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Sylvie Goulard mardi, François Bayrou et Marielle de Sarnez ce mercredi matin, l'ensemble des ministres issus du MoDem ont choisi de démissionner du gouvernement. Derrière ces décisions plane l'affaire des assistants parlementaires d'eurodéputés.

A június 21-i Tetőteraszban Kelemen Hunorral beszélgettünk a legaktuálisabb belpolitikai témákról: kormányválságról, magyarellenes megnyilvánulásokról. A kormányválság amúgy is feszült napjainak intenzitását fokozta az a magyarellenes hangulatkeltés, amely az RMDSz és a kormánykoalíció tárgyalásai n...

Nach dem in letzter Minute vereitelten Terroranschlag im Brüsseler Zentralbahnhof vom Dienstag Abend sind weitere Details über den Attentäter bekannnt…

The Maltese presidency reached a preliminary agreement with European Parliament representatives to strengthen cooperation between EU national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws.

"Trust in e-commerce by citizens and companies is an essential condition for making the digital single market more attractive and dynamic. The safeguarding of consumers' rights and interests will be better preserved, including for shopping online, thanks to this new harmonised framework", said Chris Cardona, the Maltese Minister for the Economy, Investment and Small Business.

The agreement, which has still to be endorsed by the Council and the Parliament, aims at modernising cooperation mechanisms to further reduce the harm caused to consumers by cross-border infringements to EU consumer law.

In particular, effective consumer protection has to respond to the challenges of the digital economy and the development of cross-border retail trade in the EU.

Fight against cross-border infringements

This revision of the existing Consumer Protection Cooperation framework will give more powers to national authorities, particularly in the context of the digital single market.

In case of EU-wide breaches of consumer rights, national enforcement authorities and the Commission will coordinate their action to stop these practices, in particular in cases of widespread infringements with an EU-dimension which are likely to harm consumers across a large part of the Union.

Consumer trust in e-commerce

Ineffective enforcement of cross-border infringements, in particular in the digital environment, enables traders to evade enforcement by relocating within the Union, giving rise to a distortion of competition for law-abiding traders operating either domestically or cross-border, and thus directly harming consumers and undermining consumer confidence in the single market.

An increased level of harmonisation setting effective and efficient enforcement cooperation among public enforcement authorities is therefore necessary to detect, investigate and stop intra-Union infringements and widespread infringements.

In order to further harmonise practices across the EU, the new regulation will set out a number of minimum investigation and enforcement powers that every national competent authority will have to be able to exercise in order to coordinate properly in the fight against infringements.

These powers will strike a balance between the interests protected by fundamental rights such as a high level of consumer protection, the freedom to conduct business and freedom of information.

The mutual assistance mechanism between administrations will be strengthened to establish whether an intra-EU infringement has occurred and to bring about the cessation of that infringement.

An improved alert mechanism will allow a competent authority to notify without delay the Commission and other competent authorities of any reasonable suspicion that an intra-Union infringement or widespread infringement is taking place on its territory that may affect consumers' interests in other member states.

Competent authorities will also be able to open investigations on their own initiative if they become aware of intra-Union infringements or widespread infringements by means other than individual consumer complaints.

Catching up with the digital economy

On 25 May 2016, the Commission presented the proposal to modernise consumer protection cooperation as part of a broader package including proposals on cross-border parcel deliveries and on tackling unjustified geo-blocking.

At present, regulation 2006/2004 provides for harmonised rules and procedures to facilitate cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of cross-border consumer protection laws.

The scope of the 2004 regulation covers 18 pieces of consumer legislation, including: provisions to protect consumers from unfair and misleading commercial communication; ensuring that consumers are adequately informed before making purchasing decisions; providing appropriate protection when entering contracts with businesses; as well as complaint and redress mechanisms and access to justice.

However, following a review on the effectiveness of regulation 2006/2004, the Commission concluded that it no longer effectively addresses the challenges of the digital single market.

La start-up montpelliéraine MaSmartHome, spécialisée dans l’habitat connecté, s’inscrit dans une nouvelle stratégie : elle vise les promoteurs immobiliers auxquels elle propose un outil pour équiper les logements de fonctionnalités domotiques connectées. Une levée de fonds est en cours.

