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Le Plan d’action pour le socle européen des droits sociaux, présenté jeudi (4 mars) à la Commission européenne, ne fait pas référence au régime européen de réassurance chômage pourtant soutenu par Bruxelles précédemment.

Des milliers de citoyens sont descendus aujourd’hui dans les rues d’Alger ce vendredi, pour marquer leur rendez-vous des marches hebdomadaires du mouvement de protestation populaire Hirak. Rien ne semble arrêter, les manifestants dans la wilaya d’Alger,  ni les conditions métrologiques, ni la  présence policière n’ont empêché les manifestants de sortir dans la rue. La crainte […]

L’article Hirak du vendredi : Une marée humaine défile dans les rues d’Alger est apparu en premier sur .

Unsere Infografiken zeigen, dass sich das Geschlechtergefälle in der EU durch die Pandemie verschärft hat.

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Mémoires des Juifs des Balkans (1/10) • David Albahari : « Un sentiment labyrinthique de liberté »
Mémoires des Juifs des Balkans (2/10) • Le patrimoine architectural, vestige d'une splendeur éphémère
Mémoire des Juifs des Balkans (3/10) • Pristina-Jérusalem-Belgrade : les beignets de Hanoucca
Mémoire des Juifs des Balkans (4/10) • Les mystères de la synagogue d'Apatin
Mémoire des Juifs des Balkans (5/10) • Eva Panić Nahir, une révolutionnaire dans les tourments du XXe siècle yougoslave
Mémoire des Juifs des Balkans (6/10) • Ivan Ivanji : « C'est Hitler qui m'a appris que j'étais juif »
Mémoire des Juifs des Balkans (7/10) • De Sarajevo à Belgrade, la flamme des chants ladino

/ Gratuit, Courrier des Balkans, Destruction Juifs Balkans , Serbie, Histoire

Mémoires des Juifs des Balkans (1/10) • David Albahari : « Un sentiment labyrinthique de liberté »
Mémoires des Juifs des Balkans (2/10) • Le patrimoine architectural, vestige d'une splendeur éphémère
Mémoire des Juifs des Balkans (3/10) • Pristina-Jérusalem-Belgrade : les beignets de Hanoucca
Mémoire des Juifs des Balkans (4/10) • Les mystères de la synagogue d'Apatin
Mémoire des Juifs des Balkans (5/10) • Eva Panić Nahir, une révolutionnaire dans les tourments du XXe siècle yougoslave
Mémoire des Juifs des Balkans (6/10) • Ivan Ivanji : « C'est Hitler qui m'a appris que j'étais juif »
Mémoire des Juifs des Balkans (7/10) • De Sarajevo à Belgrade, la flamme des chants ladino

/ Gratuit, Courrier des Balkans, Destruction Juifs Balkans , Serbie, Histoire

Mémoires des Juifs des Balkans (1/10) • David Albahari : « Un sentiment labyrinthique de liberté »
Mémoires des Juifs des Balkans (2/10) • Le patrimoine architectural, vestige d'une splendeur éphémère
Mémoire des Juifs des Balkans (3/10) • Pristina-Jérusalem-Belgrade : les beignets de Hanoucca
Mémoire des Juifs des Balkans (4/10) • Les mystères de la synagogue d'Apatin
Mémoire des Juifs des Balkans (5/10) • Eva Panić Nahir, une révolutionnaire dans les tourments du XXe siècle yougoslave
Mémoire des Juifs des Balkans (6/10) • Ivan Ivanji : « C'est Hitler qui m'a appris que j'étais juif »
Mémoire des Juifs des Balkans (7/10) • De Sarajevo à Belgrade, la flamme des chants ladino

/ Gratuit, Courrier des Balkans, Destruction Juifs Balkans , Serbie, Histoire

Written by Marcin Grajewski,

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As the second wave of the coronavirus passes, new infections and the death rate are currently both in decline globally. At the same time, countries across the world have begun vaccination programmes. In parallel, fears that the impact of the disease will continue, as some new, highly contagious mutations of the virus have spread, have lead governments to adopt additional preventive border restrictions and lockdowns. Among many debates on the subject, two stand out – the slower vaccination rate in the EU compared to the UK and US, and the imbalance between rich and poor countries in the availability of vaccines, with a third debate, on vaccination passports, emerging rapidly.

