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Freie und unabhängige Medien sind für demokratische Gesellschaften lebenswichtig, sagen die Abgeordneten und fordern die Kommission und den Rat auf, sie energisch zu verteidigen.
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Free and independent media are vital for democratic societies, MEPs say, calling on Commission and Council to defend them vigorously.
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La vaccination des personnes vulnérables produit des effets concrets en Suisse.

Konsumenten haben in der Corona-Krise einer Studie zufolge so viel Geld für Spielekonsolen und Videospiele in die Hand genommen wie nie zuvor. Die Ausgaben seien 2020 um fast ein Fünftel auf 53,9 Milliarden Dollar (49,9 Milliarden Franken) gestiegen.

Plusieurs représentants syndicaux et faîtières estiment que le conseiller d’État ne peut reprendre ni la police ni l’Économie, s’il est élu.

Eine Collage des US-Künstler Beeple wurde für fast 70 Millionen US-Dollar versteigert. Das Besondere: Es handelt sich um ein rein digitales Werk.

Das Schweizer Ergebnis gibt ihr Auftrieb: Die Frau eines berühmten Polit-Gefangenen nimmt in Kanada den Kampf gegen die Verhüllung auf. Ensaf Haidar ist aus Saudi-Arabien geflüchtet, nachdem ihr Mann Raif zu Gefängnis und 1000 Peitschenhieben verurteilt worden war.

The Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) represents a fundamental reform for the European Union (EU)’s development policy, its neighbourhood policy and its external action more broadly. The new instrument, with a total budget of €79.5 billion for the next seven years, will integrate previously self-standing external funding instruments. It covers several policy areas and comes with new jargon and framing, such as ‘projecting European values’ or ‘putting Europe on the geopolitical map’. The new instrument will be implemented in a rapidly changing geopolitical context and will have to respond to unprecedented challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) represents a fundamental reform for the European Union (EU)’s development policy, its neighbourhood policy and its external action more broadly. The new instrument, with a total budget of €79.5 billion for the next seven years, will integrate previously self-standing external funding instruments. It covers several policy areas and comes with new jargon and framing, such as ‘projecting European values’ or ‘putting Europe on the geopolitical map’. The new instrument will be implemented in a rapidly changing geopolitical context and will have to respond to unprecedented challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) represents a fundamental reform for the European Union (EU)’s development policy, its neighbourhood policy and its external action more broadly. The new instrument, with a total budget of €79.5 billion for the next seven years, will integrate previously self-standing external funding instruments. It covers several policy areas and comes with new jargon and framing, such as ‘projecting European values’ or ‘putting Europe on the geopolitical map’. The new instrument will be implemented in a rapidly changing geopolitical context and will have to respond to unprecedented challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Wegen eines möglichen Fehlers an einem Brandschutzsystem ruft Mercedes weltweit 264'000 Autos zurück.

This article explores the empirical relevance of researching outside‐in politicization processes in European studies. To this end, it examines to what extent and how civil society organizations (CSOs) have contributed to the politicization of EU policies towards Western Africa in two cases: the negotiation of Economic Partnership Agreements and the EU's engagement with the G5 Sahel. CSOs were strongly engaged in the trade negotiations, while they were largely excluded from the G5 Sahel process. In both cases this was due to CSOs' own initiatives, or the absence thereof, with these strongly linked to being either invited or discouraged by official actors. The article argues that authority transfer and the domestic context – including state fragility and state–society relations – are relevant to explaining the (non‐)involvement of CSOs in outside‐in politicization.

This article explores the empirical relevance of researching outside‐in politicization processes in European studies. To this end, it examines to what extent and how civil society organizations (CSOs) have contributed to the politicization of EU policies towards Western Africa in two cases: the negotiation of Economic Partnership Agreements and the EU's engagement with the G5 Sahel. CSOs were strongly engaged in the trade negotiations, while they were largely excluded from the G5 Sahel process. In both cases this was due to CSOs' own initiatives, or the absence thereof, with these strongly linked to being either invited or discouraged by official actors. The article argues that authority transfer and the domestic context – including state fragility and state–society relations – are relevant to explaining the (non‐)involvement of CSOs in outside‐in politicization.

