44 The human cost of Russia’s war against Ukraine and the urgent need to end Russian aggression: the situation of illegally detained civilians and prisoners of war, and the continued bombing of civilians

– Motions for resolutions Wednesday, 2 July 2025, 13:00

– Amendments to motions for resolutions; joint motions for resolutions Monday, 7 July 2025, 19:00

– Amendments to joint motions for resolutions Monday, 7 July 2025, 20:00

16 Strengthening rural areas in the EU through cohesion policy
Denis Nesci (A10-0092/2025)

– Amendments by the rapporteur, 71 MEPs at least; Alternative motions for resolutions Wednesday, 11 June 2025, 13:00

Texts put to the vote on Tuesday Friday, 13 June 2025, 12:00

Texts put to the vote on Wednesday Monday, 16 June 2025, 19:00

Texts put to the vote on Thursday Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 19:00

Motions for resolutions concerning debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (Rule 150) Wednesday, 18 June 2025, 19:00

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MIL-OSI Europe: Final draft agenda – Tuesday, 17 June 2025 – Strasbourg

Source: European Parliament
34 Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast)
Jeroen Lenaers (A10-0097/2025) – Amendments; rejection Wednesday, 11 June 2025, 13:00 50 Amending Regulation (EU) No 228/2013 as regards additional assistance and further flexibility to outermost regions affected by severe natural disasters and in the context of cyclone Chido devastating Mayotte – Amendments; rejection Friday, 13 June 2025, 12:00 – Requests for “separate”, “split” and “roll-call” votes Monday, 16 June 2025, 19:00 36 Electoral rights of mobile Union citizens in European Parliament elections
Sven Simon (A10-0090/2025) – Amendments Wednesday, 11 June 2025, 13:00 30 Amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure concerning the declaration of input (Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure)
Sven Simon (A10-0086/2025) – Amendments Wednesday, 11 June 2025, 13:00 16 Strengthening rural areas in the EU through cohesion policy
Denis Nesci (A10-0092/2025) – Amendments by the rapporteur, 71 MEPs at least; Alternative motions for resolutions Wednesday, 11 June 2025, 13:00 28 Financing for development – ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville
Charles Goerens (A10-0101/2025) – Amendments by the rapporteur, 71 MEPs at least; Alternative motions for resolutions Wednesday, 11 June 2025, 13:00 26 Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience Facility
Victor Negrescu, Siegfried Mureşan (A10-0098/2025) – Amendments Wednesday, 11 June 2025, 13:00 19 The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report
Ana Catarina Mendes (A10-0100/2025) – Amendments by the rapporteur, 71 MEPs at least, Alternative motions for resolutions Wednesday, 11 June 2025, 13:00 25 2023 and 2024 reports on Montenegro
Marjan Šarec (A10-0093/2025) – Amendments Wednesday, 11 June 2025, 13:00 17 2023 and 2024 reports on Moldova
Sven Mikser (A10-0096/2025) – Amendments Wednesday, 11 June 2025, 13:00 Separate votes – Split votes – Roll-call votes Texts put to the vote on Tuesday Friday, 13 June 2025, 12:00 Texts put to the vote on Wednesday Monday, 16 June 2025, 19:00 Texts put to the vote on Thursday Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 19:00 Motions for resolutions concerning debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (Rule 150) Wednesday, 18 June 2025, 19:00

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MIL-OSI Europe: Final draft agenda – Thursday, 19 June 2025 – Strasbourg

