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Professor Anna Triandafyllidou gave an interview to WDR discussing European migration policy. By clicking here you can access the interview.

A draft law designed to counter the influence of foreign organizations may choke Chinese civil society instead.

I was skeptical at first of his thoughts about writing about certain things causing insomnia, but then remembered that my wife once asked me not to read about My Lai after 4 p.m.

Plenáris ülés : Hogyan lehet felszámolni az akadályokat a digitális gazdaság fejlődésének útjából? Ez volt a téma május 19-én az EP-ben, amikor a képviselők Andrus Ansip európai bizottsági alelnökkel vitatták meg az európai digitális belső piac kiépítésének terveit. Az Európai Bizottság május 6-án ismertette az erről szóló stratégiát, amire most az EP szakbizottságai készítenek választ. A digitális egységes piaccal június 25–26-án az uniós csúcson is foglalkoznak az állam- és kormányfők.

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Séance plénière : Des mesures visant à améliorer la sécurité des patients, notamment en s'attaquant à la résistance croissante aux antibiotiques humains et vétérinaires et en promouvant l'innovation ont été fixées dans une résolution votée mardi. Les députés constatent qu'entre 8 et 12% des patients admis dans les hôpitaux de l'UE souffrent d'effets secondaires indésirables comme des infections nosocomiales, impliquées dans près de 37.000 décès par an, et qui pèsent sur les budgets limités des services de santé.

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Plenartagung : Am Dienstag hat das Parlament eine Entschließung verabschiedet, in der es Maßnahmen zur Verbesserung der Patientensicherheit vorschlägt, etwa durch die Bewältigung der zunehmenden Resistenzen gegen Antibiotika in der Human- und Veterinärmedizin. Die Abgeordneten empfehlen des Weiteren einen verantwortungsvollen Einsatz von Antibiotika und die Förderung von Innovation.

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The promotion of gender equality was among the challenges faced by Roma and Sinti women that were the focus of a consultation meeting for Roma and Sinti women activists at the Warsaw headquarters of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 18 and 19 May 2015.

The meeting brought together 12 Roma and Sinti women activists from OSCE participating States to discuss gender mainstreaming and gender targeting in ODIHR’s activities focusing on Roma and Sinti communities.

“The OSCE Action Plan on Improving the Situation of Roma and Sinti acknowledges the particular situation of Roma and Sinti women, and calls for systematic mainstreaming of Roma women’s issues in all relevant areas of Roma integration,” said Beatriz Balbin, First Deputy Director of ODIHR. “This consultation meeting enables us not only to receive direct feedback from women activists on our work with Roma and Sinti, but also input as to how ODIHR can better champion gender equality by taking into account the specific needs of diverse communities.”

During the consultation meeting, participants also discussed how to improve co-operation and co-ordination between the civil society and intergovernmental organizations.

“Providing role models and success stories for Romani women activists is crucial in changing attitudes and behaviours towards women’s issues in Roma communities,” said Nesime Salioska, a Roma activist from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. “The OSCE should continue to support Roma women activists in their efforts to network and mobilize stakeholders to confront the obstacles they face in the context of gender equality.”

 

 

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Russia and Belarus will jointly develop a new short-range anti-aircraft missile complex, it was announced on Tuesday.

Séance plénière : Comment éliminer les obstacles en ligne et profiter au mieux de l'économie numérique ? Les députés européens se sont penchés sur ces questions lors d'un débat avec le Vice-Président de la Commission européenne Andrus Ansip en session plénière le 19 mai. La Commission a présenté une stratégie le 6 mai et le Parlement y répondra par un rapport de sa propre initiative rédigé par plusieurs commissions parlementaires. Le marché unique numérique est également à l'ordre du jour du Conseil de juin.

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A mai napon, 2015. május 19-én, helyi idő szerint 13 óra 40 perc körül balesetet szenvedett a Magyar Légierő egyik kétüléses (42) JAS-39D Gripen vadászgépe a Lion Effort 2015 hadgyakorlaton, a Cseh Légierő Čáslav-i légibázisán. Az elérhető információ még igen kevés, annyi azonban már tudható, hogy pilótáink (Ugrik Csaba dandártábornok és Gróf Gergely őrnagy)  jól vannak. Az első, megjelent hírekkel ellentétben a Gripen nem lezuhant, hanem a leszállás során szenvedett balesetet.

Rovana Plumb szociális, családügyi és munkaügyi miniszter úgy nyilatkozott, ez az intézkedés hozzájárulna a népességnövekedéshez. Jelenleg, azok az anyák, akik 1 évet maradnak otthon gyermekükkel, legtöbb havi 3400 lejt kaphatnak, akik a 2 éves gyermeknevelési szabadságot választják, legfeljebb 1200 lejben részesülnek. A Digi24 hírtévé beszámolója szerint a munkaügyi miniszter egy másik javaslatot is felvetett, eszerint a szülési szabadság 18 hetes időtartama alatt a gyermeknevelési segély a szülés előtti tizenkét hónap átlagfizetése lenne, nem az anya fizetésének 85 százaléka, ahogyan jelenleg számítják.

The Council on 19 May increased advance payments for the youth employment initiative (YEI) by almost €1 billion in 2015. Instead of about €67 million, member states will receive around €1 billion as advance payments this year. The regulation adopted by the Council removes the main bottleneck in the implementation of YEI by releasing the financial burden on the member states' budgets and allowing them to roll out quickly measures against youth unemployment. The adoption of the regulation follows the agreement reached in the Council on 21 April and the approval of the European Parliament on 29 April.  

Ensuring a critical financial mass 

The increase in advance payments will be achieved by raising the pre-financing rate of the specific YEI allocation to 30%. The current level of pre-financing for YEI amounts to 1% (1.5% for member states under financial assistance). Experience shows that under the current rules it is not possible to reach the critical financial mass to allow member states to start the implementation of YEI actions. Due to a lack of funds, member states cannot advance sufficient payments to beneficiaries. This considerably hampers the start of projects aimed at helping young Europeans to find a job or a traineeship. Member states with the highest levels of youth unemployment face the strongest budgetary constraints. The new regulation offers a solution to this issue to the benefit of young people, as requested by the European Council.  

The increase of advance payments does not require any change in the EU's multiannual financial framework nor any amending budget. It provides the maximum impact in terms of support to the beneficiaries, within the budget available.  

Background 

The Commission pays advance payments to the member states automatically after the adoption of each operation programme. Further payments, so-called interim payments, are only made to reimburse expenditure already made by member states. EU countries therefore usually have to pre-finance a large part of projects from their national budgets.

YEI was agreed by the European Council in February 2013. Its purpose is to provide additional funding of €6.4 billion in the period 2014-2020 for promoting youth employment to the regions most affected by youth unemployment. The eligible regions are 

• those where the youth unemployment rate for young people aged 15 to 24 exceeded 25% in 2012 and
• those where youth unemployment was more than 20% in 2012 as long as they belong to member states where youth unemployment exceeded 30% the same year  

A dedicated budget of €3.2 billion has been set aside for the YEI. This requires no co-financing at national level. An additional €3.2 billion comes from allocations from the European social fund to member states for the 2014-2020 programming period.  

Around 7 million young Europeans are currently without a job and are not in education or training.  

Next steps 

The regulation enters into force the day after its publication in the Official Journal of the EU.