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REPORT on the 2019-2020 Commission Reports on North Macedonia
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Ilhan Kyuchyuk

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L’édicule de la Maladière va accueillir du 25 mars au 10 juillet un projet à la fois artistique et architectural, baptisé «Maladière Moderne». Un événement faisant partie d’un programme de politique publique de la Ville de Lausanne.

Am 21. Juni findet in Lissabon ein hochrangiges EU-Gipfeltreffen statt. Man wolle sich auf "smarte Fiskalmaßnahmen" als Antwort auf die durch die Pandemie ausgelöste Wirtschaftskrise konzentrieren.

With a moment of silence, prayers and anti-nuclear protests, Japan on Thursday (11 March) mourned about 20,000 victims of the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan 10 years ago, destroying towns and triggering nuclear meltdowns in Fukushima.

On 3 March 2021, the Media4Europe Summit gathered 200 media professionals, key policymakers and publishers,  around the theme “Towards a healthy news media sector?”. The event was also the official launch of the second edition of the Stars4Media innovation exchange...

L’Algérie recevra demain vendredi, un autre lot de vaccin Russe Sputnik V contre Coronavirus, annonce l’Institut Pasteur d’Algérie (IPA). En effet, le directeur général l’Institut Pasteur d’Algérie (IPA), le Docteur Fawzi Derrar, a confirmé la réception imminente de 700.000 doses de vaccin Russe anti-Covid 19 SputniK V. D’autre part le même responsable a révélé que, […]

L’article Covid-19 en Algérie : Réception imminente d’un autre lot de vaccin est apparu en premier sur .

La blogueuse genevoise Ema Krusi suggère sur les réseaux sociaux que l’Hôpital cantonal est en partie vide, que les cas Covid ne sont pas si nombreux. «Faux», rétorque l’établissement.

How can the findings and recommendations of the first Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) be best used and exploited by Member States in their national defence planning, and notably as regards collaborative capability development? This was one of the key topics discussed at a high-level seminar co-organised this week by EDA and the current Portuguese EU Presidency. 

The two-days hybrid event (9/10 March) gathered defence planners from Member States and was opened by EDA Chief Executive Jiří Šedivý and the Portuguese Minister of Defence, João Gomes Cravinho. 

In his welcome, Mr Šedivý said the seminar came at a very timely moment, just two weeks after the EU Heads of State and Government, during their 26 February European Council debate on security and defence, had reaffirmed their commitment to increase the EU's capacity to act autonomously and encouraged Member States to make better use of the CARD to this end. “With Europe facing more versatile threats and challenges linked to strategic competitors, moving ahead jointly has become a strategic imperative. This seminar gives us the opportunity to discuss some of the practical aspects of taking this political commitment forward”, he said.

“CARD needs to be followed up with concrete actions”

In his keynote speech, Portuguese Defence Minister João Gomes Cravinho praised the added value of the first CARD which “proved to be a very useful pathfinder for cooperation opportunities for joint defence capability development (…) This cooperative approach is the only way forward to have a stronger European defence by dealing with Europe-wide capability gaps”.  However, for CARD to be a real added value, “Member States and the EU institutions have to follow up on the recommendations with concrete actions” and better synchronisation in full complementarity with NATO, the Minister stressed. Therefore, the information gathered from the CARD should inform national defence planning and also inform the upcoming 4th way of PESCO proposals as well as the priorities in the upcoming European Defence Fund (EDF), he said. “We can be stronger together. European defence can be stronger by intensifying our cooperation in the development of capabilities. The CARD process and EDA’s work throughout the year represent, in our view, an invaluable contribution for this objective of being stronger together”, the Minister concluded.  

Three panel discussions

Throughout the two days, participants witnessed three successive panel discussions, moderated by EDA Capability, Armament and Planning (CAP) Director Martin Konertz, focusing on different aspects:

• Making best use of CARD in national defence planning. How do Member States take into account the EU capability landscape, as pictured in the first CARD report, in their national defence planning? and what role do the EU’s prioritisation tools currently play in national defence planning? were some of the key questions debated by the panellists which included Major General Giovanni Iannucci (Head of Plans and Policy Division, Defence Policy and Capability Director, MoD Italy), Brigadier General Georgios Bikakis (Director Concepts & Capabilities, EUMS), Colonel Robert Bieleny (National Capability Director, MoD Czech Republic) and Jānis Karlsbergs (Undersecretary of State - Policy Director, MoD Latvia). 
• CARD Support to Other EU Defence Initiatives. How to maximise the value of the CARD outcomes in its pathfinder function for PESCO and EDF? How do Member States intend to address the focus areas for cooperation identified in the CARD? How could CARD fruitfully inform the Strategic Compass development? These questions and others were debated by Major General Eric Charpentier (National Capability Director, MoD, France), Major General Jorge Côrte-Real Andrade (National R&T Director and Deputy Director of the Directorate-general of National Defence Resources, Portugal), Major General Andre Steur (Director of Operational Policy & Plans, National Capability Director, MoD, Netherlands) and Arnaud Migoux (Head of Defence Sector, EEAS).
• Preparing the next CARD Cycle. What are the expectations of Member States for the next CARD cycle, in terms of defence spending, planning, cooperation and collaborative opportunities, including possible focus areas? This and other questions were debated by the panelists Major General Iñigo Pareja Rodriguez (Chief of Plans Division of Joint Staff, Spain), Rear Admiral Fragkiskos Leloudas (Chief of Policy and Planning Branch, Defence Staff, Greece) and Janez Nedog (Head of Strategic Planning Division, MoD Slovenia).
  
