Last Month in Brief

• 4 March: European ministers for Environment and Energy meet in Brussels for the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council to discuss energy prices and supply, as well as the state of the solar power industry in Europe.

• 5 March: The European Commission and the High-Representative for External Affairs present the Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS) and the European Defence Industry Programme (EDIP) (see Deep Dive 1).

• 6 March: The Council of the European Union and the European Parliament reach an agreement over the EU Cyber Solidarity Act aiming at strengthening EU cyber security capacities.

• 7 March: European ministers fo rEconomy and Industry meet in Brussels for a Competitiveness Council to discuss measures to strengthen the competitiveness of European industry.

• 11-14 March: The European Parliament meets in plenary to adopt, among other texts, the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act and the Forced Labour Regulation.

• 15 March:The COREPER approves the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.

• 18 March: The Council adopts the Critical Raw Materials Act (see Deep Dive 2).

• 20 March: The European Commission adopts the communication on Building the future with nature which proposes actions to boost biotechnology and biomanufacturing in the EU, as well as its action plan to address labour and skills shortage in the EU.

• 23 March: European Heads of State and Government meet in Brussels for a European Council devoted, among other topics, to the enhancement of EU strategic autonomy.

• 25 March: The European Commission opens five non-compliance investigations into Alphabet, Apple and Meta’s practices in the framework of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) (see Deep Dive 3).

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