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Les dirigeants de 61 pays européens, sud-américains et caribéens se retrouvent à Bruxelles pour deux jours à partir de ce mercredi 10 juin, à l’occasion du deuxième sommet Union européenne - Communauté des Etats d’Amérique latine et des Caraïbes. Au menu des discussions : les accords bilatéraux entre l’UE et les pays membre de la Celac, la sécurité et la question du climat - avec à l’horizon la COP21 de Paris.

Alig néhány napja írtunk lapunkban a zombori táblarongálásokról, illetve arról, hogy a vandálok gyakorlatilag semmit sem kímélnek. Lefestik, elforgatják vagy kidöntik a közlekedési jeleket, kitépik az utcaburkolathoz rögzített szemétgyűjtőket, a masszív, öntöttvas és fa kombinációjával készült köztéri padokat. Arról is beszámoltunk, hogy erejükkel nem bíró valakiknek még a vasbetonból öntött padokat is sikerült szétverniük.

Ma hajnalban viszont igencsak meglepődtek a piacra érkező árusok egy kidöntött kőoszlop láttán. Az oszlopot eredetileg bebetonozták a talajba, majd vaspántokkal is rögzítették az útburkolathoz. Fölvételünkön látszik, az oszlopot nem kifordították a talajból, hanem eltörték, a pántokat kitépték. Ami viszont nem látszik, hogy az oszlop előtt álló közlekedési táblát is kitörték. Vannak ugyan nagyon erős emberek, de ezt aligha puszta kézzel művelték. A kofák is értetlenül álltak a látvány előtt, szerintük valamiféle jármű mehetett neki az oszlopnak, de mondjuk egy Yugóval aligha lehet ilyen kárt okozni. Viszont egy ilyen erejű ütközés során karosszériadaraboknak kellett volna maradni a helyszínen, vagy legalábbis valamiféle festékmaradványoknak az oszlopon. Ugyanakkor az eset helyszínén az oszlop dőlési irányában tilos a járműforgalom, éppen az ezt tiltó közlekedési jel állt a kőoszlop előtt.

Ezeket az oszlopokat egyébként körülbelül egy évszázada, a múlt század húszas éveiben helyezték ki és kötötték össze karvastagságú vaslánccal, hogy elkerítsék az akkori piacteret, ezt a XX. század derekán meghosszabbítottak, és ma a zöldségpiacnak ad helyet. Ezt a helyet ma is Láncoknak nevezik a helybeliek.

La polémique autour de la présence du Premier ministre Manuel Valls à la finale de la Ligue des champions de football samedi à Berlin est «franco-française et ne concerne pas l'UEFA», a déclaré le...

Cécile Duflot interpelle ce mercredi directement François Hollande, avec qui elle «n’ignore pas (ses) désaccords» mais sait qu'ils ont «en partage une certaine idée du respect dû aux êtres...

Le Parti démocratique sénégalais (PDS), principal parti d'opposition du Sénégal, est en proie à des tensions. Mardi 9 juin 2015, l’ex-chef de l’Etat Abdoulaye Wade recevait Modou Diagne Fada, le président du groupe PDS à l'Assemblée nationale. Ce dernier et ses amis frondeurs étaient venus discuter de leur mémorandum sur la refondation du parti, demandent la tenue d'un congrès et le renouvellement des instances de la base au sommet. Mais la rencontre a tourné au fiasco.

Le président de l’UEFA a bien vu le premier ministre lors de son voyage en Allemagne, alors que l'escapade en jet privé de M. Valls lors de la finale de la Ligue des champions fait polémique depuis samedi.

Editorial. L’escapade berlinoise de Manuel Valls va alimenter la défiance de plus en plus lourde à l’encontre des responsables politiques.

A mai napon, 2015. június 10-én, szerdán 10 óra 52 perckor újabb baleset történt a Magyar Légierő egyik Gripenjével: a 30-as oldalszámú JAS-39C kényszerleszállást hajtott végre a kecskeméti légibázison futóműprobléma miatt. A gép hajózója (Kádár Sándor őrnagy) katapultált, sikeresen földet ért, megsérült, kórházban ápolják, állapota stabil. Friss információkért kövessék folyamatosan a JETfly Facebook oldalát is!

