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La primaire a été au centre de toutes les attentions cette semaine. Florilège de tout ce que vous avez peut-être manqué, notamment sur les réseaux sociaux.

POZSONY. Egy 125 méter magas, 29 emeletes épület is felhúzásra kerül majd a pozsonyi Malomliget úton (Mlynské Nivy) felépülő autóbusz-pályaudvar részeként. A projekt hamarosan el is rajtol. Adrián Rác, a HB Reavis szlovákiai ügyvezető igazgatója közölte, a NIVY Pályaudvar projektje megkapta a területrendezési engedélyt, miközben jelenleg a vonatkozó építkezési engedélyek odaítélésére várnak.

Le chef de l'Etat a déposé une gerbe de fleurs devant la stèle erigée à Manduel, dans le Gard, en l'honneur d'Abel Chennouf, militaire victime des attentats perpétrés par Mohamed Merah.

L’équipe de géologues marins est de retour de la campagne en mer MARGATS dont le but était l’exploration scientifique de la structure interne du plateau de DEMERARA au large de la Guyane après avoir donné une conférence à l’université de Guyane.

La campagne MARGATS

• Lire la suite de Bilan de l’exploration scientifique du plateau de Demerara au large de la Guyane

Le bâtiment de projection et de commandement Dixmude a regagné sa base de Toulon le 24 novembre après un déploiement de quatre mois en Afrique de l’ouest. Dans le cadre de Corymbe, mission de présence que la Marine nationale mène de façon permanente depuis 20 ans autour du golfe de Guinée,  le BPC a notamment participé à l’exercice NEMO (Navy’s Exercices for Maritime Opérations) qui vise à accompagner la volonté africaine de renforcer la sécurité maritime régionale.

• Lire la suite de Le Dixmude achève un déploiement de quatre mois en Afrique

Le LabexMER organise le 29 Novembre 2016 une rencontre intitulée LabexMERtoB entre ses scientifiques et les responsables Recherche et Développement d’entreprises et de collectivités territoriales. Celle-ci aura lieu à l’Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer (IUEM) de Plouzané, dans le Finistère.

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Le président de la République, qui participe ce week-end au XVIème sommet de la Francophonie à Antananarivo, gardera un oeil sur Paris.

Ces dernières semaines, le chef du gouvernement, candidat à la primaire socialiste de 2011, n'a pas cessé de préparer l'opinion à sa possible candidature pour 2017.

STOCKHOLM. Stockholmi kormányzati tervek szerint külön városokat építene Svédország a menedékkérők elhelyezésére. A problémák kezelésének része az is, hogy az északi ország határozottabban lépne fel a kitoloncoltakkal szemben, ugyanakkor menekültügyi szempontból átminősítik Irak háború sújtotta területeit.

Le Premier ministre fait référence à Georges Pompidou qui, en janvier 1969, avait évoqué une candidature à la présidentielle depuis Rome.

Primaire A 48 heures du second tour, François Fillon et Alain Juppé ont jeté hier soir leurs dernières forces devant leurs partisans. L’un en meeting à Paris, l’autre à Nancy. Retour sur cette soirée de...

Episode 5 - La vie des socialistes est un feuilleton à rebondissements qui rappelle parfois les vieilles séries américaines. Tous les vendredis, retrouvez un nouvel épisode.

BUDAPEST. 1953. november 25-én győzte le a magyar labdarúgó válogatott a londoni Wembley Stadionban az otthonában akkor már kilencven éve veretlen angol válogatottat. Az évszázad mérkőzése lett az összecsapás.

On 28 November 2016, the Council extended the mandate of the operation EUNAVFOR Somalia Operation Atalanta until 31 December 2018. The Council also allocated to the operation a budget of EUR 11.064 million from the so-called common costs.

The European Union Naval Force Somalia Operation Atalanta was launched in December 2008 to contribute to the deterrence, prevention and repression of acts of piracy and armed robbery off the Somali coast. The operation is part of the EU's comprehensive approach for a peaceful, stable and democratic Somalia.

The operation also protects vessels of the World Food Programme and other vulnerable shipping, monitors fishing activities off the coast of Somalia and supports other EU missions and programmes in the region.

On the campaign trail, President-Elect Trump’s virulent rhetoric linked the prospect of terrorism to Muslim immigration. Banning Muslims from entering the country, then compelling American Muslims to register with the government, emerged as campaign policy proposals. Concurrently, the Trump campaign fed a strain of intolerance and extremism domestically that has now been further empowered by his victory and his appointment of advisors known for their own inflammatory views.

Extremism is on the rise in America—in its electorate and potentially in its government. At the same time, combatting extremism abroad remains a policy priority. How do these facts relate?

A November 15 forum at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) marked the release of Turning Point, a report commissioned by CSIS to outline “a new comprehensive strategy for combating violent extremism” (CVE).

The word “new” meant that no truly comprehensive strategy had yet been identified and implemented. The word “comprehensive” proposed a marriage between America’s “hard power” capabilities for CVE—its military and intelligence capacity—and the “soft power” of U.S. cultural and economic influence. The CSIS Commission on Countering Violent Extremism is chaired by former Secretary of Defense and CIA Director Leon Panetta and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, both men of deep experience at the highest levels of government who are familiar both with the use of force and its limits.

Trump’s surprise victory colored the Commission’s presentation of its findings. Hillary Clinton’s tenure as Secretary of State included actions that pointed to some receptivity to soft power. She implemented a Quadrennial Development Review modeled on the Defense Department’s Quadrennial Defense Review and aimed at targeting America’s development funding to unstable regions that might otherwise foster terrorism.

