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La primaire du PS va voir s'affronter les socialistes autour de deux lignes politiques. L'opposition traditionnelle entre traditionalistes et réformistes se réactive comme dans un congrès.

Tout le monde se souvient de la démission spectaculaire de Thomas Thevenoud, le 4 septembre 2014, seulement une semaine après la nomination du gouvernement Valls II. Mais personne ne pouvait prévoir à...

PRÁGA. A harmadik negyedévben 27 220 koronára (1006 euró) emelkedett a havi országos átlagbér Csehországban, egy év alatt 1170 koronával, 4,5 százalékkal emelkedett - közölte a Cseh Statisztikai Hivatal hétfőn Prágában.

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BUDAPEST, POZSONY. Sosem volt még olyan jó a magyar-szlovák gazdasági kapcsolatrendszer, mint most - mondta Áder János köztársasági elnök hétfőn, miután szlovák kollégáját, Andrej Kiskát fogadta a Sándor-palotában.

La 32e session plénière de l'Assemblée parlementaire paritaire ACP-UE se tiendra à Nairobi, capitale du Kenya, du 19 au 21 décembre 2016. La session sera officiellement ouverte par ses coprésidents, Louis Michel pour le Parlement européen, et Netty Baldeh (Gambie) pour les pays ACP en présence de Justin Muturi, Président de l'Assemblée nationale du Kenya.

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The 32nd plenary session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA) will take place in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, from December 19 to 21 2016. The session will be opened formally by its Co-Presidents Louis Michel for the European Parliament, and Netty Baldeh (Gambia) for the ACP in presence of Justin Muturi, Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya.

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The 32nd plenary session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA) will take place in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, from December 19 to 21 2016. The session will be opened formally by its Co-Presidents Louis Michel for the European Parliament, and Netty Baldeh (Gambia) for the ACP in presence of Justin Muturi, Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya.

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The 32nd plenary session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA) will take place in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, from December 19 to 21 2016. The session will be opened formally by its Co-Presidents Louis Michel for the European Parliament, and Netty Baldeh (Gambia) for the ACP in presence of Justin Muturi, Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya.

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The 32nd plenary session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA) will take place in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, from December 19 to 21 2016. The session will be opened formally by its Co-Presidents Louis Michel for the European Parliament, and Netty Baldeh (Gambia) for the ACP in presence of Justin Muturi, Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya.

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In the first day of closing arguments in Ratko Mladic’s trial, prosecutors said the former Bosnian Serb military commander played a crucial role in a brutal plan to ‘cleanse’ areas of Bosnia of non-Serbs.

Die afghanische Regierung wertet das Ende September geschlossene Friedensabkommen mit Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, dem Oberhaupt der islamistischen Hizb-e-Islami, als innenpolitischen Erfolg. Es ist ein sichtbares Ergebnis ihrer Friedensbemühungen und soll die Taliban motivieren, sich ebenfalls an den Verhandlungstisch zu setzen. Die Regierung wirbt über das Abkommen indirekt mit Amnestie und politischer Beteiligung. Bislang haben Regierung und Talibanführung nur Gespräche über Friedensgespräche geführt. Gleichzeitig wird der Kampf fortgesetzt, der eine hohe Zahl an Opfern unter Zivilist/innen, Soldat/innen und Taliban fordert. Die afghanische Regierung arbeitet daran, politische und institutionelle Rahmenbedingungen für einen Friedensprozess zu schaffen. Die Talibanführung versucht, durch militärische Erfolge ihren Einfluss auszudehnen und ihre Verhandlungsposition zu verbessern. Gleichzeitig ist sie bemüht, die eigenen Reihen zusammenzuhalten und Möglichkeiten für Friedensverhandlungen auszuloten.

Die EU muss sich darauf einstellen, dass sich die Taliban mittelfristig als politischer Akteur etablieren. Dabei kann sie darauf hinwirken, dass Rahmenbedingungen für einen inklusiven politischen Prozess geschaffen werden. Wichtige Schritte wären, die Akteure der Region als Partner einzubeziehen, die afghanische Machtelite auszubalancieren und der Bevölkerung Mitsprache in politischen Verhandlungen zu ermöglichen.

On 6 December 2016, the Council adopted a directive granting access for tax authorities to information held by authorities responsible for the prevention of money laundering. 

The directive will require member states to provide access to information on the beneficial ownership of companies. It will enable tax authorities to access that information in monitoring the proper application of rules on the automatic exchange of tax information. 

It will thus help prevent tax evasion and tax fraud.

The directive will apply as from 1 January 2018. It is one of a number of measures set out by the Commission in July 2016, in the wake of the April 2016 Panama Papers revelations.

Challenges 

The EU has made significant progress in recent years to enhance tax transparency and strengthen cooperation between the member states' tax authorities. Recent amendments to anti-money-laundering legislation recognise the links between money laundering and tax evasion, as well as the challenges faced in prevention. 

Media leaks such as the Panama Papers, revealing large-scale concealment of offshore funds, have highlighted areas where further measures need to be taken. The transparency framework must be further reinforced at both EU and international levels. 

Automatic exchange of information 

In particular, tax authorities need greater access to information on the beneficial ownership of intermediary entities and other relevant customer due diligence information. 

Provisions on the automatic exchange of tax information are set out by directive 2014/107/EU. 

Where a financial account holder is an intermediary structure, banks are required to look through that entity and report its beneficial ownership. Applying that provision relies on information held by authorities responsible for the prevention of money laundering, pursuant to directive 2015/849/EU. 

Access to that information will ensure that tax authorities are better equipped to fulfil their monitoring obligations under directive 2014/107/EU. 

