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Le chef du Parti populaire européen (PPE) est sous pression de la part d’une partie du groupe parlementaire de centre-droit, après avoir « laissé » la délégation française voter en faveur de la motion de censure de l’extrême droite la semaine dernière.

The post Parlement européen : Manfred Weber sous pression après la rébellion française contre Ursula von der Leyen au PPE appeared first on Euractiv FR.

For regulators, finding the right balance between protecting the public interest and preserving market freedom is a delicate task. The current debate on the role and value of subcontracting initiated in the European Parliament by the Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Johan Danielsson may seem as an illustration of this dilemma. The efforts to […]

Laut Kommissionssprecherin bestritt der ungarische Kommissar gegenüber Kommissionspräsidentin Ursula von der Leyen jegliche Verwicklung.

Un climat d’attente s’installe sur le marché automobile en Algérie, alors que les signaux d’une baisse imminente des prix se multiplient, alimentés par le retour […]

L’article Marché automobile : vers une baisse historique des prix ! est apparu en premier sur .

Opinion on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on information security in the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union
Committee on Foreign Affairs
David McAllister

Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

Le sondage « à quoi rêvent les jeunes femmes ?« , réalisé par TF1 et Elle, révèle que le youtubeur Inoxtag et l’influenceuse Lena situations sont considérés […]

L’article France : Inoxtag et Lena Situations parmi les nouvelles idoles des 18–24 ans est apparu en premier sur .

As well as Belgium, Cyprus, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Malta, and Slovakia, six non-EU countries received so-called "AI Antennas" – including Switzerland and the UK

Olivér Várhelyi has been a commissioner since 2019 and currently holds the portfolios of health and animal welfare

Les infrastructures européennes de cloud et d’intelligence artificielle doivent devenir véritablement souveraines, a expliqué la ministre danoise du Numérique, Caroline Stage Olsen, à Euractiv.

The post Cloud, IA : l’UE doit renforcer sa souveraineté, selon la ministre danoise du Numérique appeared first on Euractiv FR.

The European Research Area Act could also align rules on research security and using AI in science across countries

Germany’s foreign intelligence chief, Martin Jaeger, warned on Monday that Russia posed a direct threat and the current “icy peace” with the EU could erupt at any moment into “heated confrontation”. Jaeger told lawmakers that Russia was determined to expand its “sphere of influence further westward into Europe”. “To achieve this goal, Russia will not […]

In today's edition: Maritime emissions, CBAM, industrial decarbonisation

C’est un accord qui fera date dans l’histoire énergétique de l’Algérie : le groupe pétrolier et gazier national Sonatrach a officialisé aujourd’hui un contrat de […]

L’article Pétrole : l’Algérie signe un méga-contrat de 5,4 MDS $ avec le géant saoudien Medad est apparu en premier sur .

Paul Biya, who at 92 is the world's oldest head of state, is being challenged by nine candidates.

Une opération de la police républicaine du 6 au 12 octobre 2025 a permis d'interpeller 31 individus, la saisie de drogue et la destruction de plusieurs ghettos dans le département de l'Atlantique.

La police renforce la sécurité dans le département de l'Atlantique à travers des opérations sur le terrain. Les éléments du Commissariat d'arrondissement de Godomey ont arrêté 31 individus dont 15 dans les ghettos ciblés selon Peace Fm. Les autres ont été interpellés pour vols de batteries de camions, de marmites, de fer, de compteurs d'eau de la Soneb, ainsi que de motos, télévisions et téléphones portables.

Des boulettes de chanvre indien, des comprimés et autres produits psychotropes ont été saisis. Cinq motocyclettes dépecées, deux motos volées, un poste téléviseur, trois batteries de véhicules, quatorze ventilateurs, deux woofers, deux baffles et deux roues de véhicules ont été récupérés. Huit motos ont également été saisies pour défaut de pièces.

Un bouvier et un faux marabout ont été arrêtés dans une affaire d'escroquerie. Le berger aurait vendu 58 bœufs appartenant à son employeur, pour 14 millions de FCFA qu'il a ensuite remis au faux marabout. Ce dernier prétendait pouvoir multiplier la somme jusqu'à 800 millions de FCFA.

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MEPs are upset that the French part of the EPP got away with voting against the Commission

"How to manage our own data, how to process our own data and how to use our own data is of great importance," Danish digital Minister Caroline Stage Olsen told Euractiv

Written by Tim Peters and Jakub Przetacznik with Ana Luisa Melo Almeida.

Updated on 07.10.2025

In response to Russia’s full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine, which started in February 2022, the European Union (EU) and its Member States have provided unprecedented financial, military and humanitarian support to Ukraine. According to European Commission figures, Team Europe, consisting of the EU and its Member States, has made available around €173.5 billion in support to Ukraine. This support encompasses macro-financial assistance, financial support through the Ukraine Facility, humanitarian aid and military assistance from Member States and the European Peace Facility, as well as support to Ukrainian refugees in the EU.