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48 The United Kingdom accession to the Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters
(O-000016/2025 – B10-0007/25) – Motion for a resolution Wednesday, 11 June 2025, 13:00 – Amendments to motions for resolutions; joint motions for resolutions Friday, 13 June 2025, 12:00 – Amendments to joint motions for resolutions Friday, 13 June 2025, 13:00 65 Media freedom in Georgia, particularly the case of Mzia Amaglobeli – Motions for resolutions (Rule 150) Monday, 16 June 2025, 20:00 – Amendments to motions for resolutions; joint motions for resolutions (Rule 150) Wednesday, 18 June 2025, 13:00 – Amendments to joint motions for resolutions (Rule 150) Wednesday, 18 June 2025, 14:00 66 Case of Ahmadreza Jalali in Iran – Motions for resolutions (Rule 150) Monday, 16 June 2025, 20:00 – Amendments to motions for resolutions; joint motions for resolutions (Rule 150) Wednesday, 18 June 2025, 13:00 – Amendments to joint motions for resolutions (Rule 150) Wednesday, 18 June 2025, 14:00 68 Dissolution of political parties and the crackdown on the opposition in Mali – Motions for resolutions (Rule 150) Monday, 16 June 2025, 20:00 – Amendments to motions for resolutions; joint motions for resolutions (Rule 150) Wednesday, 18 June 2025, 13:00 – Amendments to joint motions for resolutions (Rule 150) Wednesday, 18 June 2025, 14:00 53 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability
Veronika Vrecionová (A10-0104/2025) – Amendments; rejection Monday, 16 June 2025, 19:00 – Requests for “separate”, “split” and “roll-call” votes Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 16:00 41 Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system
Anna Stürgkh (A10-0091/2025) – Amendments by the rapporteur, 71 MEPs at least, Alternative motions for resolutions Wednesday, 11 June 2025, 13:00 38 Clean Industrial Deal
(O-000020/2025 – B10-0006/25) – Motions for resolutions Wednesday, 11 June 2025, 13:00 – Amendments to motions for resolutions; joint motions for resolutions Friday, 13 June 2025, 12:00 – Amendments to joint motions for resolutions Friday, 13 June 2025, 13:00 Separate votes – Split votes – Roll-call votes Texts put to the vote on Tuesday Friday, 13 June 2025, 12:00 Texts put to the vote on Wednesday Monday, 16 June 2025, 19:00 Texts put to the vote on Thursday Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 19:00 Motions for resolutions concerning debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (Rule 150) Wednesday, 18 June 2025, 19:00

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MIL-OSI Europe: Final draft agenda – Wednesday, 18 June 2025 – Strasbourg

Source: European Parliament
51 Macro-financial assistance to Egypt
Céline Imart (A10-0037/2025) – Amendments; rejection Monday, 16 June 2025, 20:00 – Requests for “separate”, “split” and “roll-call” votes Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 16:00 39 Adoption by the Union of the Agreement on the interpretation and application of the Energy Charter Treaty
Anna Cavazzini, Borys Budka (A10-0009/2025) – Amendments; rejection Friday, 13 June 2025, 12:00 26 Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience Facility
Victor Negrescu, Siegfried Mureşan (A10-0098/2025) – Amendments Wednesday, 11 June 2025, 13:00 19 The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report
Ana Catarina Mendes (A10-0100/2025) – Amendments by the rapporteur, 71 MEPs at least, Alternative motions for resolutions Wednesday, 11 June 2025, 13:00 25 2023 and 2024 reports on Montenegro
Marjan Šarec (A10-0093/2025) – Amendments Wednesday, 11 June 2025, 13:00 17 2023 and 2024 reports on Moldova
Sven Mikser (A10-0096/2025) – Amendments Wednesday, 11 June 2025, 13:00 38 Clean Industrial Deal
(O-000020/2025 – B10-0006/25) – Motions for resolutions Wednesday, 11 June 2025, 13:00 – Amendments to motions for resolutions; joint motions for resolutions Friday, 13 June 2025, 12:00 – Amendments to joint motions for resolutions Friday, 13 June 2025, 13:00 41 Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system
Anna Stürgkh (A10-0091/2025) – Amendments by the rapporteur, 71 MEPs at least, Alternative motions for resolutions Wednesday, 11 June 2025, 13:00 65 Media freedom in Georgia, particularly the case of Mzia Amaglobeli – Motions for resolutions (Rule 150) Monday, 16 June 2025, 20:00 – Amendments to motions for resolutions; joint motions for resolutions (Rule 150) Wednesday, 18 June 2025, 13:00 – Amendments to joint motions for resolutions (Rule 150) Wednesday, 18 June 2025, 14:00 66 Case of Ahmadreza Jalali in Iran – Motions for resolutions (Rule 150) Monday, 16 June 2025, 20:00 – Amendments to motions for resolutions; joint motions for resolutions (Rule 150) Wednesday, 18 June 2025, 13:00 – Amendments to joint motions for resolutions (Rule 150) Wednesday, 18 June 2025, 14:00 68 Dissolution of political parties and the crackdown on the opposition in Mali – Motions for resolutions (Rule 150) Monday, 16 June 2025, 20:00 – Amendments to motions for resolutions; joint motions for resolutions (Rule 150) Wednesday, 18 June 2025, 13:00 – Amendments to joint motions for resolutions (Rule 150) Wednesday, 18 June 2025, 14:00 Separate votes – Split votes – Roll-call votes Texts put to the vote on Tuesday Friday, 13 June 2025, 12:00 Texts put to the vote on Wednesday Monday, 16 June 2025, 19:00 Texts put to the vote on Thursday Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 19:00 Motions for resolutions concerning debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (Rule 150) Wednesday, 18 June 2025, 19:00

