AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoFIFA vs UEFA Power Struggle: Gianni Infantino is pushing a World Cup “sell-off” plan that would expand the tournament to 64 teams and bring private investors into commercial control, but UEFA says the World Cup “is not for sale” and its 55 member nations—including Liechtenstein—are set to boycott FIFA competitions if the vote goes through. Travel Rules & Border Tech: ETIAS is delayed until 2027 while the EU’s Entry/Exit System (EES) is already in use, with ports like Bilbao rolling out faster digital border checks for non-EU travellers. Crypto Regulation Watch: ESMA has added 15 new crypto-asset service providers to the MiCA register, bringing the total to 309, as Binance app availability issues surface in some EU markets. Health & Pharma: Pfizer-BioNTech secured EU marketing authorisation for an XFG-adapted COVID-19 vaccine, valid across EU plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. Energy & Industry Funding: The European Commission is offering EUR 1.5bn in interest-free loans to scale EV battery production, funded via ETS revenues.
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