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Des médias congolais ont fait état mardi 18 juillet d'une suspension des paiements de l'État au niveau de la Banque centrale du Congo (BCC). La rumeur, démentie par la BCC, trahit la fébrilité économique du pays, qui risque d'entrer en défaut de paiement à cause de la pénurie en devise.

Cet article RDC : inquiétudes, fausses rumeurs et vraies craintes sur la situation financière du pays est apparu en premier sur JeuneAfrique.com.

L’avocat Baba Hady Thiam, élevé en Guinée et formé à Londres et Paris, partage son expérience d’être revenu s’installer à Conakry.

Die EU-Kommission befasst sich einmal mehr mit Polen.

From China to the Gulf to Europe, the world's power players are moving ahead without America.

INTERVIEW - Le député-maire PS d'Alfortville (Val-de-Marne), sénateur sortant, fait partie des 23 élus en situation de cumul des mandats visés par un recours.

Les élus visés par une saisine auprès du Conseil constitutionnel bénéficient d'un délai supplémentaire pour démissionner.

En cas de licenciement abusif, le plafond des indemnités prud'homales stagnerait à partir de 20 ans d'ancienneté.

Le suspect dans le meurtre de Sarah Halimi, femme juive défenestrée à Paris en avril, a été mis en examen pour "homicide volontaire". La qualification antisémite n'a pas été retenue par la justice, ce qui suscite la colère de la communauté juive.

Les deux frères ennemis, La France insoumise et la « Nouvelle Gauche », version « Assemblée nationale » du PS, pourraient se retrouver sur la même ligne le temps d’un recours devant le Conseil constitutionnel....

"Il n'y aura pas de grand soir institutionnel", a promis Emmanuel Macron lors de la conférence des territoires. Et pourtant, les manœuvres ont commencé...

Pour l’Institut de recherche pour le développement, le continent ne sortira de la pauvreté qu’en donnant aux familles africaines le choix du nombre d’enfants qu’elles désirent.

Trump has no clear agenda or policies of his own, and in their absence he is simply trying to tear down Obama’s key domestic and foreign policy achievements, with little understanding or care for what might replace them.

Les politiques aiment partager leurs goûts musicaux avec les internautes. Après Barack Obama et Benoît Hamon, c'est au tour du Premier ministre canadien Justin Trudeau de dévoiler une playlist de 39 titres sur Spotify.

L'eurodéputée frontiste Sophie Montel, qui avait dénoncé en mars des emplois fictifs présumés d'assistants au Parlement européen, a récidivé fin juin. Ce nouveau signalement, qui concerne quatre anciens collaborateurs de Jean-Luc Mélenchon, a été joint à l'enquête par le parquet de Paris.

An issue of key importance was underscored in the 2017 Employment and Social Developments in Europe Review published by the European Commission Yesterday, July 17th. This year’s review — which focused on analysing how various structural, technological and demographic changes in the labour market are affecting younger generations relative to older generations — noted the need for the welfare states to actively generate intergenerational fairness in order to maintain “social cohesion, support for reforms, and trust in the economic systems and institutions”.

The rising age of the European population, pensions, and changing structure of the labour market were all noted as foreseeable problems in need of attention by the 2017 report. Regarding pensions, the Commission took note of the “double burden” currently placed upon young people. An increase in the dependency ratio between generations was acknowledged, meaning that, as time passes, a smaller number of people will be contributing to an overly dependent pension system, confronting them with larger rates of contribution. At the same time these contributions from younger generations may be irregular and fragmented due to the difficultly of finding full-time work, leading to potential long-term problems for future pensioners.

This issue regarding finding full-time work for young people was also highlighted. Due to the shift towards non-standard work, young people were stated to often struggle to find stable, long-term jobs. Reportedly, younger workers are twice as likely to be in temporary work compared to older age groups. In 2016, just over 30% of people between the ages of 25 and 39 in the EU said that they work part-time because they could not find full-time employment. The Commission attributed a potential decrease in productivity growth to this trend, also noting that, consequently, young people “postponing household formation, home ownership and parenthood may in turn have inter-generationally adverse consequences.”

In order to deal with these challenges, the Commission has made various recommendations. In terms of mitigating the problems resonating from an aging population, an emphasis was placed on increasing net immigration and higher fertility, as well as bringing more potential workers into employment for longer periods of time. In the long term, investment in innovation and skills for young people to increase productivity is a must.

In addition, engaging with social partners in order to bridge the gap between the young and old generations was recommended, promoting apprenticeships, mentoring or tutorship programmes. The creation of employment protection legislation, active labour market policies, and the promotion of life long learning are a few of the ways workers’ and employers’ representatives can have an impact on intergenerational fairness.

Overall, while economic growth is currently high and unemployment at a record low in the EU, efforts are still necessary to ensure that these economic benefits are shared equally by all age groups. The more quickly decisions are made at the policy level in order to promote intergenerational fairness, the more effective they will be at mitigating future problems.

Hayley Stauffer

Sources:

Press releases on the 2017 Employment and Social Developments in Europe Review:
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-17-1988_en.htm
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-17-1987_en.htm

Read the full report here:
http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=89&newsId=2841&furtherNews=yes

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Vor dem Hintergrund wachsender Spannungen mit Ankara hat EU-Chefdiplomatin Federica Mogherini am Dienstag in Brüssel den türkischen Europaminister empfangen.

Croatia’s Defence Minister Damir Krsticevic offered his resignation over criticism that the military didn’t react quickly enough to tackle huge wildfires, but the prime minister refused to accept it or blame the army.

"C'est un gros pipeau du FN qui perpétue la vieille tradition d'extrême droite de la dénonciation", dénonce Corbière. Quatre ex-collaborateurs sont visés.