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MIL-OSI Europe: Answer to a written question – Violations of Article 48 of the Istanbul Convention and European legislation on the protection of victims due to criminal mediation – E-001429/2025(ASW)
Source: European Parliament
Article 48 of the Istanbul Convention requires Parties to prohibit mandatory alternative dispute resolution processes. In the referred GREVIO Baseline evaluation Report, GREVIO notes that criminal mediation is not mandatory in criminal justice procedures in Greece[1].

Pursuant to Article 12 of the Victims’ Rights Directive[2] (VRD), in Member States where restorative justice services are provided, safeguards shall be in place to ensure the victim is not further victimised and the participation of the victim shall be voluntary.

Other factors such as power imbalances should also be taken into consideration in conducting a restorative justice process. The Commission has analysed whether Member States have completely transposed into national legislation all normative provisions of the VRD.

In its role as guardian of the Treaties, the Commission continues to monitor the correct enforcement of these provisions in all Member States, including in Greece, and will take appropriate action, if necessary.

In the referred GREVIO Baseline evaluation Report, GREVIO also recommend that all relevant actors in the criminal justice sector receive training on the gendered dynamics of domestic violence.

In this regard, Article 36 of the directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence Directive[3] requires Member States to provide general and specialist training and information for professionals meeting victims of violence against women and domestic violence.

Member States, including Greece, will need to implement this directive by June 2027. During this period, the Commission will hold implementation workshops to steer the timely and complete transposition of the directive.

[1] GREVIO Baseline Evaluation Report,, p. 57, para 242-248.

[2] Directive 2012/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA. OJ L 315, 14.11.2012, p. 57.

[3] Directive (EU) 2024/1385 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 on combating violence against women and domestic violence, OJ of 24.5.202, L p. 1.
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MIL-OSI Europe: Answer to a written question – Reference price in the cotton aid scheme – E-001631/2025(ASW)
Source: European Parliament
In claim year 2023, Greek cotton producers received EUR 734 per hectare (plus top up when the producers are members of an inter-branch organisation, where applicable) based upon the reference values fixed in the Strategic Plan Regulation[1].

The Commission is closely monitoring the current situation, but a legal change to increase the reference amount and the earmarked budget is not planned.

Member States can also use other instruments including state aid, to design their sectoral support strategy. The available tools range from Basic Income Support for Sustainability (e.g. regionally differentiated for agronomic reasons to further improve all farmers’ viability in the region concerned) to improve the farmers’ viability, to investments to improve their competitiveness and resilience to eco-schemes to support sustainability of cotton production. Some of these investments could also be supported by Greece’s financial instrument.

Additional relevant tools can be risk management (e.g. insurances), sectoral interventions that also can support producer groups or agri-environment-climate measures.

[1] Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 435, 6.12.2021, p. 1.).
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MIL-OSI Europe: Answer to a written question – National sovereignty undermined due to abuse of the freedom to transfer capital set out in Article 63 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU – E-001529/2025(ASW)
Source: European Parliament

Member States have the right to regulate real estate markets. In doing so, however, they must respect the basic principles of the EU Treaties, first and foremost the fundamental freedoms.