This note offers links to recent commentaries, studies and reports from international think tanks on the pandemic and related issues. A previous item from this series on the coronavirus was published in earlier in February 2021.

Vaccines: How to use market-based incentives to ramp up production
Centre for European Policy Studies, February 2021

Why the EU’s vaccine strategy will pay off in the end
Carnegie Europe, February 2021

Will Covid accelerate productivity growth?
Bruegel, February 2021

Why has the EU been so slow to roll out a Covid vaccination programme?
Bruegel, January 2021

A global pandemic alarm bell
Bruegel, January 2021

What do vaccination passports mean for Europe?
Bruegel, January 2021

Résilience: La nouvelle boussole
Bruegel, January 2021

Corporate insolvencies during Covid-19: Keeping calm before the storm
Bruegel, January 2021

Lessons from the battleground: EU strategic autonomy after the ‘vaccine wars’
European Policy Centre, February 2021

Why the Covid-19 crisis calls for a revamped Better Regulation agenda
European Policy Centre, February 2021

Will corporate debt choke the post-Covid-19 recovery?
European Policy Centre, January 2021

Europe’s post-pandemic strategy for the WHO
European Council on Foreign Relations, February 2021

The EU’s misguided export regulation on vaccines
European Council on Foreign Relations, February 2021

All the rage: The pandemic’s emotional politics
European Council on Foreign Relations, February 2021

The geopolitics of Covid vaccines in Europe’s eastern neighbourhood
European Council on Foreign Relations, January 2021

Corona pandemic shows that many states are poorly prepared
Bertelsmann Stiftung, January 2021

With European unity and empathy against Covid-19
Bertelsmann Stiftung, December 2020

L’impact de la Covid-19 sur le monde du travail
Confrontations Europe, January 2021

How Greece can recover from Covid
Centre for European Reform, February 2021

Ditchley conference report: Covid-19, the global economy and the return of power politics
Centre for European Reform, January 2021

Prioritizing equity after Covid-19
Chatham House, February 2021

The dysfunctional vaccine rollout is creating even more opportunities for cybercriminals
Council on Foreign Relations, February 2021

A guide to global Covid-19 vaccine efforts
Council on Foreign Relations, February 2021

Covid-19 death rate rising in Africa
Council on Foreign Relations, January 2021

What does the World Health Organization do?
Council on Foreign Relations, January 2021

How the Chinese state mobilized civil society to fight Covid-19
Brookings Institution, February 2021

How Covid-era innovation can build more equitable education systems
Brookings Institution, February 2021

Covid-19: Quels impacts sur le climat?
Institut des relations internationales et stratégiques, February 2021

Les relations Europe-Afrique à l’aune de la pandémie de Covid-19: État des lieux et perspectives
Fondation Robert Schuman, February 2021

What the vaccine row tells us about the Commission’s worth
Friends of Europe, February 2021

Adapt or perish: Lessons from the pandemic
Friends of Europe, February 2021

Covid-19: How can we get it under control in 2021?
Friends of Europe, February 2021

La crise Covid, le transport stratégique et ses perspectives européennes
Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique, February 2021

Covid-19: Comment faire face à la peur vaccinale?
Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique, December 2020

Saving the red-eye to Ibiza: How vaccine corridors can open up travel again
Foreign Policy Centre, February 2021

Pandemie, Regierungskrise und Wahlkampfauftakt in den Niederlanden
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, February 2021

Political risk: Germany pledges to speed up vaccinations
Polish Institute of International Affairs, February 2021

An abrupt awakening to the realities of a pandemic: Learning lessons from the onset of Covid-19 in the EU and Finland
Finnish Institute of International Affairs, January 2021

Reforming multilateralism in post-COVID times: For a more regionalised, binding and legitimate United Nations
Instituto Affari Internationali, January 2021

The Post-Covid-19 trajectory for Algeria, Morocco and the Western Sahara
Instituto Affari Internationali, January 2021

Learning from Covid-19: Implications for the EU response to human smuggling
Instituto Affari Internationali, December 2020

How Covid-19 changed the future
European Union Institute for Security Studies, December 2020

Les européens devant l’hésitation vaccinale
Institut Jacques Delors, December 2020

Covid-19 pandemic: Insights from Rand
Rand Corporation, February 2021

An evaluation of the Turkish economy during Covid-19
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, January 2021

Impact and potential consequences of Covid-19: Global and European considerations
Economic Policy Institute, January 2021.

