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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.

 

Russia is now a ruling world power, despite a relatively modest population, but she has the right allies; not Estonia or Portugal, but Brazil, South Africa and China again, which is using all her millenary wisdom and her current fantastic soft power to get rid us from the American dollar, a piece of crap since the end of the gold standard in 1971

Kinevezését ma aláírta Klaus Johannis államfő. Alina Bicát váltja a tisztségben, akit korábban letartóztattak egy visszaszolgáltatási korrupciós ügyben. Daniel Horodniceanu ügyész korábban bírói etikai kérdésekben és az emberkereskedelem áldozatainak védelmével kapcsolatos ügyekben fejtett ki tevékenységet. A Szervezett Bűnözés és Terrorizmus Elleni Ügyészség Iaşi-i kirendeltségének főügyésze volt több éven át. Mandátuma a DIICOT élén három évre szól.

Az etnikai és vallási kisebbségek tulajdonának visszaszolgáltatásáról tárgyalt ma Klaus Johannis államfő a kisebbségek parlamenti csoportjával. Az államelnök a találkozón több kisebbségeket érintő kérdésről is nyilatkozott. Klaus Johannis azt mondta, a kisebbségek egyensúlyi és stabilitási tényezőt jelentettek a román politikában az elmúlt 25 évben. Meglátása szerint a kisebbség és a többség közötti együttműködést folytatni és gazdagítani kell, hangsúlyozta ez része a román államról és kormányzásról megfogalmazott víziójának. Az Államelnöki Hivatal közleménye alapján Klaus Johannis arról is beszélt, hogy a mandátuma célkitűzései közé tartozik a törvények gyakorlatba ültetése és a jó kormányzás, és bízik benne, hogy ez hozzájárul ahhoz, hogy a kisebbségek jogait is tiszteletben tartsák. A kisebbségek parlamenti csoportjával folytatott megbeszélésen szóba került még a restitúció kérdése, illetve az is, hogy törvényes keretet kellene biztosítani a történelmi műemlékek védelmére.

Nagyváradon tanácskozott a 13. Anyanyelvi Konferencia. A Magyar Nyelv és Kultúra Nemzetközi Társasága közgyűlést is tartott. 
Az AK megerősítette tiszteletbeli elnöki tisztségében Pomogáts Bélát, elnökké Balázs Géza egyetemi tanárt választotta. A mi térfelünkről tiszteletbeli alelnöknek választották Kolár Pétert Kassáról, és az Elnökség tiszteletbeli tanácsadói lettek Mézes Rudolf Galántáról és Máté László Kassáról.

On 18 May, the Ministers of Defence of Austria, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, and the Netherlands as well as the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Head of Agency on behalf of the European External Action Service, EU Military Committee and European Defence Agency, signed a pledge to mitigate human-related risks in cyber space by launching the Cyber Hygiene initiative. The initiative is an important contribution to the implementation of the EU Cyber Defence Policy Framework, notably on awareness raising for CSDP structures, missions and operations.

By joining the pledge, the signatory Member States promise to adopt and implement internal guidelines for best behavioural principles for cyber hygiene by the end of 2016. This includes, for example, introducing a mandatory e-learning platform.

Initiated by the Latvian Presidency of the Council of the EU and the Estonian Ministry of Defence, the initiative calls to strengthen cyber security culture as low awareness and human-related risks are a common cause of cyber incidents. A large number of cyber incidents can be avoided, or their effects greatly mitigated, if certain behavioural cyber security procedures and implementation measures are applied. It is part of a wider project, which aims to educate the members of defence sector institutions on secure behaviour while using online resources. 

Beyond its commitment to implement internal guidelines, the Agency will contribute to expanding this initiative to other interested EU Member States.

EDA activities

The December 2013 European Council identified cyber defence as one of the priority areas to take forward in the European Union. Furthermore, in November 2014 the Council adopted the EU Cyber Defence Policy Framework. Cyber defence has also been identified as a priority area in the EDA’s Capability Development Plan. 

The armed forces are reliant on cyberspace both as a user and as a domain to achieve defence and security missions. The Agency is active in the fields of cyber defence capabilities and in the research & technology domain.

In the last three years, the Agency has completed ten cyber defence related projects with a financial volume of about two million euros. This equals to approximately 10% of EDA’s operational budget. Among these ten projects are a stocktaking study of cyber defence capabilities among all EDA Member States and EU institutions, the establishment of a cyber defence research agenda and cyber defence training courses for senior military decision makers as well as the assessment of the feasibility of a EU Cyber Defence Centre for CSDP. 


Copyright picture: European Union, 2015. 
From left to right: Ms. Jeanine HENNIS-PLASSCHAERT, Dutch Minister of Defence; Mr Gerald KLUG, Austrian Federal Minister for Defence and Sport; Mr Sven MIKSER, Estonian Minister of Defence; Ms. Federica MOGHERINI, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; Mr Raimonds VEJONIS, Latvian Minister for Defence; Mr Juozas OLEKAS, Lithuanian Minister for National Defence; Ms. Piritta ASUNMAA, PSC Ambassador of Finland

More information:

• EDA factsheet on cyber defence
• News item Latvian Ministry of Defence 

Plenartagung : In einer am Dienstag angenommenen Entschließung fordern die Abgeordneten die Mitgliedstaaten dazu auf, die Zielvorgabe für die öffentliche Entwicklungshilfe von 0,7% des Bruttonationaleinkommens einzuhalten und Zeitpläne vorzulegen, um dieses Ziel bis 2020 zu erreichen. Außerdem heben sie das große Potenzial einer effizienten Mobilisierung heimischer Ressourcen in Entwicklungsländern als Finanzierungsquelle hervor.

