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Three were killed and three injured as double decker slammed into bus stop during Friday evening rush hour

UK's public service broadcaster the latest target of US president's litigation against what he calls "fake news" media

EU leaders – and my fellow journalists – should probably ask themselves this question

The Council and the European Parliament have agreed on the EU’s annual budget for 2026. Next year’s budget will focus on delivering Union priorities and dealing with ongoing challenges. It will boost competitiveness, strengthen Europe’s defence readiness and preparedness, provide support for humanitarian assistance and address migratory pressures.

Main agenda items, approximate timing, public sessions and press opportunities.

Weekly schedule of President António Costa, 17 – 23 November 2025

Main agenda items, approximate timing, public sessions and press opportunities.

Main agenda items, approximate timing, public sessions and press opportunities.

MEPs achieved increases for the 2026 EU budget and secured funds for Horizon Europe, transport and energy networks, civil protection and agriculture.
Committee on Budgets

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MEPs achieved increases for the 2026 EU budget and secured funds for Horizon Europe, transport and energy networks, civil protection and agriculture.
Committee on Budgets

Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

La proposition de loi portant Révision de la constitution a franchi l'étape de recevabilité lors de la séance plénière dans la soirée de ce vendredi 14 novembre 2025. Au terme d'un vote secret, 87 députés ont voté pour, 22 contre et 00 abstention.
Par ce vote, le Parlement marque son accord pour la recevabilité en plénière de la proposition de loi.

Lilly’s €2.6 billion production facility in the Netherlands will create 500 manufacturing jobs despite being an 'A-Z' AI production system

L'ancien président de la Haute autorité de l'audiovisuel et de la communication (HAAC), Adam Boni Tessi n'est plus. Il a tiré sa révérence ce vendredi 14 novembre 2025.

Deuil dans la presse béninoise. Le président de la 5e mandature de la HAAC, Adam Boni Tessi n'est plus. Il a rejoint la demeure éternelle ce vendredi 14 novembre 2025, des suites d'une maladie.
Le regretté est un Administrateur du Trésor à la retraite, député à l'Assemblée nationale, et maire de la commune de Nikki. Il a succédé à Théophile Nata à la tête de l'institution en charge de régulation des médias au Bénin.
Paix à son âme !

Without more capital, Europe’s scientific leadership will not translate into industrial strength, warns Jérôme Van Biervliet

La Police républicaine a interpellé, ce jeudi 13 novembre 2025, une revendeuse de faux médicaments à Adamè, une localité située dans le 2e arrondissement de Bohicon, dans le département du Zou. La perquisition effectuée à son domicile a permis de saisir 2,5 tonnes de médicaments contrefaits.

Un entrepôt de faux médicaments démantelé à Bohicon. La propriétaire selon une publication de la Police s'apprêtait pour accueillir une cliente ce jeudi 13 novembre 2025 vers 9h, quand une équipe d'intervention du commissariat du premier arrondissement a fait irruption sur les lieux.
Soumise à l'interrogatoire, la propriétaire, « une revendeuse invétérée de médicaments de contrebande » selon la Police, est passée aux aveux. La perquisition qui a suivi a permis de découvrir 2,5 tonnes de faux médicaments. Désormais aux mains de la Police, elle sera présentée au Procureur de la République pour répondre de ses actes.

F. A. A.

Un entrepôt d'essence a été réduit en cendres suite à un incendie survenu jeudi 13 novembre 2025 à Zogbodomey dans le département du Zou.

L'explosion d'un entrepôt d'essence à Zogbotahouè dans la commune de Zogbodomey a provoqué d'importants dégâts jeudi 13 novembre dernier. Plusieurs détonations ont été entendues aux environs de 9 heures.

Une femme se trouvant à quelques mètres de l'entrepôt a été grièvement blessée. La victime a été évacuée au centre de santé pour une prise en charge.

L'entrepôt a été consumé. Le pire a été évité grâce à l'intervention des sapeurs-pompiers.

Une enquête est ouverte.
M.M.

La restauratrice béninoise « Eden food », de son vrai nom Love Anick Ploka cuisinera, samedi 29 novembre 2025, 100 marmites en 24 heures à l'espace CANAL OLYMPIA de Cotonou. Cette initiative est une œuvre caritative à l'endroit des démunies.

Une grande première dans la restauration béninoise. Depuis plusieurs semaines, une information devenu virale sur les réseaux sociaux annonce qu' Eden food cuisinera 100 marmites en 24 heures du samedi 29 à partir de 7 heures au dimanche 30 novembre à 7 heures.
Promu par Fernando Manofi, « 100 marmites en 24 heures » est un marathon culinaire visant à cuisiner 100 marmites de 50 kg en 24 heures. Ce défi culinaire solidaire rassemble la communauté autour d'un objectif commun : préparer et distribuer des repas nutritifs et réconfortants à environ 30 000 personnes, notamment des démunis, des prisonniers et des patients psychiatriques par le biais d'influenceurs, d'associations et d'organisations prêtes à aider.
Cette initiative permet également de valoriser la cuisine béninoise.
Les plats achetés sont destinés à la distribution dans les orphelinats, les banlieues, les hôpitaux et les maisons de retraite.
Chaque marmite représente l'espoir, la chaleur humaine et la solidarité.
Pour participer, consultez le site https://defiextreme.bj/dons/1

Marina HOUENOU (Stag)

Written by Clare Ferguson and Katarzyna Sochacka.

Highlights of the November I plenary session included debates on the architecture and governance of the new 2028-2034 multiannual financial framework, and on the conclusions of the European Council meeting of 23 October 2025. Further debates concerned Parliament’s statement commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Islamist attacks of 13 November 2015 in Paris; Council and Commission statements on the illegal unilateral declaration of the secessionist entity created by Türkiye in Cyprus and the continued Turkish military occupation; and protecting EU consumers against the practices of certain e-commerce platforms.