Iran has prepared three ports in the Caspian Sea and added six ships to its fleet for cargo trade with Russia as the two countries are forging stepped-up commercial relationship to counter Western sanctions on both countries.

The Azerbaijani Embassy in Austria has issued a statement, condemning the appeal of European Parliament Vice-President Ulrike Lunacek to the members of the European Commission and European Council to boycott official events during the first European Games in Baku.

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International gold refiners who use gold from Ghana may be benefitting from hazardous child labor in unlicensed mines.

(Accra) – International gold refiners who use gold from Ghana may be benefitting from hazardous child labor in unlicensed mines, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today on the eve of World Day Against Child Labor, June 12, 2015. The refiners should take immediate steps to eliminate child labor in their supply chains. 

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Place:        KIRCHBERG building (KCC), Luxembourg
Chair(s):    Anrijs Matīss, Minister for Transport of Latvia  

All times are approximate and subject to change  

+/- 09.35     Doorstep by Minister Matīss
10.00           Beginning of Transport Council meeting
+/- 10.10     Adoption of A items
+/- 10.15     Air passengers rights (in public session)
+/- 10.45     Inland waterway vessels (in public session)
+/- 11.25     Fourth Railway Package (in public session)
+/- 12.25     AOB
                     EU road safety
                     TEN-T & CEF
                     ASEM Transport Ministers meeting (poss. in public session)
                     Shift2Rail 
                     Work programme of the incoming Presidency

+/- 14.00     Press conference

Die Agenturen der Vereinten Nationen werden in der Post-2015-Agenda eine noch ausschlaggebendere Rolle spielen als bisher unter den Milleniums-Entwicklungszielen. Denn die Agenturen sind wie die neuen Nachhaltigen Entwicklungsziele (SDGs) universell, sagt die UNESCO-Generaldirektorin Irina Bokova gegenüber EurActiv in einem Exklusivinterview.

On 10 June 2015, the Council's Permanent Representatives Committee (Coreper) approved a compromise agreement on the reform of the European trade mark system.

The reform of the current system will improve the conditions for businesses to innovate and to benefit from more effective trade mark protection against counterfeits, including fake goods in transit through the EU's territory.

The new legal framework is also aimed at making trade mark registration systems throughout the European Union more accessible and efficient for businesses in terms of lower costs and complexity, increased speed, greater predictability and legal certainty.

Next steps

After endorsement of the compromise agreement by the Legal Affairs committee of the European Parliament, the legal texts will come back to the Council for  political agreement, followed by the usual legal-linguistic revision before the formal adoption of the Council's position at first reading.

Afterwards, the texts will be put for a vote in second reading at a plenary session of the European Parliament.

June 9, 2015 (STRASBOURG) - The Sudanese opposition forces called on the European Union (EU) Parliament to support the establishment of a new process for peace and democratic reforms in Sudan.

EU MP Marie-Christine Vergiat and former PM Sadiq al-Mahdi (C) surrounded by Malik Agar and Gribil Ibrahim from the right, Abdel Wahid al-Nur and al-Tom Hajo during the press conference at the European Parliament on 9 June 2015 (ST photo)

An important delegation of the Sudanese opposition groups led by the former prime minister and leader of the National Umma Party (NUP) Sadiq al-Mahdi, and the chairman of the rebel umbrella Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF) Malik Agar was received at the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

In a parliamentary hearing entitled "Sudan recent elections and peace perspectives", the opposition leaders briefed the EU legislators on the humanitarian and human rights situations but focused their interventions on what the European legislators can do in support of the African Union-led efforts for peace and democratic transition in Sudan.

Mahdi and Agar who spoke on behalf of the opposition Sudan Call forces said the national dialogue process launched in January 2014 was not seriously prepared and was used by the government to buy time before to organize single-party elections aiming to maintaining the current status quo.

The former prime minister stressed that "Sudan now is a failed state". He pointed to the armed conflicts, displacements of civilians and the popular rejection of the regime illustrated by the boycott of April elections. He further referred to the government involvement in the conflicts in Central African Republic, South Sudan, Libya and its links with the terrorist group of Daesh saying that Khartoum regime is a factor of regional instability.