This article explores the empirical relevance of researching outside‐in politicization processes in European studies. To this end, it examines to what extent and how civil society organizations (CSOs) have contributed to the politicization of EU policies towards Western Africa in two cases: the negotiation of Economic Partnership Agreements and the EU's engagement with the G5 Sahel. CSOs were strongly engaged in the trade negotiations, while they were largely excluded from the G5 Sahel process. In both cases this was due to CSOs' own initiatives, or the absence thereof, with these strongly linked to being either invited or discouraged by official actors. The article argues that authority transfer and the domestic context – including state fragility and state–society relations – are relevant to explaining the (non‐)involvement of CSOs in outside‐in politicization.

Die Erklärung des Parlaments kann als Reaktion auf Resolutionen gegen eine "LGBT-Ideologie" in etwa 100 Gemeinden Polens gewertet werden. #BrusselsBureau

Am Wochenende steigt in Aspen die Freestyle-WM. Heisst für Freeski-Star Andri Ragettli: Abtauchen ins Eiswasser!

Das Startup Twiliner entwickelt einen neuartigen Nachtbus und hat prominente Partner. Die Erwartungen sind hoch. Die Hürden auch, wie die «Handelszeitung berichtet».

Written by Marcin Grajewski,

The Covid‑19 pandemic has mobilised tremendous efforts in scientific research, but also exposed its inefficiencies, according to analysts and policy-makers attending a joint event organised by the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The conference, entitled ‘The new centrality of science and technology: Will it outlive the coronavirus pandemic?’, was held online on Tuesday 23 February 2021

The event, the 15th in the series of EPRS-OECD conferences, was opened by EPRS Director-General Anthony Teasdale, who highlighted the importance of science and innovation in meeting the new challenges of the 21st century, including the pandemic. Asking the participants how science can make the best of the current crisis, he noted that ‘One of the more intriguing features of the crisis is that way that science and technology responded extremely quickly and effectively to the scale of the crisis – and how the role of scientists and technology has grown’.

Former President of the European Parliament and ex-chair of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, Jerzy Buzek (EPP, Poland), set the scene by focusing on the European Union’s Green Deal, which he said would not only help to clean up the environment, but also provide quality jobs. He urged the EU to seize the moment, pointing out how quickly change can take place. ‘In 30 years we will completely change the way we produce and transmit energy, distribute food and handle agriculture, and more broadly our whole culture. We face truly global changes’ he remarked.

The key speaker, Andy Wyckoff, Director for Science, Technology and Innovation (STI), at the OECD, noted that science and technology offer the only exit strategy from Covid‑19. More than in any other recent crisis, the current pandemic has underscored the importance of science and innovation to being both prepared and reactive to upcoming crises. Coronavirus has nevertheless stretched research and innovation systems to their limits and exposed gaps and weak spots. He noted that there is an opportunity to re-orient STI policies and direct science and innovation towards sustainable and inclusive futures. The pandemic has underscored the importance of transdisciplinary approaches to tackle complex ‘wicked’ problems such as Covid‑19 and climate change, he added. However, current research system norms and institutions are ill-adapted to addressing complex challenges like these. Disciplinary and hierarchical structures need to be adjusted to enable and promote transdisciplinary research. Government has a role to play to promote this adjustment, using a mix of policy initiatives.

Paul Hofheinz, President and founder of the Lisbon Council think tank, praised European scientific achievements, but deplored that they are not always translated into concrete inventions. He added that reforming PhD and post-doctoral training to support a diversity of career paths is essential to improving the ability of societies to react to crises like Covid‑19, as well as to deal with longer-term challenges such as climate change that require science-based responses. He argued that ‘Too much of it stays in the laboratory while it should turn into start-ups – things that people can feel and touch’.

Belgian economist Reinhilde Veugelers of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven highlighted the importance of transnational scientific cooperation and the need to trust scientists, something that has been challenged in recent years. On the other hand, cooperation on the anti-coronavirus Covax platform shows how delicate such cooperation can prove to be.

A dozen or so officials from China, Russia, North Korea, Eritrea, Libya, and South Sudan are to go on an EU blacklist of the world's worst human-rights abusers after an agreement between member states' ambassadors in Brussels on Thursday evening, diplomats told EUobserver. The visa-bans and asset-freezes will be formally signed off by foreign ministers on 22 March. Four Russians were already put on the list last month.

A magyar kormányzathoz hasonlóan az Európai Bizottság is híve a közös, uniós oltóanyagbeszerzések céljából a vakcinagyártókkal megkötött keretmegállapodásokra vonatkozó átláthatóságnak - közölte az Európai Bizottság Magyarországi Képviselete az MTI-hez eljuttatott közleményében csütörtökön.