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Although annual negotiations between French supermarkets and their suppliers officially ended on Monday (1 March), the "price war" that has once again fuelled tensions this year is far from over. EURACTIV France reports.

Trotz eines Endspurts mit wieder besseren Werbeeinnahmen hat die Corona-Krise ProSiebenSat.1 im vergangenen Jahr hart getroffen. Im Schlussquartal steigerte der Konzern den Umsatz.

Die Regierung in London kündigte an, Übergangsregelungen für die Ausfuhr von Lebensmitteln und Agrarprodukten in die britische Provinz einseitig zu verlängern. Die EU-Kommission sieht darin einen Verstoß gegen das im Brexit-Abkommen vereinbarte Nordirland-Protokoll.

The United States on Wednesday (3 March) hailed plans by NATO ally Germany to sail a warship across the contested South China Sea, calling it welcome support for a "rules-based international order" in the region.

Le Premier ministre Mateusz Morawiecki va soumettre une demande au Tribunal constitutionnel afin de résoudre de manière globale la collision entre les normes du droit de l'UE et la Constitution du pays et de confirmer la jurisprudence existante à cet égard, a annoncé le porte-parole du gouvernement Piotr Müller.

"Face à l'urgence d'une crise sans précédent, nous avons posé les bases d'une Europe de la santé", a-t-il dit, en défendant la politique d'achat de vaccins anti-Covid au niveau de l'UE et non pas de chaque Etat.

The following opinion piece is part of series to mark the upcoming International Women’s Day March 8.

By Kathleen Sherwin
NEW YORK, Mar 4 2021 (IPS)

In 2020, progress on gender equality stalled or regressed in many countries in large part because of the far-reaching impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a recent analysis, by 2021, around 435 million girls and women will be living on less than $1.90 a day, including 47 million pushed into poverty as a result of the pandemic. Global lockdowns contributed to a surge of gender-based violence worldwide, and estimates show that sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), the bedrock of gender equality, have been severely disrupted, resulting in an additional 49 million women at risk of experiencing an unmet need for modern contraception. Our most pressing global issues have seldom been so daunting, and fault lines in existing social, political, and economic systems have never been so deep.

Kathleen Sherwin

Fortunately, the evidence-based solutions we need to lay the groundwork for a future that delivers for all, including for girls, women, and underrepresented populations1 , are in plain sight. As a global community, by using gender equality as our shared North Star, we can set in motion actions that help us not only recover, but come out on the other side of our most pressing global challenges stronger. Achieving gender equality, with a focus on girls’ and women’s health and rights, must be central to the actions we take in response to COVID-19, and other deeply entrenched barriers to progress, such as climate change.

On this International Women’s Day, we’re calling on governments, the private sector, and civil society leaders to firmly position gender equality as our collective roadmap for coordinated action on COVID-19 and sustainable development. As essential first steps, together, we must prioritize collecting and using disaggregated data, securing the full and effective participation of girls and women in all aspects of decision-making, and investing more in gender equality. Sustainable progress toward a world that works for everyone depends on it.

Decision-makers must collect and use disaggregated data to set equitable action in motion.

Girls and women are too often invisible to decision-makers because data and knowledge about them is either incomplete or missing. To create policies that advance gender equality by addressing the disproportionate impacts of global challenges on girls, women, and underrepresented populations, we first need to invest in disaggregated data to get a full, intersectional picture of the uneven impacts of global issues.

In August 2020, in partnership with Focus 2030, we set out to do just that, conducting a first-of-its-kind multi-national survey — in 17 countries, representing half of the world’s population — to better understand the impacts of COVID-19 on girls and women, and global public opinion and expectations for policymaking on gender equality. We learned that girls and women are shouldering the worst of the pandemic’s impact: across 13 of 17 countries surveyed, women report experiencing greater emotional stress and mental health challenges than men, and taking on an even greater share of household tasks.

Girls and women must be fully and effectively engaged in charting our shared path forward.

Building a sustainable future for all requires the full participation — and potential — of girls and women in all aspects of our international and domestic response to global issues, and the realization of that potential depends on their health and rights. In fact, we now know that 82% of citizens globally believe women must be involved in all aspects of COVID-19 global health response and recovery efforts.

Crucially, we must engage today’s youth, who will ultimately bear the consequences of our action — or inaction — and who have the highest expectations for more government funding for gender equality. 75% of female respondents aged 18-24 expect their government to spend more on gender equality, and over 94% of young men and women are ready to take personal action to make sure that they do.

Gender equality is what citizens want, and it’s what the world needs to build a healthier future for all.

The resounding call for action on gender equality, matched by robust funding and accountability mechanisms, holds across countries surveyed for men and women, young and old alike. Over 80% of citizens globally want their government to invest more to promote gender equality, and are ready to act — from the way they vote, to the products they buy — to make sure that this happens. The resounding majority of citizens also believe that increasing access to SRHR is a top priority for immediate government action.

As governments, the private sector, and civil society leaders come together on International Women’s Day, and during upcoming global fora including the 65th session of the Commission on the Status of Women and the Generation Equality Forum to discuss how to transform words into action that improves the health of all people and the planet, ensuring that gender equality is our shared roadmap for responding to global challenges is crucial to sustainable progress now and in years to come. It’s what citizens want, and it’s what the world needs to build a healthier, more gender-equal future.

1 People of underrepresented sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or expressions, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC), and those who experience multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and oppression.

The author is Interim President & CEO, Women Deliver

 

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Gender Equality is The Roadmap We Need to Overcome Our Most Pressing Global Challenges appeared first on Inter Press Service.

