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LONDON – Social distancing for the rest of 2020

Euractiv.com - Thu, 04/23/2020 - 08:36
Social distancing will be needed until at least the end of the year to prevent fresh outbreaks of coronavirus, the government’s chief medical officer said on Wednesday (22 April).  Professor Chris Whitty told reporters at the daily video conference that...
Categories: European Union

HELSINKI – Olli Rehn does not warm to Eurobonds

Euractiv.com - Thu, 04/23/2020 - 08:35
Ahead of the European Council meeting, Olli Rehn, the governor of the Bank of Finland was careful not to give his support to Eurobonds at a press conference in Helsinki on Wednesday. At the beginning of April, however, the former...
Categories: European Union

EU budget at the core of EUCO: loans, grants or both?

Euractiv.com - Thu, 04/23/2020 - 08:34
Ahead of a crucial EU Council meeting today (23 April), a high-ranking French source told EURACTIV France: “We are not at all out of the health crisis.” “We need an amount representing 10% of the EU’s GDP, which is the amount...
Categories: European Union

Speciális eljárással segíti a NAV a koronavírus elleni védekezést

Biztonságpiac - Thu, 04/23/2020 - 08:33
Megkülönböztetett figyelemmel és gyorsasággal kezeli az állami szervek részére érkező védőfelszerelések, orvosi eszközök vámeljárásait a Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal (NAV) azért, hogy az eszközök mielőbb eljussanak rendeltetési helyükre — áll a hatóság közleményében.

A védekezéshez használható termékek vámkezelése során speciális, gyorsan elvégezhető eljárást dolgozott ki a NAV azért, hogy a felszerelések és eszközök mihamarabb a védekezés frontvonalába, a kórházakhoz, egészségügyi intézményekhez kerülhessenek. A termékek jelentős hányada a Liszt Ferenc Nemzetközi Repülőtér légi forgalmában érkezik Magyarországra. A NAV Repülőtéri Igazgatósága elvégzi a többségében vámmentes eljárásokat, majd a vámkezelt szállítmányok a Budapesti Intermodális Logisztikai Központ raktárépületbe kerülnek. Tovább szállításukról az Állami Egészségügyi Ellátó Központ szakemberei döntenek.

A NAV a piacfelügyeleti hatóságok segítségével gondoskodik arról, hogy egészségre veszélyes termékek és eszközök véletlenül se kerülhessenek az egészségügyi ellátó rendszerbe. Az eddig érkezett termékek között nem volt a szabványtól eltérő vagy silány minőségű eszköz, a piacfelügyeleti hatóságok minősítése szerint a termékek minden esetben megfeleltek a jogszabályoknak. Valamennyi, speciálisan rövid idő alatt vámkezelt szállítmány az állami koordinációnak megfelelően elhagyhatta a központi elosztóraktárt.

Categories: Biztonságpolitika

L’épidémie de COVID-19 fait évoluer le débat sur la vaccination

Euractiv.fr - Thu, 04/23/2020 - 08:30
La pandémie de coronavirus démontre que l'importance des vaccinations de routine, fait valoir Hans Kluge, directeur régional de l'Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS) pour l'Europe.
Categories: Union européenne

Coronavirus : la Chine visée par une plainte d’un Etat américain

Afrik.com - Thu, 04/23/2020 - 08:30

Alors que la pandémie gagne progressivement du terrain, particulièrement aux Etats-Unis, l’Etat du Missouri  a pris l’initiative de déposer une plainte mardi à l’encontre de la Chine, pays où sont apparus les premiers signes de la maladie à Coronavirus. L’Etat du Missouri accuse Pékin d’avoir dissimulé la gravité de l’épidémie du Coronavirus et par ailleurs […]

L’article Coronavirus : la Chine visée par une plainte d’un Etat américain est apparu en premier sur Afrik.com.

Categories: Afrique

Tackling the coronavirus outbreak: Impact on asylum-seekers in the EU

Written by Anja Radjenovic,

© Alexandros Michailidis / Shutterstock

To curb the spread of coronavirus and to protect their populations, the EU and its Member States have restricted crossings of their external borders, and many internal EU borders, as well as restricted freedom of movement within their territory. These steps have also served to address the challenges the pandemic has posed to public order, public health and national security. However, the resulting restrictions on people’s movement and access to EU territory could disproportionately affect the most vulnerable, among them asylum-seekers-already in the EU or trying to reach its territory to seek asylum.