The right to acquire, use or dispose of real estate falls under the free movement of capital principle set out in Articles 63 et seq. of the TFEU, or, depending on the purpose, under freedom of establishment pursuant to Article 49 TFEU.

As a rule, these freedoms prohibit any restrictions on the acquisition of real estate as well as direct or indirect discrimination on grounds of nationality, unless they are justified by legitimate reasons of public interest as recognised in the Treaties or in the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).

Where a measure pursues such a legitimate objective, restrictions to property transactions can be justified only insofar as they are suitable for securing, in a consistent and systematic manner, the attainment of the objective which they pursue and do not go beyond what is necessary in order to attain that objective[1].

The free movement of capital also extends to investments from third countries. However, special considerations apply to justifications for restrictions on the movement of capital to and from third countries.

The CJEU stressed that the relations with third countries can be said to ‘take place in a different legal context’ from that which occurs within the EU, when EU legislation is not applicable to third countries.

Consequently, under the Treaty additional justifications may be acceptable in the case of Member States’ restrictions as regards third countries.[2] To be noted that the freedom of establishment extends to nationals of Member States as well as legal entities established in the EU.
- [1] Case C-670/21, BA (Inheritance — Public housing policy in the European Union), EU:C:2023:763, p. 67 and the case-law cited.
- [2] CJEU, cases C-101/05, Skatteverket, p. 36; C-446/04, Test Claimants in the FII Group Litigation, p. 171.
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MIL-OSI Europe: Answer to a written question – EU investments and actions for the active prevention of gender-based violence and femicide, including through smart video surveillance systems – E-001380/2025(ASW)
Source: European Parliament

Combating and preventing violence against women and domestic violence is a key priority for the EU. The Roadmap for Women’s Rights[1], adopted in March 2025, is articulated around eight key women’s rights principles, with freedom from gender-based violence as the first principle.

The first objective under this principle consists of preventing and combating all forms of violence against women and girls, including domestic violence, femicide, and technology-facilitated gender-based violence.

The Roadmap does not include, in and of itself, specific actions and resources but rather sets a long-term vision with key principles and objectives on women’s rights which will inform forthcoming concrete policy measures, in particular under the Gender Equality Strategy post-2025. An open public consultation on concrete actions for this strategy was launched in May 2025.

In parallel, several actions are already ongoing. For instance, in May 2024 the directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence[2] was adopted.

The EU has now its first, strong and comprehensive law to fight gender-based violence, which requires Member States to take strong prevention measures. The directive must be implemented by June 2027.

The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Continent Action Plan[3] includes the InvestAI initiative that aims at mobilising EUR 200 billion for investment in AI.

This facility will not focus on investments in specific AI systems, but rather aims at mobilising investments for infrastructure needed for AI development, notably the development of AI Gigafactories in the EU.
- [1] The EU Roadmap for Women’s Rights: a renewed push for gender equality — European Commission.
- [2] Directive (EU) 2024/1385 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 on combating violence against women and domestic violence, OJ L, 2024/1385, 24.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2024/1385/o.
- [3] AI continent — European Commission.
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MIL-OSI Europe: Answer to a written question – Price of energy in Europe – E-000915/2025(ASW)
Source: European Parliament
On 26 February 2025, the Commission presented the action plan for Affordable Energy[1] alongside the Clean Industrial Deal underlining that affordable energy is a fundamental pillar of Europe’s strategy for sustainable prosperity and industrial competitiveness.

The action plan for Affordable Energy sets out eight concrete measures across four pillars to accelerate the clean transition and complete the Energy Union.

It includes actions to reduce electricity bills, such as making network charges more efficient and lowering taxation for electricity, while promoting long-term contracts like power purchase agreements (PPAs) and contracts for difference (CfDs) to stabilise prices and support investments in clean energy.

Faster permitting for grids, renewables and storage will also help reduce costs across the system. The concerted measures of the action plan are expected to bring forward overall savings of EUR 130 billion per year by 2030.

