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#FactOfTheDay: Droit au regroupement familial : le Conseil de l’Europe s’inquiète et fait une mise au point sévère.

June 27, 2017

Niels Muiznieks, Commissaire aux droits de l’homme du Conseil de l’Europe, s’inquiète de cette tendance prononcée à compliquer le regroupement familial. Il le fait avec des paroles fortes : « Les réfugiés seront là pour longtemps ; ça n’a aucun sens de nier un besoin humain fondamental en les séparant de leur famille, c’est complètement… » read more

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Solvay goes for BRE(F)xit

Ana Barreira1, Director at the Instituto Internacional de Derecho y Medio Ambiente (IIDMA)2 Chlorine has a diverse variety of uses ranging from health and medicine uses to high-tech applications. Three techniques have been used to produce it: mercury, membrane and diaphragm cells. Mercury and its compounds are highly toxic to humans, ecosystems and wildlife. It… » read more

Posted by The Guest Blog

blogactiv, EU Priorities 2020

(Cafébabel) Erasmus: « l’UE dépense une fortune pour ses vaches mais rien pour ses étudiants »

Article initialement publié sur Cafebabel.fr le 19 mai 2017 Ce jeudi 18 mai, Cafébabel a assisté à la conférence du Comité économique et social européen “Erasmus Time! Living European Identity”. L’occasion pour nous de retourner sur 30 ans d’échanges, de diversité et de partage. En 2014, le programme Erasmus devient Erasmus +, une réelle bouffée… » read more

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Tories breaking the law on how they replace MEPs leaving the European Parliament?

A story caught my eye in The Guardian this morning. “Former candidates sue Conservative party after missing out on MEP posts” it is titled. Remember that MEPs are elected on regional lists, and each party puts up as many candidates as there are to be MEPs elected in a particular region. The Guardian story explains… » read more

Posted by Jon Worth Euroblog

blogactiv, EU Politics

Running Commentary XV

June 26, 2017

Tottering Tories Like an embarrassing drunk at a party, the UK lurches towards the exit. My latest long piece on the Brexit state of play, published by the European Policy Centre, assessed the post-election strategy of Prime Minister May. It was written before the calamity of Grenfell Tower after which her credibility as a… » read more

Posted by Andrew Duff - On Governing Europe

blogactiv, UK in Europe

#FactOfTheDay: EU vs Foreign Fighters

On the 22nd of June, a meeting between the 27 Heads of State at the European Council took place in Brussels. At the end of the first working session, Donald Tusk, during his joint press conference with the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, said that one of the central issues was precisely the fight against… » read more

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SSIX screening of the German election in September 2017

June 22, 2017

One year ago people all over the world were still trying to understand the political earthquake of the Brexit-Votum and a few months later Donald Trump was elected as US president. At that time, the journalists Hannes Grassegger and Mikael Krogerus published an article in the Swish magazine “Das Magazin”, which immediately went viral in… » read more

Posted by SSIX - Social Sentiment Indices powered by X-Scores

blogactiv, InfoSociety, Innovation & Enterprise

EU must not kick the migration can to Africa

European governments are setting global precedents that often hinder people’s search for safety and dignity. Speaking in Brussels among EU leaders and civil society at the European Development Days, Sipho Mthathi, Oxfam’s Executive Director in South Africa, made clear that EU policies have dangerous knock-on effects in parts of the world where people are often… » read more

Posted by Oxfam's EU Advocacy office in Brussels

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EU’s external fishing fleet to become the most transparent, accountable and sustainable globally following legal reform.

Author: Vanya Vulperhorst, Oceana Today’s agreement by EU bodies on a new regulation governing the European Union’s extensive external fishing fleet is a momentous step towards building sustainable fisheries globally and deserves wholehearted praise. After almost two years of negotiations, the European Commission, the Parliament and the Council of Fisheries Ministers have agreed on a… » read more

Posted by Oceana Europe

Agriculture & Food, blogactiv, Climate & Environment, Development Policy, EU Priorities 2020, EurActiv.com, Fisheries, Global Europe, Health & Consumers, Science & Policymaking, Sustainable Dev.

Europe et handicaps : toujours un train de retard ? (@cafebabelbxl)

Article initialement publié sur Cafebabel.fr le 20 mai 2017 Victime d’un AVC, et une longue rééducation d’un an et demi, j’ai été embauché comme stagiaire au Parlement européen. L’occasion pour moi de m’intéresser de plus près à ce que l’Union Européenne met en place pour les personnes handicapées. Rencontre avec des députés particulièrement impliqués dans… » read more

Posted by EU-Logos

blogactiv, Parlement Européen

One million signatures against glyphosate

The Commission has just received more than one million signatures opposing glyphosate, the active substance which had its approval extended until the end of 2017. Since the European Chemicals Agency’s (ECHA) conclusion that the substance is not carcinogenic, the Commission is leaning towards granting a new 10-year authorisation. And now we have a million EU… » read more

Posted by Daniel Gueguen

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1 million de signatures contre le glyphosate, …

La Commission vient d’annoncer que plus d’un million de signatures ont été réunies pour s’opposer au glyphosate dont l’autorisation avait été renouvelée jusqu’à fin 2018 dans l’attente de l’avis de l’ECHA (Agence européenne des produits chimiques). L’ECHA ayant clairement conclu que le glyphosate n’est pas cancérigène, la Commission s’orienterait (conditionnel) vers la prolongation de l’autorisation… » read more

Posted by Daniel Gueguen

Agriculture & Food, blogactiv, Climate & Environment, Commission européenne, Energie, Français, Health & Consumers, industry, Parlement Européen

The case of long-term unemployment in Germany

Guest blog post by Adrian Sonder, policy advisor within the German Parliament. The German labour market has experienced a job boom over the past decade. The number of employees who are subject to social insurance contributions reached a new record level of 32.3 million (Institute for Employment Research). The total number of employees is estimated… » read more

Posted by The Guest Blog

blogactiv, EU Priorities 2020

Les déplacés climatiques : vers une nouvelle vision du développement ?

Monsieur Trump n’aime pas les migrants, c’est pourquoi il veut en augmenter le nombre ! Le problème des déplacés et réfugiés climatiques a disparu des écrans radars avec l’apparition de la crise aiguë migratoire de ces dernières années. Et pourtant le phénomène s’amplifie et rien n’évolue comme on peut le constater à la lecture d’une… » read more

Posted by EU-Logos

blogactiv, Politique

#FactOfTheDay: The European Union supports Portugal in its fight against forest fires

Since Saturday, a wildfire has been hitting the centre of Portugal. More than 1,000 firefighters are battling this blaze, at least 64 people have passed away, and more than 130 people have been injured. Considering the impacts of this catastrophe, Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa has called for help and asked for international assistance. The… » read more

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