Quelle : © Europäische Union, 2015 - EP

Plenary sessions : Rules on maternity leave vary widely between EU countries, however plans to harmonise them have been blocked by national governments since 2008. With the European Commission now threatening to withdraw its proposal, MEPs debate the situation on 19 May and will vote the next day on a resolution urging member states to resume negotiations. Follow it live on our website.

Source : © European Union, 2015 - EP

Plenary sessions : Rules on maternity leave vary widely between EU countries, however plans to harmonise them have been blocked by national governments since 2008. With the European Commission now threatening to withdraw its proposal, MEPs debate the situation on 19 May and will vote the next day on a resolution urging member states to resume negotiations. Follow it live on our website.

Source : © European Union, 2015 - EP

Plenary sessions : Could creating a digital single market in the EU and removing barriers online help give a boost to European companies? The European Commission outlined its strategy on 6 May, while it will also feature on the agenda of the European Council on 25-26 June. Meanwhile the Parliament is planning to respond with an own-initiative report on the digital market. They debated the issue on 19 May, during which MEPs highlighted the challenges and potential benefits involved.

Source : © European Union, 2015 - EP

Plenary sessions : Could creating a digital single market in the EU and removing barriers online help give a boost to European companies? The European Commission outlined its strategy on 6 May, while it will also feature on the agenda of the European Council on 25-26 June. Meanwhile the Parliament is planning to respond with an own-initiative report on the digital market. They debated the issue on 19 May, during which MEPs highlighted the challenges and potential benefits involved.

Source : © European Union, 2015 - EP

Pakistan Pakistan, Afghanistan sign accord to share intel The spy agencies of Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to carry out “coordinated intelligence operations” against militants operating along the border of the two countries (AP, Reuters). Maj. Gen. Asim Saleem Bajwa announced on Twitter on Monday that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence and Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security ...

In the margins of the EDA Steering Board, Jorge Domecq, EDA Chief Executive, met with Carmelo Abela, Maltese Minister of Home Affairs and National Security to exchange views on Malta’s involvement in EDA projects.

Minister Abela welcomed the planned visit by the Chief Executive to Malta in the near future. He stated that though Malta’s defence capabilities were limited due to its size, it nonetheless followed and supported the EDA’s work and had in fact participated in some activities such as training on access to EU funds. He looked forward to seeing improvement with regard to Malta’s contribution to the EDA’s work and would welcome proposals for joint collaboration with the EDA, especially with regard to the maritime field. 

“The European Defence Agency is at the service of all its Member States. I welcome Malta’s wish to further engage with the Agency. Our discussion today highlighted two projects of potential interest: Single European Sky ATM Research as well as dual-use research technology, especially in the maritime domain”, said Jorge Domecq.

The discussion is part of a series of visits by Mr. Domecq to all EDA Member States following his appointment as EDA Chief Executive. It comes ahead of a visit to Malta which was confirmed by Minister Abela during the discussion.So far, Mr. Domecq visited Spain, Lithuania, Latvia, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany, Portugal, the Netherlands, Ireland, France, Romania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Croatia, Estonia, Poland, Hungary, Greece, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Finland, Sweden and Italy. 

 

More information

• News "Jorge Domecq discusses defence cooperation in Finland" (13 May 2015)
• News "Sweden welcomes EDA Chief Executive" (12 May 2015)
• News "Jorge Domecq in Luxembourg to discuss cooperation" (5 May 2015)
• News "Defence cooperation talks in Cyprus" (23 April 2015)
• News "Chief Executive meets Hungarian Minister of Defence" (23 April 2015)
• News "EDA Chief Executive visits Athens" (22 April 2015)
• News "Jorge Domecq in Poland for defence discussions"(20 April 2015)
• News "Jorge Domecq meets Estonian Minister of Defence" (20 April 2015)
• News "Meeting with Croatian Defence Minister in Zagreb" (17 April 2015)
• News "Slovenia welcomes Jorge Domecq" (15 April 2015)
• News "EDA Chief Executive visits Czech Republic" (13 April 2015)
• News "Jorge Domecq in Bulgaria to discuss defence cooperation" (8 April 2015)
• News "EDA Chief Executive travels to Romania" (8 April 2015)
• News "EDA Chief Executive meets French Minister of Defence" (30 March 2015)
• News "Jorge Domecq exchanges views with Irish Minister of Defence Simon Coveney T.D." (25 March 2015)
• News "EDA Chief Executive visits The Netherlands" (23 March 2015)
• News "Discussions on European defence in Portugal" (19 March 2015)
• News "Jorge Domecq meets German Secretary of State" (19 March 2015)
• News "Belgium and EDA discuss future defence cooperation" (18 March 2015)
• News "Jorge Domecq in the UK for cooperation talks" (25 Feb 2015)
• News "Latvia and EDA discuss cooperation opportunities" (19 Feb 2015)
• News "EDA Chief Executive visits Lithuania" (17 Feb 2015) 

All attempts by Western countries to put political and economic pressure on Russia have failed. If anything, they have helped Vladimir Putin to become an even more popular leader, Boulevard Voltaire said.