The situation of asylum-seekers during the current pandemic is especially critical in the EU hotspots; Greece, for instance, whose reception capacity has been stretched to the limit, is struggling to ensure the safety of the most vulnerable asylum-seekers, especially unaccompanied minors. While the EU has been assisting Greece to protect stranded asylum-seekers, NGOs and international organisations as well as the European Parliament have called for greater efforts to improve their living conditions and ensure the preventive evacuation of those at high risk.

Several Member States have adopted emergency measures to deal with the pandemic. To protect public health, they have closed their external borders and ports to asylum-seekers, suspended asylum procedures and returns, and imposed mandatory confinement in asylum reception centres to restrict freedom of movement. All those measures risk having a negative impact on asylum-seekers’ fundamental rights under EU and international law.

Read the complete briefing on ‘Tackling the coronavirus outbreak: Impact on asylum-seekers in the EU‘ in the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.

Categories: European Union

Scholz drängt auf Einigung zu Coronabonds

Euractiv.de - Thu, 04/23/2020 - 08:28
Beim heute anstehenden EU-Gipfel wird es Vize-Kanzler Olaf Scholz zufolge vor allem um die Höhe des geplanten Wiederaufbaufonds nach der Corona-Krise gehen. Gemeinsame Anleihen lehnt er weiterhin ab.
Categories: Europäische Union

« Pour l’Europe de demain » : lettre ouvrerte

Euractiv.fr - Thu, 04/23/2020 - 08:26
L’UE, qui ne dispose que d’une compétence d’appui en matière de santé publique, se limite à encourager la coopération entre les États membres pendant la pandémie. Ceux-ci auraient-ils dû conférer à l’Union des compétences plus fortes en la matière ?
Categories: Union européenne

EU says air travel will need social distancing, US airlines taking their own steps

Euractiv.com - Thu, 04/23/2020 - 08:26
The European Commission will next month present a set of rules for the safe reopening of air travel when coronavirus lockdowns end, including social distancing in airports and planes, while some US airlines are taking their own protective measures.
Categories: European Union

Experts warn against using EU budget for COVID-19 recovery plan

Euractiv.com - Thu, 04/23/2020 - 08:23
EU leaders are meeting on Thursday (23 April) to discuss how to boost the bloc’s economy following the COVID-19 crisis. But whatever the recovery plan looks like, experts consulted by EURACTIV warned against linking it to the EU budget. 
Categories: European Union

EU foreign affairs chief to turn to Europe’s East after COVID-19

Euractiv.com - Thu, 04/23/2020 - 08:20
The European Union's top diplomat, Josep Borrell, confirmed that his first visit following the easing of coronavirus-related restrictions will be to Ukraine, in a bid to affirm the EU's leadership in the region.
Categories: European Union

For the Europe of tomorrow: An Open Letter

Euractiv.com - Thu, 04/23/2020 - 08:18
On the day of a critical meeting of the European Council, France’s Former President Giscard d’Estaing, together with leading representatives from the world of politics, academia and civil society from the Board of Re-Imagine Europa, call upon European leaders to show courage and ambition amid the current crisis.
Categories: European Union

Commission backtracks on intervention measures in agri-food markets

Euractiv.com - Thu, 04/23/2020 - 08:17
The EU Executive gave way to the pressure from the EU lawmakers and the agri-food industry announcing exceptional market measures on Wednesday (22 April), after having said there was not enough money left over for their deployment less than a week ago.
Categories: European Union

ECB says could accept ‘junk’ bonds as collateral for loans

Euractiv.com - Thu, 04/23/2020 - 08:17
European Central Bank governors agreed Wednesday (22 April) that banks could put up so-called "junk" bonds as collateral when borrowing from the Frankfurt institution, in case eurozone governments and firms see their credit ratings downgraded as they grapple with the coronavirus pandemic.
Categories: European Union

Breton urges Apple chief Cook to work with EU amid French spat on virus app

Euractiv.com - Thu, 04/23/2020 - 08:06
EU industry chief Thierry Breton on Wednesday (22 April) told Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook to make sure that mobile apps to limit the spread of coronavirus work on its iPhones and other devices, amidst the company's spat with France on its privacy safeguards.
Categories: European Union

‘Irresponsibly’ leaked paper on Belgian lockdown phase-out sparks criticism

Euractiv.com - Thu, 04/23/2020 - 08:01
Belgian experts tasked with devising the country's lockdown exit strategy have proposed reopening some shops, partially relaxing some restrictions on gatherings and outdoor activities from 3 May and to resume school from 18 May, according to draft recommendations obtained by Le Soir.
Categories: European Union

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