"We want the EU parliament to support the people of Sudan who has suffered for 26 years and to back our initiative for comprehensive and just peace and democratization. We hope to get a response to this appeal and the EU parliament issue a strong resolution in support of the people of Sudan in their search for (peace and democracy)," he further said.

Speaking after al-Mahdi, the SRF leader went in his speech to provide further details about the resolution they hope to see the EU lawmakers adopted in support of a new "meaningful peace process".

Agar pointed to the need to protect civilians through stopping war and guaranteeing humanitarian access to the needy in the war affected areas. Also, he underscored the need to create a conducive environment and guarantee basic freedoms before the national dialogue.

"Sudan's peace process and national dialogue will need a new, clear mandate for the mediation. The new mandate will need to include specific goals, a timeframe for moving the process forward in a meaningful manner and preventing the Government's attempts to delay the process, and benchmarks for a truly comprehensive national dialogue process," he further said.

After the rejection of the Sudanese government to participate in a national dialogue preparatory meeting called by the African Union High Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) on 30-31 March, the Sudan Call forces requested the African Union to create a new mechanism involving the UN and main international partners.

Agar called for "smart sanctions" on the Sudanese government and to stipulate some conditions related to the humanitarian access, peace and democratic reforms before increasing engagement with Sudan, providing debt relief, and funding as it is pledged by the EU governments in the Khartoum Process on combating human trafficking , or training Sudanese military and police.

SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR & UNAMID

In a press conference at the EU parliament, SFR vice-president for foreign affairs and leader of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) Gibril Ibrahim called to re-establish a Special Rapporteur on Human Rights for Sudan to monitor the human rights situation in Sudan.

In his speech, Agar also mentioned this request.

Ibrahim who briefing reporters on behalf of the opposition groups, further said the EU should exert efforts to maintain the hybrid peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID), as the Sudanese government demands as exit strategy for the joint operation which is dedicated to protect civilians in Darfur.

"Despite its shortcomings, UNAMID protects the civilian population in Darfur from the ongoing government and government-sponsored militia attacks," said Agar who included the matter in his speech before the EU lawmakers.

The hearing was organised by the French Marie-Christine Vergiat, Ana Gomes of Portugal and the Slovenian Ivo Vajgl. Also intervened in the meeting the German Joachim Zeller, the Italian Elena VALENCIANO, the Swedish Bodil Ceballos and the French Barbara SPINELLI.

Vergiat who chairs the EU MPs group on Sudan welcomed the Sudanese guests and regretted the travel ban imposed on the leader of the opposition alliance Farouk Abu Issa, and human rights prominent activist Amin Mekki Mandani.

She further mentioned the absence of the NUP deputy-president Merriam al-Mahdi who was also prevented from travelling to Paris by the Sudanese security agents.

The French MP who is a member of the European United Left/Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) further vowed to support the ongoing efforts to bring peace and stability in Sudan and the neighbouring countries.

Several EU MPs congratulated the opposition for achieving unity and encouraged them to have a unified stance on issues of peace and democracy in Sudan.

European lawmakers organized dinner for the visiting delegation which included some representatives of civil society groups who succeeded to reach Strasbourg despite the travel ban.

This is the third time that the EU legislators receive the Sudanese opposition groups. The two previous meetings took place in November 2013 and July 2014.

(ST)

Le porte-parole du gouvernement a annoncé ce mercredi qu'un remaniement aura lieu "la semaine prochaine". Il vise notamment à remplacer Geneviève Fioraso au poste de secrétaire d'Etat à l'Enseignement supérieur.

Les eurodéputés devaient se prononcer ce mercredi 10 juin sur le projet de résolution concernant le traité de libre-échange entre les Etats-Unis et l’Union européenne (TTIP ou TAFTA). Il s’agissait de définir les « lignes rouges » à fixer aux négociateurs européens. Finalement, après l'annonce par le président du Parlement européen Martin Schulz de sa décision d’annuler le vote en attendant de parvenir à un compromis, le débat a été reporté.

“There is no unsolved problem in bilateral relations of Azerbaijan with European countries”