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La route des Balkans reste toujours l'une des principales voies d'accès l'Union européenne, pour les exilés du Proche et du Moyen Orient, d'Afrique ou d'Asie. Alors que les frontières Schengen se ferment, Frontex se déploie dans les Balkans, qui sont toujours un « sas d'accès » à la « forteresse Europe ». Notre fil d'infos en continu.

- Le fil de l'Info / Bosnie-Herzégovine, Albanie, Kosovo, Bulgarie, Questions européennes, Populations, minorités et migrations, Migrants Balkans, Courrier des Balkans, Croatie, Turquie, Grèce, Moldavie, Macédoine du Nord, Monténégro, Slovénie, Roumanie, Serbie, Gratuit, Grèce immigration

Berlin committed to increasing its military force to around 260,000 active soldiers and 200,00 reservists

This chapter traces the evolution of bus rapid transit (BRT) and examines its implications for urban mobility policymaking, particularly in cities in the Global South. It reviews BRT’s historical origins and global diffusion, its socio-economic and environmental impacts, as well as the distinct political dynamics that characterize the system’s implementation and operations. The chapter posits that BRT has undergone three key transformations since the 1960s-70s. The system originally emerged as a cost-effective alternative to urban rail projects, in the 2000s it then reinvented itself as a tool for sustainable urban development, and most recently it has started to reinvent itself yet again as a planning instrument for transportation formalization. Despite these changes in the policy objectives underpinning BRT initiatives, the system’s core innovation has remained unchanged: its modular flexibility. This flexibility has enabled the system’s widespread adoption and adaptation. The chapter argues that BRT offers policymakers an instructive case of how context-sensitive transit planning can help cities build more efficient, inclusive, and sustainable urban mobility systems.

This chapter traces the evolution of bus rapid transit (BRT) and examines its implications for urban mobility policymaking, particularly in cities in the Global South. It reviews BRT’s historical origins and global diffusion, its socio-economic and environmental impacts, as well as the distinct political dynamics that characterize the system’s implementation and operations. The chapter posits that BRT has undergone three key transformations since the 1960s-70s. The system originally emerged as a cost-effective alternative to urban rail projects, in the 2000s it then reinvented itself as a tool for sustainable urban development, and most recently it has started to reinvent itself yet again as a planning instrument for transportation formalization. Despite these changes in the policy objectives underpinning BRT initiatives, the system’s core innovation has remained unchanged: its modular flexibility. This flexibility has enabled the system’s widespread adoption and adaptation. The chapter argues that BRT offers policymakers an instructive case of how context-sensitive transit planning can help cities build more efficient, inclusive, and sustainable urban mobility systems.

This chapter traces the evolution of bus rapid transit (BRT) and examines its implications for urban mobility policymaking, particularly in cities in the Global South. It reviews BRT’s historical origins and global diffusion, its socio-economic and environmental impacts, as well as the distinct political dynamics that characterize the system’s implementation and operations. The chapter posits that BRT has undergone three key transformations since the 1960s-70s. The system originally emerged as a cost-effective alternative to urban rail projects, in the 2000s it then reinvented itself as a tool for sustainable urban development, and most recently it has started to reinvent itself yet again as a planning instrument for transportation formalization. Despite these changes in the policy objectives underpinning BRT initiatives, the system’s core innovation has remained unchanged: its modular flexibility. This flexibility has enabled the system’s widespread adoption and adaptation. The chapter argues that BRT offers policymakers an instructive case of how context-sensitive transit planning can help cities build more efficient, inclusive, and sustainable urban mobility systems.

En 2024, près de 1 250 demandes d’asile ont été déposées à Mayotte par des Congolais, contre 150 en 2021. De Dar es-Salaam, les passeurs orientent les migrants venus de l’Afrique de l’Est vers le département français.

Le ministre des affaires étrangères français, M. Jean-Noël Barrot, persiste, signe et s'enferre : la rapporteuse spéciale des Nations unies sur la situation dans les territoires palestiniens occupés doit démissionner… pour des propos qu'elle n'a pas tenus. Mme Francesca Albanese répond dans nos (…) / Droit international, Palestine (Gaza), Israël, Personnalités, Droits humains

Team Mirai, a new party founded in May 2025, secured 11 seats in the lower house.

Le premier ministre du Sénégal Ousmane Sonko dénonce les frappes israélo-américaines sur l’Iran, il estime qu’il s’agit d’une attaque sans mandat de l’ONU et donc d’une violation du droit international. Il a mis en garde contre un déséquilibre de l’ordre mondial. 

In recent years, enforcement agencies have publicly attributed large-scale cryptocurrency theft and laundering activity to state-aligned actors in the region.

Les assistants personnels des riches deviennent viraux sur les réseaux sociaux en dévoilant les coulisses de leur travail.

Emmanuel Macron a annoncé hier la création d’une coopération européenne inédite sur le nucléaire, afin de créer une «dissuasion avancée» associant huit pays européens. Les partis nationalistes ne s’y sont pas fermement opposés.

The United States risks a permanent quagmire in the Middle East – which will also redefine the strategic balance of the Korean Peninsula and beyond.

Le projet Promotion de la santé de la mère et de l’enfant, (PROMIS) a octroyé vendredi 27 février, des bourses d'études à huit élèves filles de l'Institut technique médical (ITM) de Yangambi, dans la Tshopo, lors d'une cérémonie solennelle en présence des autorités locales. Cette initiative cible l'éducation des filles dans une école technique, pariant sur leur future indépendance économique.

Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

Written by Liselotte Jensen.

CONTEXT

The carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) is being implemented to create a level playing field on carbon pricing of specific goods within the EU single market. For CBAM-covered goods, free allowances under the EU′s emissions trading system (ETS) will be progressively phased out by 2034.

With the phase-out of free allowances in CBAM-covered goods, EU operators producing goods for export will be at a disadvantage in markets without similar carbon pricing.

The European Commission is proposing a temporary decarbonisation fund to support certain goods in the aluminium, fertilisers, iron and steel sectors. Other energy-intensive industries at continued risk of carbon leakage could also benefit. The fund would provide short-term support as a temporary bridge solution, pending a review in the context of the forthcoming revision of the EU ETS due in 2026.

Legislative proposal

2025/0418(COD) – Proposal for a regulation establishing the temporary decarbonisation fund – COM(2025) 990, 17 December 2025.

NEXT STEPS IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

For the latest developments in this legislative procedure, see the Legislative Train Schedule: 2025/0418(COD)

Read the complete briefing on ‘Temporary decarbonisation fund‘ in the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.

Iran has one of the largest missile arsenals in the Middle East and can easily strike European targets

EU governments can do little but monitor the situation