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On Thursday, plenary supported a proposal to mobilise EU funds to help Spain and France following devastating floods and cyclones.
Committee on Budgets

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On Thursday, plenary supported a proposal to mobilise EU funds to help Spain and France following devastating floods and cyclones.
Committee on Budgets

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Parliament wants to introduce a temporary proxy voting option for MEPs during late pregnancy and early motherhood to promote equal participation.
Committee on Constitutional Affairs

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Parliament wants to introduce a temporary proxy voting option for MEPs during late pregnancy and early motherhood to promote equal participation.
Committee on Constitutional Affairs

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Parliament wants a 90% reduction target for emissions by 2040 compared with 1990 levels, to achieve a climate neutral EU by 2050.
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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Parliament wants a 90% reduction target for emissions by 2040 compared with 1990 levels, to achieve a climate neutral EU by 2050.
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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Solid waste management is one of the most pressing urban governance issues in low- and middle-income countries. Because waste volumes are increasing, the associated fiscal, environmental and health costs will also rise. The idea of working with informal waste workers to address this problem is often suggested but rarely implemented. Based on the case of Irbid, Jordan’s second-biggest city, we show why it was successful there and draw recommendations for other municipalities. 
Irbid used an approach that combined what we call “frontloading trust” and “prioritising integration over training”. First, the mayor and municipal managers invited informal waste worker representatives to a structured dialogue about waste management challenges in the city, about the role of informal workers, and about potential solutions. During this months-long process, they overcame class differences, stigma and distrust and agreed on how to work together in the future. Then, rather than requiring extensive prior training of informal workers, they started to work together, which allowed workers to show what they were able to contribute (“prioritising integration over training”). 
Based on this process, the municipality and informal worker representatives signed the first Memorandum of Understanding of its kind in Jordan, legalising the work of informal workers, providing them with official badges and safety equipment and piloting their integration into municipal sorting facilities. After only a few months, data showed that the integration of informal workers had reduced landfill waste, had saved the municipality a lot of money, had improved waste services for residents, and had increased respect, protection and income for informal waste workers. 
This case shows that challenges like urban waste management require not only technical but social and governance innovations that include rather than exclude informal workers, and that can thereby contribute to improved livelihoods for all concerned.

 

Associació Catalana de Víctimes d’Organitzacions Terroristes (ACVOT)
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Advocate General Spielmann considers that the Spanish amnesty law does not contravene the directive on combating terrorism

Sociedad Civil Catalana
Advocate General Spielmann considers that certain provisions of the Spanish amnesty law on exemption from liability in respect of public funds may be incompatible with the right to effective judicial protection

Oti
Authorisation to reside in the European Union for the purpose of voluntary service: a Member State cannot impose additional conditions for the purpose of proving the existence of sufficient resources

PB Vi Goods
Agriculture
A non-alcoholic beverage may not be sold as gin

Commission v Hungary
Free movement of goods
Free Movement of Goods: the procedure established by Hungary for exports of raw materials and construction materials is contrary to EU law

Tribunalul Galaţi
Freedom of movement for persons
A judge who carries out tasks which fall to a vacant post at his or her court, in addition to those within the remit of the post to which he or she has been appointed, is not necessarily entitled to financial compensation

While jihadist groups' central command has weakened, the vision of a global caliphate persists – with Europe still in the ideological crosshairs

Thursday 13 November

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Thursday 13 November

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In today’s edition: Parliament’s fragile front against the €2 trillion MFF crumbles after von der Leyen’s tactical tweaks, the EPP–Patriots alliance inches closer as MEPs prepare to vote on corporate due diligence rules, and the Commission’s top staff reviewer sparks backlash over talk of ending ‘lifetime’ EU jobs

The Republican-led House has voted largely along party lines to end the 43-day government shutdown

The IMF is right to warn that some countries will need to rethink aspects of their welfare systems to stabilise their debt. The challenge is to convince voters before bond markets force their hand

Brown bears are strictly protected under the EU Habitats Directive and can only be killed under exceptional circumstances