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EU heads of state or government meet on 22 June 2017 in Brussels to discuss counterterrorism and how to better combat radicalisation. The European Council is also expected to support a strengthening of EU cooperation on external security and defence.  The working dinner is focused on foreign policy issues in light of recent summits and meetings, including with the US and Turkey leaders. The European Council is reaffirming its commitment to the Paris Agreement on climate. Leaders are also taking stock of the implementation of the Minsk agreements. At the end, PM May is informing the leaders about the Brexit negotiations. After the dinner, a session of the European Council (Article 50) is taking place, where the EU27 leaders are discussing the state of play of Brexit negotiations with the UK. In the margins of this meeting, the heads of state and government are expected to endorse the procedure to decide on the relocation of the two EU agencies currently located in the UK.

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Près de 200 000 courriels et documents démontrent la « capture de l’Etat » par la richissime famille indienne proche du président Zuma.

Le ministre de la Justice démissionnaire assure ne pas vouloir "exposer" le gouvernement et Macron dans une affaire de "dénonciations anonymes".

Since Saturday, a wildfire has been hitting the centre of Portugal. More than 1,000 firefighters are battling this blaze, at least 64 people have passed away, and more than 130 people have been injured. Considering the impacts of this catastrophe, Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa has called for help and asked for international assistance. The European Union answered this call and has activated its Civil Protection Mechanism.

The heat of the last days combined with windy conditions have made the fire hard to control: despite the work of the firefighters and the planes used to drop water, the fire is still alive and only 70% is under control by now. The government has declared a state of emergency in the forested region around Pedrógão Grande, and a three days mourning state for the great loss the country has suffered.

How has the European Union reacted to this disaster?

The European Union has rapidly reacted to this disaster. The EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides expressed his condolences for the victims in a statement, saying the « EU is fully ready to help. » European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker sent a letter to Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, expressing « profound sadness » for the fire in Pedrogao Grande and offering « most felt solidarity. » He also wrote in that letter that « Our thoughts are with all the victims, their families and all the brave soldiers of peace that in a very difficult terrain and under challenging circumstances continue to fight this terrible fire.

Portugal activated the EU’s Civil Protection Mechanism on the 18th of June, 2017, requesting firefighting aircraft, and firefighters. The European Commission, through its 24/7 Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC), has been in constant contact with EU Member States to channel support through the EU’s Civil Protection Mechanism. A liaison officer from the ERCC has arrived in the country to help coordinate offers of assistance. In addition to the fire-extinguishing aircrafts Spain was already planning on furnishing, France, Spain and Italy have decided to provide Portugal with a total of seven planes.

What is the EU’s Civil Protection Mechanism?

The EU’s Civil Protection Mechanism is meant to improve to coordination, the effectiveness and the efficiency of a response to a disaster. When a country struggles to cope with that disaster alone, it can ask for support though this system. It can be deployed in the European Union and in the world. It avoids the duplication of efforts and ensures that the assistance meets the needs of the affected country. It finally helps preventing and prepare for potential disasters through training and through the exchange of experts and knowledge. The assistance can consist of items for immediate relief as well as experts and supporting intervention teams. To allow for a faster and more predictable EU response to disasters, the European Emergency Response Capacity (EERC) was created: it is a voluntary pool of pre-committed resources from the countries participating in the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. The European Medical Corps is part of the EERC. Since 2011, following requests for assistance, the EU Civil Protection Mechanism has been activated 230 times. Recent examples include the Ebola outbreak in West Africa (2014), the flooding in Western Balkans (2014), conflict in Eastern Ukraine (2015) and the European refugee crisis (2015).

Camille Guey

 

Sources

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40336622

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/20/questions-being-asked-about-high-death-toll-as-portugal-battles-to-control-fire

http://ec.europa.eu/echo/files/aid/countries/factsheets/thematic/civil_protection_en.pdf

http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-17-1682_en.htm

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L'ex-eurodéputée, entendue mardi par les enquêteurs de l'Office anticorruption, avait été la première à dénoncer, en 2015, des pratiques visant le FN et le MoDem.

Pour 95% des entreprises, la DSN est devenue la modalité unique de collecte des données sociales des entreprises. Appliquée à la gestion de la paie des salariés, elle a permis de réduire drastiquement le nombre de données et de normer les pratiques déclaratives. Avec, à la clé, d'importantes économies, de l'ordre de 4 à 6 milliards d'euros par an. Par Eric Hayat, président du GIP-MDS (organisme qui pilote le projet de la Déclaration Sociale Nominative, DSN).

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Quelques heures après l'annonce de son choix de ne pas rester au gouvernement, François Bayrou s'est expliqué lors d'un conférence de presse. Dans une allocution d'une vingtaine de minutes, l'ancien ministre...

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