With the full engagement of Member States and all relevant stakeholders, the implementation of this Action Plan, together with the Clean Industrial Deal, will enable Europe to remain globally competitive while advancing decarbonisation and ensuring that the benefits of cheaper, cleaner energy reach households and industry alike.

[1] https://energy.ec.europa.eu/strategy/affordable-energy_en.
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MIL-OSI Europe: Answer to a written question – Regulated tariffs for the sale of electricity: a force for stability and social justice in Europe – E-001358/2025(ASW)
Source: European Parliament
The Commission acknowledges the importance of stable, predictable and affordable electricity prices for consumers. To this purpose, t he Commission adopted the action plan for Affordable Energy on 26 February 2025[1].

This plan presents measures to reduce energy costs for industry and households and help build a genuine Energy Union that delivers competitiveness, security, decarbonisation, and a just transition.

As part of this Plan, the Commission will propose a Citizens’ Energy Package to increase citizens’ participation in the energy transition and strengthen the social dimension of the Energy Union.

The implementation of specific tariff schemes such as regulated tariffs for the sale of electricity (TRVEs) are framed by Article 5 of the Electricity Directive that provides that suppliers are free to determine the price at which they supply electricity to customers .

It also provides that Member States may derogate from this provision and implement public i nterventions on price setting under specific conditions[2].

The Commission is required by 31 December 2025 to review and submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the implementation of Article 5 together with or followed by a legislative proposal, if appropriate.

This report will be based on the reports submitted by each Member State and on a study on the post-crisis retail market which the Commission is currently steering. It is not possible for the time being to prejudge any of the conclusions of the study or the report.

[1] https://energy.ec.europa.eu/publications/action-plan-affordable-energy-unlocking-true-value-our-energy-union-secure-affordable-efficient-and_en.

[2] Defined in Article 5 of the Electricity Directive (EU) 2019/944 — https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2019/944/oj/eng.
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MIL-OSI Europe: Answer to a written question – Greece’s failure to apply the directives on a common system for VAT rates as low as zero on essential items such as food, medicines, pharmaceuticals, clothing and housing – P-001904/2025(ASW)
Source: European Parliament
The Commission attaches great importance to the timely and correct transposition of EU law.

Greece has not transposed the provisions of: (i) Council Directive (EU) 2020/285 of 18 February 2020[1] which exempts small enterprises from value-added tax (VAT), alleviates their VAT compliance obligations and makes it easier to trade within the internal market, and (ii) Council Directive (EU) 2022/542 of 5 April 2022[2] which allows for a wider use of reduced rates, including the use of zero rates for essential products such as food, pharmaceuticals and products intended for medical use . Both directives had to be transposed into national law by 31 December 2024.

Therefore, the Commission opened infringement procedures[3] against Greece by sending letters of formal notice on 31 January 2025. Greece had to respond, complete its transposition and notify the measures to the Commission by 31 March 2025.

Greece did not reply to the letters of formal notice or notify transposition measures for the directives. The Commission is currently envisaging the next step in the infringement procedures.

[1] Council Directive (EU) 2020/285 of 18 February 2020 amending Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax as regards the special scheme for small enterprises.

[2] Council Directive (EU) 2022/542 of 5 April 2022 amending Directives 2006/112/EC and 2020/285 as regards rates of value added tax.

[3] https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/el/inf_25_273.
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MIL-OSI Europe: Answer to a written question – ‘Exit tax’ in connection with relocating to another Member State – P-001754/2025(ASW)

Source: European Parliament

The Commission understands that the Belgian Government is currently reflecting on the introduction of an exit tax in the context of a broader discussion on capital gains taxation. Based on publicly available information, this discussion appears to be still ongoing, and no legal act has been proposed yet by the Belgian Government or adopted by the Chamber of Representatives.

Since there is no legal act or provisions in place, the Commission is not able to take a view on the compatibility of such an envisaged exit tax with EU law.

In principle, restrictions to the Single Market are generally prohibited under the Treaties. Member States can adopt such exit taxes by exercising their national tax competence provided they fully comply with the free movement of capital (Article 63 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union), as clarified by the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union.

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