European annual asylum and migration report

Members debated Council and Commission statements on the first European Annual Asylum and Migration report and the setting up of the Annual Solidarity Pool. Published on 11 November, the report identified animprovement in the migratory situation in the EU between July 2024 and June 2025. Challenges remain however in relation to irregular arrivals and unauthorised movements within the EU, hosting refugees from Ukraine, weaponisation of migration by Russia and Belarus, and cooperation on returns and readmission. The proposed Council implementing act on an Annual Solidarity Pool (to be established, in principle, by the end of 2025) outlines that 4 Member States are under migratory pressure (Cyprus, Greece, Italy and Spain), and 12 others are at risk of migratory pressure, with 6 facing a significant migratory situation due to the cumulative effects of movements over the past five years. The solidarity pool would allocate solidarity contributions such as relocations and financial support, in priority, to Member States under migratory pressure. While Parliament does not have a formal role in implementing measures under the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum, it supported the establishment of the solidarity mechanism.

European Climate Law

Members debated a report on the proposal to set a 2040 EU emissions reduction target as a step towards ensuring a cost-efficient and realistic pathway to climate neutrality by 2050. Parliament’s Committee on Environment, Climate and Food Safety (ENVI) urged higher ambition on environmental and human rights and to safeguard against funding for projects that contradict EU strategic interests, in relation to international credits which can be used for 2040 but not for the other targets of the climate law. The committee also proposes to delay the new ETS2 emissions trading system for one year (currently set to start in 2027). Parliament adopted the ENVI report on amending the European Climate Law, setting its position for negotiations with the Council.

Conservation of marine biological diversity

The landmark 2023 United Nations High Seas Treaty, or Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Agreement, aims at the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity beyond national borders. Members debated and adopted an ENVI report on the proposal to establish rules on international management of the high seas, which introduced clarifications for closer alignment with the BBNJ text. The changes proposed aim at improving transparency by requiring that Member States publish the measures they take on biodiversity in the high seas, and at greater flexibility in the reporting process, especially in emergencies. The vote sets Parliament’s position for trilogue negotiations.

European Maritime Safety Agency

Members considered and adopted the provisional agreement reached in second reading on a proposal to revise the regulation founding the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA). The revision, supported by Parliament’s Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN), would expand EMSA’s mandate, strengthening its contribution to the green and digital transitions and enhancing its ability to tackle emerging security risks, including cyber and hybrid threats. In addition, it updates governance rules to balance oversight and efficiency in the EU’s efforts to improve maritime safety and prevent pollution from shipping.

Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT)

Businesses that operate across EU borders face different corporate tax systems and rules in every Member State. To tackle the issue at EU level, the Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) aims at creating a common corporate tax framework for large EU multinational businesses. Parliament considered and adopted a report on BEFIT from the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON), under the consultation procedure. The report calls for improvements to address the challenges of taxing the digital economy. It recommends that a business be treated as tax resident in any Member State in which it generates a substantial level of sales, ensuring it pays fair taxes to the community that supports its operations. The file requires a unanimous vote in the Council.

Gender equality strategy

The EU plans to adopt a new gender equality strategy in early 2026. Parliament debated and adopted an own-initiative report from its Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) outlining priorities for the 2026 strategy. The report calls for a comprehensive and ambitious approach to tackling violence against women, including its possible definition as a ‘euro-crime’, and to close gaps in political representation, pay and the sharing of care responsibilities. Members also voted in favour of a change to the Electoral Act which would enable Members who are pregnant or who have recently given birth to vote by proxy, with another Member casting their vote. This change now needs to be adopted by the Council unanimously and approved by each Member State before it may come into force.

EU-Singapore DTA

The Parliament gave its consent to a digital trade agreement (DTA) between the EU and Singapore. Digital trade agreements can contribute to securing access to new markets, simplifying electronic transactions, protecting consumers, removing administrative obstacles to trade and increasing legal certainty. The EU-Singapore DTA ensures electronic contracts and signatures are legally valid, duty-free online transmissions and promotes open access to government data. Any disputes will be settled under the same rules that already apply under the EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement.

Opening of trilogue negotiations

Two decisions to enter into interinstitutional negotiations, from the Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI) Committee on amending certain agricultural products regulations as regards certain market rules and sectoral support measures in the wine sector and for aromatised wine products; and from the Foreign Affairs and Development (AFET/DEVE) Committees on amending Regulation (EU) 2021/947 as regards increased efficiency of the External Action Guarantee were announced. As no challenges to these mandates were received by the deadline, the committees may now launch negotiations with the Council.

Read this ‘at a glance note’ on ‘Plenary round-up – November I 2025‘ in the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.

L'Agence Nationale de Gestion des Marchés (ANaGeM) a lancé le recrutement de : Directeur d'exploitation ; Directeur technique ; Responsable travaux et maintenance des fluides ; Responsable travaux et assainissement ; Responsable RH, juridique et contentieux ; Responsable marketing et communication ; Inspecteurs, Ambassadeurs propreté ; Agents de péage, circulation et stationnement ; Agent de sûreté et sécurité. La clôture des dépôts de candidature est fixée au 25 novembre 2025. Voici comment postuler...

Eigentlich wollten die Wissenschaftler der Griffith University, die Buckelwale vor der Küste Australiens beobachten. Doch vor die Linse ihrer Kamera setzten sich Saugfische, so gut in Szene, dass sie die Aufmerksamkeit der Forschenden auf sich zogen.