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A year after her death the French Auschwitz survivor and women's rights activist Simone Veil has been given the rare honour of being buried at the Panthéon in Paris. France's media also honour Veil's commitment to Europe - she was a president of the EU Parliament from 1979 to 1982 - and examine the continuing relevance of her ideas on European policy.

As of July 1 public transport with buses and trains has been free of charge. The policy, which has been in effect in Tallinn since 2013, has now been extended to the rest of the country, with the exception of four rural districts. According to Estonia's minister of economic affairs Kadri Simson free transport will make it easier for people with low and average incomes to remain mobile. Estonia's press isn't convinced.

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin plan to meet on July 16 in Helsinki. The agenda is thought to include Russian-American relations, the situation in Syria and Ukraine and arms control. What objective is Trump pursuing with the summit?

The Monthly Highlights publication provides an overview, at a glance, of the on-going work of the policy departments, including a selection of the latest and forthcoming publications, and a list of future events.
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Translation studies is increasingly expanding its disciplinary range. A volume I am editing together with my colleague Kayvan Tahmasebian, the Routledge Handbook of Translation and Activism, seeks to facilitate this expansion. This volume, which will be included in Routledge’s exciting series of handbooks on translation, will survey the state-of-the-art within translation studies, while opening the field to new domains of inquiry. We are particularly eager to include more contributions relating to the politics of language (in EU and other contexts). Scholars working on refugee rights, court interpretation, and other areas where translation advances social justice, are welcome to contribute.

Please see the CfP below and get in touch if you’d like to contribute!

CfP: Routledge Handbook of Translation and Activism

Rebecca Gould (University of Birmingham) and Kayvan Tahmasebian are seeking additional contributions to the Routledge Handbook of Translation and Activism. Confirmed contributions range across the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. Although all regional foci are welcome, we particularly welcome contributions focusing on Central Asia, the Caucasus, Eastern Europe, and the Americas. In addition to translation studies and literary studies, we welcome contributions from anthropology, political science, and law; our focus is on translation in the broadest sense, and includes oral interpretation. Contributions from scholars, translators, writers, and creative practitioners are encouraged. We are particularly eager for contributions on political theory (Marx, Gramsci, Walter Benjamin, Fanon) in relation to translation and activism, as well as those addressing the following themes:

* Translators as activists

* Translators’ contributions to activism across multilingual divides

* Translating activist and political texts

* Translators as interpreters for refugees and in other immigration contexts

* Translation and political change in premodern, modern, and postmodern contexts (including the ‘Abbasid translation movement, the Mughal translation movement, the Soviet construction of world literature, etc.)

* Life-stories and insights from your experiences and struggles as a translator

* Manifestos for enabling activist agendas and social transformation within translation as a profession and translation studies as an academic discipline

* Case studies that reveal the relation between aesthetics and politics in a translational context

* Translation and revolution (in Cuba, the Soviet Union, Iran, Egypt, etc.; see the work of Mona Baker, Translating Dissent)

* Translation and Eurocentrism/overcoming racism/class-based prejudice and other social hierarchies.

* Other themes inspired by your reflections on translating and your work and life as a translator and scholar of texts in languages other than your native tongue.

Chapters (6000-8000 words) will ideally be completed by 2018 or early 2019 (and then entered into the peer-review process), with abstracts due during the summer of 2018. Please write to globalliterarytheory@gmail.com if you are interested in contributing. Although we will consider all proposals until the end of September please contact us as soon as you decide you are interested in contributing in order to discuss the focus of your contribution and to avoid overlap.

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EU heads of state or government meet on 29 June 2018 in Brussels to review, in an EU 27 format, the state of play of Brexit negotiations and adopt conclusions on progress made.  The Euro summit, also in an inclusive format (EU27), discusses the reform of the economic and monetary union.

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Monday, 9 July 2018, 15:00-18:30, room JAN 2Q2
Tuesday, 10 July 2018, 09:00-12:30 and 14:30-18:30, room JAN 2Q2

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DRAFT REPORT on the Annual report on human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Petras Auštrevičius

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EU heads of state or government meet on 28 June 2018 in Brussels to focus on migration, security and defence, as well as economic and financial affairs. Leaders are expected to discuss the internal and external dimensions of migration policy, including the reform of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS).  EU leaders are expected to adopt conclusions on several issues recently debated under the Leaders' Agenda, such as taxation, innovation and digital. The European Council also endorses the country specific recommendations under the 2018 European Semester and discusses the future handling of the multi-annual financial framework (MFF), including a timeline. Leaders also discuss trade. In terms of security and defence, leaders discuss EU-NATO cooperation ahead of the NATO summit in July and provide orientations for further work, in particular on permanent structured cooperation (PESCO). The European Council also addresses military mobility, the European Defence Fund, the European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP) and Civilian Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP). In light of events, the European Council may address specific foreign policy issues.

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DRAFT REPORT on the 2018 Commission Report on Montenegro
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Charles Tannock

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