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Le Brexit pousse l’Irlande à diversifier ses sources énergétiques

Euractiv.fr - Wed, 01/03/2017 - 10:38
La forte dépendance de l'Irlande au Royaume-Uni en matière d'interconnexions risque de poser un problème une fois le pays sorti de l'UE.
Categories: Union européenne

Emplois présumés fictifs : Penelope et François Fillon convoqués pour une mise en examen

LeParisien / Politique - Wed, 01/03/2017 - 10:37
François Fillon a lui-même annoncé ce mercredi lors d'une conférence de presse qu'il allait être convoqué le 15 mars prochain par les juges d'instruction en vue d'une mise en examen, confirmant nos informations....
Categories: France

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem : l'appel au rassemblement autour de Benoît Hamon

Le Point / France - Wed, 01/03/2017 - 10:33
La ministre de l'Éducation nationale a rappelé son soutien au candidat du PS pour l'élection présidentielle. Elle prône d'"être tous responsables".
Categories: France

Mines : Endeavour-Acacia, futur numéro un de la filière or ?

Jeune Afrique / Economie - Wed, 01/03/2017 - 10:24

Si rien n'est encore acté, les négociations ont débuté en vue d'un rapprochement entre les deux compagnies aurifères. Enquête en coulisses lors de la conférence Mining Indaba.

Cet article Mines : Endeavour-Acacia, futur numéro un de la filière or ? est apparu en premier sur JeuneAfrique.com.

Categories: Afrique

Quel est le statut juridictionnel du président ? Et du candidat ?

Le Point / France - Wed, 01/03/2017 - 10:00
Durant son mandat, le président de la République est irresponsable politiquement et pénalement. Le candidat ne bénéficie, lui, d'aucune immunité.
Categories: France

20/2017 : 2017. március 1. - a Törvényszék T-366/13,T-454/13. sz. ügyekben hozott ítélete

Franciaország kontra Bizottság
Állami támogatás
The General Court confirms France must recover €220 million in aid granted to SNCM in respect of certain maritime transport services it provided between Marseille and Corsica

20/2017 : 1 mars 2017 - Arrêts du Tribunal dans les affaires T-366/13,T-454/13

Cour de Justice de l'UE (Nouvelles) - Wed, 01/03/2017 - 09:59
France / Commission
Aide d'État
Le Tribunal de l’UE confirme l’obligation pour la France de récupérer l’aide de 220 millions d’euros accordée à la SNCM au titre de certains services de transport maritime assurés entre Marseille et la Corse

Categories: Union européenne

20/2017 : 1. März 2017 - Urteile des Gerichts in den Rechtssachen T-366/13,T-454/13

Frankreich / Kommission
Staatliche Beihilfen
Das Gericht der EU bestätigt die Verpflichtung Frankreichs, die SNCM gewährte Beihilfe von 220 Millionen Euro für bestimmte Seeverkehrsdienste zurückzufordern, die zwischen Marseille und Korsika erbracht wurden

Categories: Europäische Union

20/2017 : 1 March 2017 - Judgments of the General Court in Cases T-366/13,T-454/13

European Court of Justice (News) - Wed, 01/03/2017 - 09:59
France v Commission
State aid
The General Court confirms France must recover €220 million in aid granted to SNCM in respect of certain maritime transport services it provided between Marseille and Corsica

Categories: European Union

Pour Manuel Valls, "le premier danger, c'est une victoire du FN"

Le Point / France - Wed, 01/03/2017 - 09:54
Manuel Valls, très discret depuis sa défaite à la primaire, estime que Marine Le Pen n'a jamais été "autant en capacité de l'emporter" à la présidentielle.
Categories: France

Le mystère Brigitte Macron en Une des hebdos

LeParisien / Politique - Wed, 01/03/2017 - 09:39
Les magazines avaient plutôt l'habitude d'afficher Brigitte Macron en compagnie de son mari. Mais ce mercredi, c'est seule que le professeur de français et de latin à la retraite fait la Une de deux hebdomadaires...
Categories: France

Video einer Ausschusssitzung - Dienstag, 28. Februar 2017 - 17:03 - Entwicklungsausschuss - Haushaltsausschuss - Ausschuss für auswärtige Angelegenheiten