  

Main Takeaways

The seminar was closed by EDA CAP Director Martin Konertz who thanked the Portuguese EU Presidency as well as all participants and attendees. This seminar (the second of its kind following the one co-organised in 2020 with the then Croatian EU Presidency) was extremely useful as it allowed for a fruitful discussion with national defence planners as to how the CARD products and recommendations could be enhanced in the future. CARD is not a top-down exercise but lives with and through Member States’ involvement, Mr Konertz said: thanks to their comments, hints, suggestions and proposals made during this seminar, “CARD will gradually improve” and even better serve its purpose which is to provide national MoDs with a realistic picture of the European defence landscape and support them to find cooperation opportunities. National defence planners will remain in the driving seat but are called to systematically use the CARD tool for the sake of more convergence in European capability development:  “Continued dialogue is key to success in this endeavour”. Hence the idea to develop a “defence planners’ community” to improve this dialogue, simplify the process and further encourage Member States to take ownership/leadership on specific capability areas. 

What are the next steps and how can EDA support them? First, it will continue to closely monitor the budgetary developments and defence spending in the Member States, Mr Konertz said.  Then, EDA’s working groups and bodies will continue to debate the CARD results in their regular meeting and move the practical work forward in support of and together with Member States. Finally, the regular organisation of seminars such as this one would certainly be helpful in keeping up the close dialogue and help build mutual understanding, he stressed.   

More information

• First CARD report 
• CARD project page 
• CARD video 

Le dernier geste du président français Emmanuel Macron concernant le dossier de la mémoire entre l’Algérie et la France commence déjà à faire réagir la partie algérienne. Mardi dernier, la France « a pris la décision de permettre aux services d’archives de procéder dès demain (mercredi NDLR) aux déclassifications des documents couverts par le secret de […]

L’article Accès aux archives : première réaction de l’Algérie est apparu en premier sur .

Istanbul Convention

Advocate General Hogan proposes that the Court hold that although the EU has signed the Istanbul Convention, the Council is entitled to wait, without however being forced to do so, for the common agreement of all Member States to be bound by that convention before deciding whether and to what extent the EU will accede to it.

Convention d’Istanbul

L’avocat général Hogan propose à la Cour de déclarer que, même si l’Union a signé la convention d’Istanbul, le Conseil peut attendre, sans toutefois y être obligé, le commun accord de tous les États membres à être liés par cette convention avant de décider si l’Union conclura la convention et quelle sera la portée de cette conclusion

Hogan főtanácsnok azt javasolja, hogy a Bíróság állapítsa meg, hogy jóllehet az Európai Unió aláírta az Isztambuli Egyezményt, a Tanácsnak joga van megvárni - anélkül azonban, hogy erre köteles lenne  a tagállamok arra vonatkozó közös megállapodását, hogy kötelező rájuk nézve az egyezmény, mielőtt arról határozna, foge ahhoz csatlakozni az Unió, és ha igen, milyen mértékben

Ce n'est pas un nouveau périple chrétien dans une terre papale d'Italie. C'est le calvaire auquel est vouée, Reckya, la « ressource minière » qui osa rêver de la Marina.

Alors sortent de partout les dénonciateurs ; pour livrer à la sentence, celle qui prétend avoir entendu depuis l'ouest, la voix d'un appel du peuple.
Qu'on la crucifie ! fulmine la klébéture.
Elle aurait été entendue proférant l'apocalypse.
Il y a ceux qui, pris de remords, auraient renoncé aux sacs d'or et d'argent promis et livré la "conspiratrice" pour un nouvel ordre.
Il y a d'autres qui auraient subitement retrouvé la mémoire et les plans d'attaques de la Jeanne d'Arc de Parakou. On lui prête des projets d'assassinats et de terreur.
C'est à une crucifixion qu'elle est condamnée. Sur les hauteurs de Missérété. Lynchée sur le chemin des quolibets, et lâchée par ses Simon de Cyrène de la veille.
Elle portera sa croix. Ponce Pilate l'a livrée, sur la vraisemblance des accusations portées par des repentis.
En attendant, la délivrance, par le père du haut de sa tribune, Reckya fait face, avec la foi des pasionarias.
Le Déchaîné Du Jeudi, revient sur cette semaine d'accusation de la candidate à la crucifixion.
Le chemin de croix de Reckya dans le N°136 du DDJ en kiosque.

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Parliament adopted today its negotiating position on the new Fisheries Control system, which will reform the rules that have governed EU fishing activities since 2010.
Committee on Fisheries

Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP

Parliament adopted today its negotiating position on the new Fisheries Control system, which will reform the rules that have governed EU fishing activities since 2010.
Committee on Fisheries

Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP

Parliament adopted today its negotiating position on the new Fisheries Control system, which will reform the rules that have governed EU fishing activities since 2010.
Committee on Fisheries

Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP

Parliament adopted today its negotiating position on the new Fisheries Control system, which will reform the rules that have governed EU fishing activities since 2010.
Committee on Fisheries

Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP

Les forces armées de Myanmar, qui ont mené le récent coup d'État dans le pays, tirent de vastes revenus de ses intérêts commerciaux en expansion

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