Adoption and implementation 

The directive was adopted at a meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council, without discussion. The European Parliament has gave its opinion on 22 November 2016.

Member states will have until 31 December 2017 to transpose the directive into national laws and regulations.

BUDAPEST. A magyar baloldal 12 éve ellökte magától a határon túli magyarokat, mára már majdnem egymillió új magyar állampolgár lett közjogi értelemben is a magyar nemzet része - közölte a kisebbik kormánypárt hétfőn az MTI-vel, felidézve december 5-i kettős állampolgárságról tartott népszavazást.

Magyarázkodásból jeles: ahol az euroszkeptikusok nyertek, ott nem az EU-ról volt szó, ahol viszont kikaptak, ott igen.

On 6 December 2016, the Council agreed its stance on a proposal to extend the lifespan of the European fund for strategic investments (EFSI), the EU's flagship initiative under its 'investment plan for Europe'. 

The agreed compromise involves extending the EFSI in terms of both duration and financial capacity, mobilising at least half a trillion euros of investments by 2020. It also introduces a number of operational improvements to take account of lessons learned from the first year of implementation. 

"Europe is facing many challenges today and the need to boost investment is one of them. We need to play our part”, said Peter Kažimír, Slovak minister for finance and president of the Council. 

"Today's agreement means that we are delivering on one of our top priorities, in line with the Bratislava roadmap agreed in September. It is also a crucialstep in the right direction", he said. "I am confident that a bigger, smarter and more effective EFSI supported by a well-functioning capital markets union is aright path to take." 

Talks will start with the European Parliament once the Parliament has agreed its negotiating stance. 

The Commission considers that the EFSI is achieving its objectives and that maintaining a scheme to support investments is warranted. It notes that three evaluations of the EFSI, including an external, independent evaluation, concur on its success so far and on the need to reinforce the initiative. 

Investment conditions have improved in the EU since the investment plan was launched. Economic confidence is returning and the plan is already delivering results. Established in mid-2015, the EFSI is on track for attaining its €315 billion target in additional investments by mid-2018. 

For SMEs, it is delivering well beyond expectations. Projects approved by November 2016 are expected to mobilise €154 billion in total investments, covering 27 member states, and to support over 376 000 SMEs. 

Main changes 

The Council agreed that efforts should be continued and private investment should be attracted to the maximum extent possible. 

The compromise provides for: 

•  an extension to the lifespan of the EFSI until 2020; 
•  an increase in the investment target to €500 billion; 
•  an increase in the EU budget guarantee to €26 billion (of which €16 billion will be available for guarantee calls until mid-2018);
•  an increase in the European Investment Bank's contribution to €7.5 billion (from €5 billion currently). 

The compromise also includes technical enhancements in the light of lessons learned from the first year of implementation. 

These relate in particular to: 

• enhanced geographic coverage;
• additional sectors to be covered: agriculture, forestry, fisheries, aquaculture and other elements of the bioeconomy, as well as sectors eligible for EIB support in less-developed and transition regions; 
• strengthened climate-related actions, with the aim that at least 40% of EFSI financing contribute to climate action; 
• the additional nature of investments: it is made even clearer that EFSI projects should address sub-optimal investment situations and market gaps; 
• provisions on transparency; 
• the 'European investment advisory hub', providing more targeted support to member states with difficulties in developing projects. 

The EFSI operates within the EIB, under an agreement between the EIB and the Commission. Any project supported by the EFSI must be approved by the EIB. 

Encouraging private investments 

The fund is aimed at encouraging private investor participation in a broad range of new investment projects. To do this, it takes on part of the project risk through a first-loss liability. Currently building on €16 billion in guarantees from the EU budget and €5 billion from the EIB, the aim is to achieve a multiplier effect of 1:15. 

Projects currently cover transport, energy and broadband infrastructure, education, health, research and risk finance for SMEs. The EFSI targets socially and economically viable projects without any sector-specific or regional pre-allocation. 

Governance 

The fund has a two-tier governance structure: 

• a steering board, composed of members from Commission and EIB, which sets the overall strategy, investment policy and risk profile of the fund;
• an investment committee, composed of 8 independent experts and a managing director, which selects projects for EFSI support. 

Procedure 

Agreement was reached at a meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council. 

The regulation requires a qualified majority for adoption by the Council, in agreement with the European Parliament. (Legal basis: articles 172, 173, 175(3) and 182(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU.) 

Général : La plupart des récentes attaques terroristes en Europe ont été perpétrées par des citoyens européens, et certains d’entre eux se sont avérés être des combattants étrangers. Les députés de la commission des libertés civiles votent aujourd’hui sur un projet de directive autour de la lutte contre le terrorisme. Le texte, rédigé peu après les attentats de Paris, propose notamment de criminaliser la préparation d’attentats tel que le fait de voyager à l’étranger à des fins de terrorisme.

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Allgemeines : Radikalisierte EU-Bürger, die als Kämpfer nach Syrien oder in den Irak reisen, stellen eine wachsende Bedrohung dar. Bei der Mehrzahl der jüngsten Terroranschläge in Europa handelte es sich um "hausgemachten" Terrorismus und an einigen Anschlägen waren zurückgekehrte "ausländische Kämpfer" beteiligt. Der Innenausschuss stimmt am 5.12. über eine neue Richtlinie zur Terrorbekämpfung ab. Diese sieht vor, vorbereitende Handlungen für Terrorakte wie Reisen in Konfliktgebiete, unter Strafe zu stellen.

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EU Finance ministers meet in Brussels on 6 December 2016 to try agreeing to an extension of the European fund for strategic investments, and may review work on the proposed European deposit insurance scheme. Bank capital requirements and the proposed financial transaction tax are also on the agenda.

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