Trump, by contrast, pledged to “bomb the hell out of ISIS” while claiming a secret plan to defeat it—a commitment to hard power that was as bellicose as it was vague.

With a growing global population of Muslims under 30, and martyrdom as a recruitment tool, demographics point to the limitations of a hard power solution to extremism. CSIS Senior Advisor and former Deputy National Security Advisor Juan Zarate put it bluntly: “you can’t kill your way out of this problem”.

Instead, the Commission’s plan would degrade the power that distortions of Islam and other extremist ideologies hold over individuals, particularly youth. It proposes a long-term battle for the hearts and minds of those susceptible to extremist ideologies that will draw on America’s hard power and soft power resources.

So what will this battle look like? And how prepared is America to fight it?

Some recommendations in Turning Point reflect the U.S. government’s proven ability to project hard power. One recommendation would have the U.S. build a new international force capability to “quickly dislodge terrorist groups that control territory, avert and respond to immediate threats, (and) weaken violent extremists’ projection of strength”.

So long as ISIS or groups like to aim to wrest and hold territory from sovereign states, a military-led solution to extremism is vital. Other recommendations—directing $1B in new funding to CVE and appointing a new White House assistant to the president for CVE—speak to government’s ability to direct money and personnel at problems. They are also measurable outcomes.

Recommendations covering the soft power side of the battle express ideals rather than concrete actions. Calling for “Expanding CVE models”, the Commission asks America and partner nations “to enlarge the CVE ecosystem, creating flexible platforms for funding, implementing, and replicating proven efforts to address the ideologies, narratives, and manifestations of violent extremism”. Governments are not expected to create the solutions; rather, government funding should catalyze private sector and philanthropic funding of CVE activities by NGOs.

Embedded here are two realizations: first, we do not really know what successful CVE solutions will look like; second, government is not the forum in which to create them. Commissioners recognize the role that social media plays in changing the CVE landscape—both threat and response. Those most susceptible to extremist ideology are “digital natives”, in the words of Commissioner Farah Pandith. Social media networks are manipulated to foment extremism and should be used as CVE platforms.

Direct government involvement in battles of religious ideology, however, gets tricky. Commissioner Mohamed Magid, Imam of the All Dulles Muslim Society, acknowledged that Muslim communities must communicate the true values of the faith, and maintained that “government should not be active in religion”. That is an American value.

It is also a political reality that free governments can share ideas but they cannot impose them. Think of a strong public library system: a local government can and should build it, but it cannot tell its people when to go and what to read.

Soft power has been denigrated in part because its tools and outcomes are less quantifiable than its hard power counterparts. Then hard power fell on hard times. The Iraq War—America’s most recent exercise in hard power—has not yet produced its promised promotion of democracy in the Middle East. President Obama embraced aspects of hard power – particularly the use of drones – but his overall foreign policy recognized the limits of force as a policy tool.

The biggest obstacle to America’s use of soft power against extremism is the recent emergence of extremism in America. The Commission recommends that “The United States should put human rights at the center of CVE, ensuring that its engagement with domestic and foreign actors advances the rule of law, dignity and accountability”. It certainly should. To do this, however, America must first put human rights front and center at home.

The 2016 election exposed the degree to which racism, sexism, xenophobia and homophobia still plague America. To have any credibility on the issue abroad, America must steadfastly protect the human rights of its own citizens. We must take the plank out of our own eye first. That done, America has power to spare in helping others do so abroad.

“When all you have is a hammer”, the saying goes, “all problems become nails.” The bad news is the CVE represents a complex array of problems. The good news is America has more tools in hand to fight it than it has been using. Time to pick them up.

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The Council adopted conclusions on energy and development. Access to energy is crucial for eradicating poverty and for delivering on the 2030 agenda. The EU's development policy and actions in the energy sector are also a fundamental part of a revitalised European energy and climate diplomacy.

The Council adopted conclusions on the first results report on EU international cooperation and development. The report is a significant step forward in strengthening the focus on performance and results in EU international cooperation and development.

POZSONY. További információkat kért a luxemburgi bíróság tanácsadó bizottsága a Bírói Tanácstól. Most a Radoslav Procházka és Igor Matovič között lejátszódó, az elnökválasztás finanszírozásáról szóló beszélgetés iránt érdeklődik, amelyről politikai botrányt okozó hangfelvétel készült. A bizottság kéri az eredeti felvételt és az esettel kapcsolatban indított büntetőeljárás leállításáról szóló határozat fordítását, mert fennáll az adócsalás gyanúja.

Instaurée par l'ONU en 1999, la Journée internationale pour l'élimination des violences à l'égard des femmes a lieu tous les 25 novembre. A cette occasion, l'Union européenne lance aujourd'hui une campagne afin de combattre les violences faites aux femmes. Beaucoup reste à faire dans ce domaine, la dernière enquête Eurobaromètre sur les violences de genre, publiée ce mois-ci, faisant état de chiffres inquiétants, notamment en ce qui concerne la perception de ce type de violences.

The Council adopted conclusions on mainstreaming digital solutions and technologies in EU development policy.

Digitalisation needs to be properly mainstreamed across all policy areas, including in the EU's development and foreign policies, while addressing cyber challenges and assuring the promotion and protection of human rights, with particular attention to freedom of expression online.