Dauer des Videos : 77'
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Haftungsausschluss : Die Verdolmetschung der Debatten soll die Kommunikation erleichtern, sie stellt jedoch keine authentische Aufzeichnung der Debatten dar. Authentisch sind nur die Originalfassungen der Reden bzw. ihre überprüften schriftlichen Übersetzungen.
Quelle : © Europäische Union, 2017 - EP
Categories: Europäische Union

Video of a committee meeting - Tuesday, 28 February 2017 - 17:03 - Committee on Development - Committee on Budgets - Committee on Foreign Affairs

Length of video : 77'
You may manually download this video in WMV (725Mb) format

Disclaimer : The interpretation of debates serves to facilitate communication and does not constitute an authentic record of proceedings. Only the original speech or the revised written translation is authentic.
Source : © European Union, 2017 - EP
Categories: European Union

Security is about more than just military spending

Europe's World - Wed, 01/03/2017 - 09:24

Security is not just about strong armies, aircraft carriers and boots-on-the-ground. Peace and stability in the 21st century demand that we tackle so-called ‘soft’ or non-traditional security challenges including development, governance, and environmental degradation.

The new President of the United States, Donald Trump, is clearly a hard security man. He talks and tweets tough. The men surrounding him are hardened ex-military officers – and even those who are not clearly think wearing a uniform is the best thing in the world.

Not surprisingly, Trump’s 2018 budget seeks to boost defence spending by ten percent, or US$54bn. The increase is going to be at the expense of aid and environmental programmes.

The US President is hardly alone. Hard security is also the name of the game in many parts of the world. Spending on arms is on the rise worldwide as countries anxiously seek to flex their military muscle.

“Soldiers can defend borders against invading armies – or unwanted refugees and migrants – but they can’t fight climate change or pandemics”

But some are taking a broader approach. While still spending money on classical defence, members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are looking at non-military challenges to peoples and states posed by a host of problems: climate change, cross-border environmental damage and resource depletion, infectious diseases and natural disasters. They are also examining the link between security and irregular migration, food shortages, people smuggling, drug trafficking and other forms of transnational crime.

As the ‘hard’ vs ‘soft’ security debate climbs up the transatlantic agenda, with Washington warning that its support for NATO hinges on increased European defence spending, let’s listen to recent warnings from European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and German Chancellor Angela Merkel that security cannot be “narrowed down” to military spending. Development aid and humanitarian assistance also count as contributions to global security.

Investing in development and in the fight against climate change is not charity. As Federica Mogherini, the EU’s foreign policy chief, insisted recently, it is also “an investment, a selfish investment, in our security”. Also, long-term stability is the result of strong societies, not strong men.

Juncker, Merkel and Mogherini are right. Security and development are inextricably linked: there can be no sustainable development without peace and security, while development and poverty eradication are crucial to a viable peace. That is why implementing the Sustainable Development Goals is important.

“Investing in development is not charity”

Soldiers can defend borders against invading armies – or unwanted refugees and migrants – but they can’t fight climate change or pandemics. Those seeking asylum in Europe are fleeing not only war and conflict but the devastation caused by climate change, bad governance and a lack of economic opportunities. Terrorist groups like the self-styled ‘Islamic State’ (or Daesh) and al-Qaeda cannot be defeated through military action alone.

But Europe must practice what it preaches. The definition of development aid is becoming wider and more fluid than many like. European aid organisations criticise EU governments over the growing use of foreign aid budgets to meet refugee costs at home. Many EU countries are backsliding on their aid spending commitments.

The OECD’s Development Assistance Committee, meanwhile, has expanded the definition of overseas aid to include limited forms of counterterrorism and military activities or training. British ministers are reportedly eager to divert aid from “wasteful” projects in Africa and Asia to allies in Eastern Europe in a bid to get a better deal on Brexit.

Security is an important priority for European citizens and will continue to climb higher up the agenda as the world becomes even more volatile, unpredictable and inter-connected.

Europe, with its still-large development budget, is well-placed to combine hard and soft power to tackle an array of new and old challenges. It should continue to do so smartly and without apology.

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Categories: European Union

Dr Thanos Dokos writes in Kathimerini on the impact of the crisis on foreign policy and security, 23/02/2017

ELIAMEP - Wed, 01/03/2017 - 09:10

You can read here the article on the crisis on foreign policy and security, which was written by Director General of ELIAMEP Dr Thanos Dokos. This commentary was published in the Greek daily Kathimerini on 23 February  2017 [in Greek].

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