Read this briefing on ‘Coronavirus: Vaccination debates‘ in the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.

Written by Clare Ferguson,

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Continuing to mark International Women’s Day 2021, the agenda for the first plenary session of March 2021 kicks off with a ceremony celebrating women’s day, not least their role in fighting on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile, it is no secret that the pandemic has also had a highly gendered impact on women, with women more likely to suffer a negative impact in their professional and personal lives. Women continue to be under-represented in business and political leadership – even in the European Parliament. Nevertheless, the Parliament has already made recommendations on the need for a gendered response to Covid‑19, such as the adoption of effective gender mainstreaming tools that could mitigate the negative consequences and contribute to halting the reversal of gender equality.

A joint debate on the European Semester scheduled for Wednesday morning will look at the economic outlook for Europe’s recovery from the pandemic, with an emphasis expected on social and employment policy. The Council and European Commission are also expected to make statements on the action plan for the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights. This will be followed by the formal signature, by the presidents of the EU institutions, of the recently endorsed Joint Declaration on the Conference of the Future of Europe, an initiative long supported by Parliament, which now begins its work to engage with citizens’ concerns. As direct representatives elected by people in EU countries, Parliamentarians are keen to contribute along with citizens themselves, to building a truly Citizen’s Union.

Even before the current pandemic, investment in the EU had yet to recover to pre-financial crisis levels. On Tuesday morning, Members will debate a joint Budgetary Committee and Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee legislative report on the proposed InvestEU programme, designed to streamline investment support and now adjusted to tackle the post-coronavirus investment landscape. Parliament has been fierce in its advocacy for adequate resources to finance the recovery, securing a €1 billion top-up for the EU guarantee and measures that could mobilise an extra €35-40 billion in investment through incorporating European Investment Bank legacy portfolios. Thanks to the Parliament’s efforts, the proposals now include the possibility for Member States to use InvestEU funding to provide capital support for otherwise viable small and medium-sized businesses that have been hard-hit by the pandemic.

Also under consideration before the current pandemic, Parliament has long supported moves to establish a coherent EU health programme – following through by negotiating an additional €3.4 billion for the EU4Health programme during the 2021‑2027 multiannual financial framework negotiations. Parliament will proceed with its first reading of the proposed legislation to establish the programme on Tuesday morning. While the programme will focus on combating cross-border health threats, ensuring affordable medicine and promoting stronger health systems, it is expected that Parliament will steer the programme towards support for measures with clear EU added value.

Parliament elects the European Ombudsman at the beginning of each parliamentary term, and is due to discuss an own-initiative report on the Ombudsman’s annual activity report for 2019 on Tuesday afternoon, in the presence of the Ombudsman herself, Emily O’Reilly. The annual report covers a wide range of issues where the Ombudsman has investigated complaints and initiated enquiries into possible maladministration by EU institutions or agencies. In 2019, these included senior EU staff appointments, ongoing transparency issues in the Council and Eurogroup, and the treatment of disabled people and asylum-seekers. While the institutions complied with the Ombudsman’s recommendations in the interests of good administration in most cases, the annual report makes some key recommendations for further action on: decision-making accountability in the Council; public access to documents; interviews with asylum-seekers; appointment procedures; and on citizens’ participation in EU policy-making. Parliament’s Petitions Committee (PETI) is largely in agreement with the Ombudsman’s assessment, particularly with regard to remarks concerning the Council and the transparency register.

Finally, while fisheries control is an exclusive EU competence under the common fisheries policy, EU countries are responsible for controlling their fishing activities, with the European Commission checking that they fulfill their responsibilities correctly. Advances in technology allow more effective controls to protect fish stocks, and the rules are therefore being revised. On Tuesday afternoon, Members will debate a legislative report on this revision from the Fisheries Committee that supports the new rules in general, while seeking to protect small fishing vessels, and reserving the imposition of CCTV onboard for those who commit infringements.