The overall support for Ukraine provided by Team Europe is now larger than the support provided by the United States, except in terms of military support allocation, even though Team Europe has provided 83 % of the tanks and 61 % of the air defence systems given to Ukraine since the start of the full-scale war.

The disbursement of EU payments is conditional on Ukraine implementing the Ukraine Plan – an ambitious reform and investment plan drafted by Ukraine’s government and endorsed by the EU. The G7 have agreed upon a further €45 billion loan, with €18.1 billion of the whole amount to be financed by the EU. For that purpose, a Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism has been established, which uses extraordinary revenues originating from Russian sovereign assets immobilised in the G7 member states to repay loans and associated interest costs. The European Parliament has repeatedly called for a full confiscation of immobilised Russian sovereign assets with the objective of making Russia pay for the destruction it has brought on Ukraine. The European Commission has proposed to use those assets for a ‘reparation loan’ to Ukraine.

Read the complete briefing on ‘State of Play: EU support to Ukraine‘ in the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.

Team Europe financial, humanitarian and military support for Ukraine, February 2022 to September 2025, in € billion Bilateral and EU budget contributions to Ukraine by EU and non-EU Member States, 2022-2025, in € billion and as a % of GNI

By CIVICUS
Oct 13 2025 (IPS)

 
CIVICUS discusses enforced disappearances in Mexico with a member of the International Network of Associations of Missing Persons.

The crisis of disappearances in Mexico has reached alarming proportions, with over 52,000 unidentified bodies in morgues and mass graves. On 1 July, the Mexican Congress approved controversial changes to the General Law on Disappearances, which promise to modernise the search process through a national biometric system, but which human rights organisations and victims’ groups claim could establish an unprecedented system of mass surveillance.

What are the main changes and how will they affect searches?

The changes seek to strengthen the mechanisms for searching for, locating and identifying missing persons. The main innovations include the creation of a National Investigation File Database and a Single Identity Platform that will integrate various databases. The revised law also provides for the strengthening of the Unique Population Registry Code (CURP) through the incorporation of biometric data such as iris scans, photographs and fingerprints.

The law obliges authorities and individuals to provide information useful for search processes and incorporates new institutions such as the National Guard and the Ministry of Security into the National Search System. It also increases the penalties for the crime of enforced disappearance.

The new system aims to ensure faster and more efficient searches through technology and inter-institutional coordination. It also provides for the use of satellite imagery and advanced identification technologies, under the coordination of the National Search System.

What risks are posed by the authorities’ access to biometric data?

There are serious concerns that the changes give security and justice institutions, including prosecutors’ offices, the National Guard and the National Intelligence Centre, immediate and unrestricted access to public and private databases, including those containing biometric information. The official argument is that this will speed up searches.

However, civil society warns that the Single Identity Platform and the biometric CURP could become instruments of mass surveillance. It is feared the authorities could misuse the information and, instead of helping to find missing persons, use it to help control the population, putting the rights to privacy and security at risk.

How have victims’ groups reacted?

Victims’ collectives have rejected the reform as opaque and rushed. They complain that, although round table discussions were organised, these were merely symbolic and their proposals were not taken into account.

The families of missing persons argue the changes focus on technological solutions that don’t address the underlying structural problems of corruption, cronyism, organised crime and impunity. But no technological solution will work as long as the institutions responsible for abuses and cover-ups remain in charge of implementing it.

This law runs the risk of repeating the mistakes of the 2017 General Law on Enforced Disappearances. That was an important step forward, as it criminalised the offence, created a national search system and sought to guarantee the participation of families in locating and identifying missing persons. Unfortunately, it was never properly implemented. There are fears this new law, in the absence of effective enforcement mechanisms, will only deepen frustration and perpetuate impunity.

What alternatives do victims’ groups propose?

Their demands go beyond legislative changes: they demand truth and justice through thorough investigations, the prosecution of those responsible in state institutions and organised crime groups and an effective search in the field, with the coordination and active participation of victims’ groups.

The collectives also stress the urgency of identifying the over 52,000 unnamed people in morgues and mass graves, and are calling for the creation of an Extraordinary Forensic Identification Mechanism. And they demand real protection for those searching for their relatives, who continue to face threats and attacks.

Above all, they demand an end to impunity through the dismantling of the networks of corruption and collusion between authorities and organised crime. As one local activist summed it up, at the end of the day, without a genuine National Plan for Missing Persons, none of this will work. Each state also needs its own plan. Otherwise, we will remain in the same situation: without results, without reports and without answers about our disappeared.

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