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Le prochain budget sur sept ans de l’UE pourrait augmenter, malgré le manque à gagner du Brexit, a indiqué le commissaire Günther Oettinger.

Le projet de loi adopté le 13 février vise à fournir davantage de transparence et de contrôle pour les internautes européens sur l'utilisation de leurs données personnelles. Un article de notre partenaire, La Tribune.

Le président de la Commission européenne a jugé irréalisable la mise en place de listes transnationales aux élections européennes de mai 2019, une idée proposée par Macron, mais rejetée par le Parlement européen.

Alors que Sofia préside le Conseil de l'UE jusqu'en juillet, le numéro 2 du gouvernement poursuit ses outrances. Un article de notre partenaire, Ouest-France.

Les eurodéputés appellent à une meilleure gestion de la crise des Rohingyas, dont les conditions de vie dans les camps de réfugiés du Bangladesh sont calamiteuses. Un article de notre partenaire, Efe-EPA, depuis Kutupalong, au Bangladesh.

L'interdiction de l’huile de palme, le principal produit d’exportation de la Malaisie, est « discriminatoire » et Kuala Lumpur est prête à la riposte commerciale, a déclaré le ministre malaisien, Datuk Seri Mah Siew Keong.

Miguel Castillo, 80 ans, est l'un des derniers inscrits au programme d'échange Erasmus. La semaine prochaine, il commencera donc un semestre à la faculté d'Histoire de l'université de Vérone, en Italie.

L’école n’est pas un droit pour les enfants afghans réfugiés en Iran, qui accueille plus de trois millions de réfugiés fuyant les guerres interminables. Ils sont nombreux à travailler avec leurs parents et exercer des emplois précaires. Un article d’EuroEfe

Quel est le poids de la France dans le monde et au sein de l'Union européenne ? Quel rôle joue-t-elle dans la construction européenne ? Comment est-elle représentée auprès des institutions européennes ? L'essentiel sur la question en 3 minutes.

En moyenne, les dépenses publiques des pays de l'Union européenne représentent 47,3% de leur PIB en 2015. Un montant qui va de 29,4% en Irlande jusqu'à… 57% en Finlande et en France. Malgré ce grand écart, les moyens alloués à la culture restent relativement homogènes dans chaque pays, se situant en moyenne autour de 1,1% du PIB.

The next meeting of the Subcommittee on Human Rights will take place on Tuesday 27 February 2018, from 09.00 - 12.30, meeting room József Antall (4Q1)

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In light of recent developments in Sudan, Vice-President of the European Parliament, Heidi Hautala and the Chair of the Human Rights Subcommittee, Pier Antonio Panzeri stated:

"We strongly condemn the arbitrary arrest by Sudanese forces of Salih Mahmoud Osman, Sakharov Prize Laureate and Vice President of the Darfur Bar Association, as well as arrests of other human rights defenders in Sudan..."

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Crimean Tatar leaders Ilmi Umerov and Akhtem Chiygoz discussed human rights in Ukraine and the impact of EU measures with Human Rights MEPs, on Wednesday.
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Shocked by the recent attack against a Save the Children office, the Chair of the EP's Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI), Mr Pier Antonio Panzeri, made the following statement:

"I express my strongest condemnation of this attack on the Save the Children office in Jalalabad. I am very saddened by this brutal attack which targets an organisation committed to improving the lives and well-being of children in Afghanistan and around the world."

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Alarmed by the recent death sentence pronounced against Hamed bin Haydara, the Chair of the EP's Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI), Mr Pier Antonio Panzeri, made the following statement:

"On 2 January 2018, a rebel-controlled criminal court in Sanaa sentenced the Baha'i prisoner Hamid bin Haydara to death for allegedly collaborating with Israel and forging official documents. His execution, the date of which is unknown, is to be carried out in public. The sentence is the result of a fundamentally flawed process. I therefore call on the responsible Houthi leaders to make sure that Mr. Haydara's death sentence is repealed and that he and the other Baha'i prisoners are released."

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Welcoming Professor Merera Gudina's release, the Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI), Mr Pier Antonio Panzeri, made the following statement:

"I am delighted about the release of Prof Merera Gudina, chairman of the opposition Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC), because his arrest had been particularly shocking for the European Parliament. In fact, Professor Merera Gudina had been arrested almost immediately after attending a meeting in the European Parliament on 9 November 2016 where the human rights situation in Ethiopia was discussed.."

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Alarmed by the detention of Oyub Titiev, Chairs of the Foreign Affairs committee, David McAllister (EPP, DE), and of the Human Rights Subcommittee, Pier Antonio Panzeri (S&D, IT), stated:

"We are very concerned at the detention this week of Oyub Titiev, the prominent human rights defender and Director of the Memorial Human Rights Centre in the Chechen Republic and we call on the Russian authorities to immediately ensure his release and to provide him with all the necessary safeguards in the current proceedings."

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MEPs call for elections in Democratic Republic of Congo, condemn violence in Nigeria and urge China to release human rights activists.

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Democratic Republic of Congo: government must hold elections on 23 December 2018
China must release human rights activists
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Women, gender equality and climate justice
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