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RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA III)
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Tonino Picula, Željana Zovko

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After eight years, Erna Solberg's tenure as prime minister ended last night: Norway made a left turn and a centre-left government will take over.

Turkey has refused to release jailed human rights defender Osman Kavala despite a ruling by the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights. "In the face of Turkey's persistent and flagrant defiance of its obligation to implement the Kavala judgment, the Committee of Ministers should trigger infringement proceedings against Turkey," said Aisling Reidy, senior legal adviser at Human Rights Watch, in a statement on Monday.

Uber drivers in the Netherlands are entitled to the same employment benefits as taxi drivers, a court in Amsterdam has ruled, AP reported. The court argued the legal relationship between Uber and its drivers "conforms to all the characteristics of an employment contract". The Dutch workers' organisation that brought the case called the decision a major victory for Uber drivers.

People from the Western Balkans could create the next EU migration crisis, if Europe lets enlargement promises fail, the EU's enlargement commissioner, Olivér Várhelyi, said Monday. "We must keep our promises to the Western Balkans. For me, this is one of the most important lessons of the Afghan situation," he told Hungarian newspaper Magyar Nemzet. The EU and Turkey also needed "a new kind of partnership," on migration, he said.

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OPINION on the EU Gender Action Plan III
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Hannah Neumann

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AMENDMENTS 1 - 168 - Draft report Cooperation on fight against organised crime in the Western Balkans
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Lukas Mandl

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DRAFT REPORT on human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2021
Committee on Foreign Affairs
María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

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Bundesamt für Fremdenwesen und Asyl (Demande ultérieure de protection internationale )
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
EU law precludes a subsequent application for international protection from being rejected as inadmissible on the sole ground that it is based on circumstances which already existed during the procedure relating to the first application

Comité Interprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne
Agriculture and fisheries
The Court specifies the conditions for the protection of products covered by a protected designation of origin as laid down by the regulation establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products

"In the context of the exponential growth of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the President of the European Parliament has announced a number of measures to contain the spread of epidemic and to safeguard Parliament's core activities.

The current precautionary measures adopted by the European Parliament to contain the spread of COVID-19 do not affect work on legislative priorities. Core activities are reduced, but maintained to ensure that the institution's legislative, budgetary, scrutiny functions are maintained.

The meetings will be with remote participation for Members (being able to view and listen to proceedings, ask for the floor and intervene in the meeting). Other participants are invited to follow the meeting through webstreaming.

Following these decisions, the next ordinary AFET Committee meetings will take place in October (via videoconference).

EP Calendar 2021
AFET-SEDE-DROI meetings
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The Monthly Highlights publication provides an overview, at a glance, of the on-going work of the policy departments, including a selection of the latest and forthcoming publications, and a list of future events.
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"We have followed the weekend events in Montenegro with great concern and we categorically condemn all violent acts that occurred both on Saturday and Sunday in connection to the inauguration of Joanikije II. Montenegro should uphold fully its obligations to defend the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of speech, while also respecting a variety of religious rights of its citizens.

Montenegro is an EU candidate country where political and religious leaders have a particular responsibility to reflect in their decisions on overwhelming support that Montenegro's citizens give to EU accession. We urge all stakeholders to contribute actively to lowering of tensions in the society and to upholding Montenegro's commitment to a modern, democratic, multi-confessional and multi-ethnic society. Political instrumentalisation of one's religious beliefs is not compatible with Montenegro's ongoing reform process and successful EU accession. It reflects poorly on Montenegro's international standing and long history of peaceful co-existence among people of many faiths and ethnic backgrounds."

Joint Statement from Delegation of Montenegro
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Find out how the EU aims to increase the attractiveness of the European Blue Card for highly-skilled migrants.

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The European Citizens’ Panels will kick off their deliberations with the first 200-citizen meeting between 17 and 19 September in Strasbourg.

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