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The following opinion piece is part of series to mark the upcoming International Women’s Day March 8.

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Gender Equality is The Roadmap We Need to Overcome Our Most Pressing Global Challenges appeared first on Inter Press Service.

The European Union has accused the UK government of breaking international law after it moved to unilaterally extend grace periods for Irish Sea border checks.

Polens Ministerpräsident Mateusz Morawiecki wird einen Antrag an das Verfassungsgericht stellen, um die Konflikte zwischen EU-Rechtsnormen und der Verfassung des Landes "umfassend zu klären".

The Portuguese Foreign Minister has said that the Portuguese presidency of the Council of the European Union is working with Mercosur countries on "additional clarification" on environmental standards in the trade agreement negotiated with the EU.

Vergangenes Jahr wurden in der Türkei 300 Frauen von Mördern umgebracht - so viel ist offiziell bekannt. Offenbar ist die Dunkelziffer aber viel höher. Denn viele Opfer werden zu Selbstmörderinnen erklärt.

A rendőrnyomozó egy bosznia-hercegovinai állampolgár, Darko D. ellen indított büntetőeljárást Maroš Žilinka jelenlegi főügyész, Daniel Lipšic jelenlegi speciális ügyész és Peter Šufliarsky ügyész meggyilkolásának előkészítése ügyében.

Két gyilkosság miatt életfogytiglanra ítélték D. Csabát. A szerbiai magyar férfit első fokon a Fővárosi Törvényszék kihirdetett határozatával – közölte a Fővárosi Főügyészség.

Az eljárás adatai szerint a negyvenéves szerb-magyar kettős állampolgár 2018 júliusában egy amszterdami kávézóban tarkón lőtt egy horvát férfit.

A szerbiai férfi ezután elhatározta, hogy végez egy magyar kábítószer-kereskedővel, akivel találkozót beszélt meg 2018. szeptember 19-én, az esti órákra Budapesten, a XV. kerületi, Szentmihályi úti bevásárlóközpont és a Szilas-patak közé. A találkozón elterelte a sértett figyelmét azzal, hogy kábítószernek látszó, valójában cukorhelyettesítő anyagot tartalmazó csomagokat adott át neki megvizsgálásra, majd fejbe lőtte.

A férfi a külföldi rejtőzködéséhez hamis okmányokat készített és használt.

A Budapesti Rendőr-főkapitányság nyomozói nemzetközi együttműködéssel azonosították az elkövetőt, akit aztán 2019. március 1-jén elfogott a cseh rendőrség. Az elfogás előkészítésében kiemelkedő szerepe volt két uniós szervnek, a Eurojustnak és az Europolnak is. A férfi ellen a Fővárosi Főügyészség előre kitervelten, több ember sérelmére elkövetett emberölés, lőfegyverrel és lőszerrel visszaélés, valamint közokirat-hamisítás miatt emelt vádat. Az ügyészség azt indítványozta, hogy a bíróság a férfit ítélje életfogytig tartó fegyházbüntetésre, és zárja ki a feltételes szabadságra bocsátás lehetőségéből.

A Fővárosi Törvényszék szerdán a vádlottat a váddal egyezően mondta ki bűnösnek és életfogytig tartó fegyházbüntetésre ítélte, azzal, hogy leghamarabb negyven év elteltével bocsátható feltételes szabadságra. Az elsőfokú ítélet nem jogerős, miután az ügyész a feltételes szabadságra bocsátás lehetőségének kizárása, azaz tényleges életfogytiglan érdekében fellebbezett, valamint fellebbezett a vádlott és védője is – tudatta közleményében a Fővárosi Főügyészség.

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Portugal's secretary of state for European affairs acknowledged on Tuesday that vaccines not certified by the EMA but are already circulating in Europe might be included in the EU digital vaccination certificate due to be presented soon by the Commission.

Après que la République tchèque ait demandé aux autorités chinoises la livraison de vaccins chinois Sinopharm, "selon les informations fournies par l'ambassade tchèque à Pékin, la partie chinoise a décidé de se conformer immédiatement à la demande", a déclaré mercredi le porte-parole du président tchèque.

If Gazprom could be persuaded to increase gas transit revenues for Ukraine, that would give the Biden administration a reason not to impose sanctions to block Nord Stream 2’s completion and ammunition to fend off criticism from those who want...

The Loyalist Communities Council, which represents Northern Ireland's unionist paramilitary groups, has "temporarily" withdrawn its backing for the 1998 'Good Friday' peace accord in order to pressure the UK and EU to change the Brexit deal, which left Northern Ireland in the EU customs' zone. It called for "peaceful and democratic" opposition. But its intervention showed the fragility of the security situation some two decades after sectarian fighting ended.

A man armed with an axe has attacked and injured eight people in a southern Swedish town in what authorities called a suspected terrorist crime, The Guardian writes. The attack happened in the small town of Vetlanda, about 190 km southeast of Göteborg, Sweden's second largest city, on Wednesday afternoon. His motive was not immediately known. The man was taken into custody after being shot in the leg by police.

Die tschechische Regierung hat die chinesischen Behörden um die Lieferung von Sinopharm-Impfstoffen gebeten. Die chinesische Seite habe "umgehend beschlossen, der Bitte sofort nachzukommen."

The Arctic is once again at the centre of geopolitical and strategic discussions, mainly for one reason - climate change - and it is imperative to act now, write Virginijus Sinkevičius and Boris Herrmann.