Last Month in Brief

• 3 April: The European Commission launches two in-depth investigations under the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation on the subsidies granted by the Chinese government to solar photovoltaic companies ENEVO Group, Shanghai Electric UK Co and Shanghai Electric Hong Kong International Engineering Co.

• 4-5 April: EU and US representatives meet in Leuven(Belgium) for the sixth ministerial meeting of the Trade and Technology Council (see Deep Dive 1).

• 11-12 April: European Telecommunications ministers meet in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) to discuss the strengthening of EU digital infrastructure, digital safety and cybersecurity (see Deep Dive 2).

• 12 April: European Economic and Finance ministers meet for an informal ECOFIN meeting to evaluate the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) at mid-term.

• 17-18 April: European Heads of State and Government meet for a special European Council meeting devoted, among other topics, to the strengthening of EU competitiveness (see Deep Dive 3).

• 22 April: The European Commission opens proceedings against TikTok under the DSA regarding the launch of TikTok Lite in France and Spain.

• 22-25 April: The European Parliament meets in plenary to adopt, among other texts, the Single Market Emergency Instrument (SMEI) package and the Gigabit Infrastructure Act.

• 23-24 April: European ministers for health meet in Brussels for an informal meeting devoted, among other topics, to strengthening the security of the EU's supply of medicines.

• 24 April: The European Commission launches under the EU’s International Procurement Instrument (IPI) an investigation into Chinese public procurement in the medical devices sector.

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