Illegálisan elhelyezett hulladékra bukkantak egy érsekújvári volt mezőgazdasági szövetkezet területén.

A Hospodársky denník értesülése szerint az építkezés sorsáról február 26-án született döntés, amikor az operatív programról döntő bizottság hátrébb sorolta az elkerülő utat.

Comme à chaque rendez-vous hebdomadaire du Hirak, une foule nombreuse a pris part à la marche organisée, ce vendredi 05 mars, dans la ville de Béjaïa pour réclamer  un changement en Algérie. Comme chaque vendredi, des centaines de citoyens  de la wilaya de Béjaïa étaient au rendez-vous pour leur marche hebdomadaire, qu’ils organisent depuis le […]

L’article Hirak vendredi : Importante mobilisation populaire à Béjaïa est apparu en premier sur .

The international system for the governance of foreign investments is highly fragmented consisting mainly of bilateral agreements. With the adoption of nine guiding principles for global investment policy‐making in 2016, some observers argue that the G20 can actually serve as a launchpad for negotiations of a multilateral investment agreement. This paper provides empirical evidence on the question of whether the contents of international investment agreements (IIAs) have gradually converged to facilitate the multilateralization of investment rules. We find that IIAs negotiated among non‐G20 countries are more similar to each other than those concluded by G20 countries in general and even more so since 2000 in particular. This result calls into question the premise that the G20 can serve as the most suitable forum to initiate multilateral negotiations on multilateral investment rules. Instead, an extended analysis using different country grouping criteria suggests that the Member States of the European Union may be a more suitable alternative in this regard. Here the EU can jointly take a leading role in facilitating related negotiations on multilateral investment rules.

The international system for the governance of foreign investments is highly fragmented consisting mainly of bilateral agreements. With the adoption of nine guiding principles for global investment policy‐making in 2016, some observers argue that the G20 can actually serve as a launchpad for negotiations of a multilateral investment agreement. This paper provides empirical evidence on the question of whether the contents of international investment agreements (IIAs) have gradually converged to facilitate the multilateralization of investment rules. We find that IIAs negotiated among non‐G20 countries are more similar to each other than those concluded by G20 countries in general and even more so since 2000 in particular. This result calls into question the premise that the G20 can serve as the most suitable forum to initiate multilateral negotiations on multilateral investment rules. Instead, an extended analysis using different country grouping criteria suggests that the Member States of the European Union may be a more suitable alternative in this regard. Here the EU can jointly take a leading role in facilitating related negotiations on multilateral investment rules.

The international system for the governance of foreign investments is highly fragmented consisting mainly of bilateral agreements. With the adoption of nine guiding principles for global investment policy‐making in 2016, some observers argue that the G20 can actually serve as a launchpad for negotiations of a multilateral investment agreement. This paper provides empirical evidence on the question of whether the contents of international investment agreements (IIAs) have gradually converged to facilitate the multilateralization of investment rules. We find that IIAs negotiated among non‐G20 countries are more similar to each other than those concluded by G20 countries in general and even more so since 2000 in particular. This result calls into question the premise that the G20 can serve as the most suitable forum to initiate multilateral negotiations on multilateral investment rules. Instead, an extended analysis using different country grouping criteria suggests that the Member States of the European Union may be a more suitable alternative in this regard. Here the EU can jointly take a leading role in facilitating related negotiations on multilateral investment rules.

Egyre inkább terjed az új típusú koronavírus (SARS-CoV-2) úgynevezett brit változata Németországban, ami nagyban megnehezíti a védekezést a kórokozóval szemben - mondta a Robert Koch közegészségügyi intézet (RKI) vezetője pénteken Berlinben.

Igor Matovič elismerte, hogy Szijjártó Péter segítséget nyújtott Szlovákiának a Sputnik V beszerzésében. Matovič szerint Szijjártóval és Orbánnal is elég jó a kapcsolata ahhoz, hogy a nehéz támákról is tárgyaljanak, mint például a kettős állampolgárság kérdése.

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Romániában is kimutatták a koronavírus dél-afrikai mutációját, az év eleje óta jelen lévő brit vírusvariánsnak pedig meghatározó szerepe lehet abban, hogy újra erőre kapott a járvány az országban - közölte pénteken a MedLife magánklinika-hálózat.