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Derül ki a Román Akadémia által hétfőn ismertetett közvélemény-kutatásból. A nemrég nyilvánosságra hozott felmérés alapján a megkérdezettek 67,9%-a nagyon megbízik, illetve megbízik a katonaságban, 56,8% az egyházzal, 45,5% pedig a Román Akadémiával szemben is nagy bizalommal viseltetik. A nemzetközi intézmények és szervezetek közül a NATO-val szemben a megkérdezettek 56,1%-a van bizalommal, az Európai Unióval szemben 55,3%, az ENSZ-el szemben pedig a megkérdezettek 52,5 százaléka. A közvélemény-kutatást az Inscop Research végezte április 12. és május 3. között, 1.050 személyből álló, reprezentatív mintán.

The European Commission fined AB InBev, the world's largest brewer, €200.4 million for restricting cross-border sales of Jupiler to protect higher prices of its top-selling beer in Belgium.

Une baisse des prix des fruits et légumes a été constatée jeudi aux marchés de détail, à Mostaganem, et de gros «Souk Ellil» de la commune de Sayada. Le chef de service d’observation du marché et information économique à la Direction du commerce, Sid Ahmed Ghali, a indiqué que les prix de certains légumes et […]

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Nigeria women's coach Thomas Dennerby names eight locally-based players in a provisional 27-woman squad for the 2019 Fifa Women's World Cup.

La pastèque précoce envahit actuellement les marchés des fruits et légumes à Ouargla, a-t-on constaté. Les vendeurs de ce fruit sucré et gorgé d’eau se multiplient dans les marchés de la ville, tels que les souks quotidiens du vieux ksar et de Sidi-Bel-Abbès à Ouargla et ceux d’autres localités environnantes. La pastèque précoce, qui a […]

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Le système traditionnel des «Ghaout» en usage pour la culture du palmier dans la région du Souf (wilaya d’El-Oued), au regard de ses spécificités naturelles, est unique et bénéficie d’un classement par la FAO (Organisation mondiale pour l’agriculture et l’alimentation) en 2011 comme patrimoine agricole et un repère touristique qui gagnerait à être préservé. Le […]

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Contrairement à la note de circulaire du 22 août 2018 portant interdiction de la vente illicite des médicaments et consommables médicaux, rançonnement et vol de matériel dans les structures sanitaires publiques, le ministre de la santé, Benjamin Hounkpatin, à travers un communiqué en date du 09 mai dernier, annonce qu'il lui est revenu avec persistance que certains agents de santé s'adonnent encore à cette pratique.
Par ce communiqué, il rappelle que toutes ces infractions sont punies par le code pénal et la loi portant protection du consommateur en République du Bénin, des peines privatives de liberté et autres.
Au plan disciplinaire, ces actes sont considérés comme fautes graves et passibles de sanctions pouvant aller jusqu'à la rupture du contrat de travail, conformément à la loi portant statut général de la fonction publique.
Mettant en garde les contrevenants, l'autorité ministérielle précise que tout agent pris en flagrant délit de vente illicite de médicaments et consommables médicaux, de rançonnement des patients et de vol de matériel dans les structures sanitaires, ou autres infractions similaires, s'expose à la rigueur de la loi.
Benjamin Hounkpatin en appelle à la responsabilité des directeurs et autres responsables des formations sanitaires dans le déclenchement des procédures appropriées à l'endroit de tout contrevenant.
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Une nouvelle pièce théâtrale, intitulée «Jannat el ahlem» (le jardin des rêves), est en montage à Oran, a-t-on appris dimanche de l’auteur et metteur en scène Mohamed Mihoubi. «L’œuvre en préparation s’inscrit dans le registre de la comédie sociale», a précisé à l’APS Mihoubi, également président de l’association productrice «El-Amel». «L’histoire réunit quatre personnages de […]

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Die Silberpfeile eilen von Doppelsieg zu Doppelsieg. Der Formel 1 droht die grösse Ödnis. Darum sorgt Mercedes-Boss Wolff anderweitig für Gesprächsstoff.

The European Commission said on Monday (13 May) that Romania is close to being hit with Article 7 of the EU treaties, the heaviest punishment for a member state deviating from rule of law fundamentals. Losing the chance to join the Schengen zone any time soon would be one of the consequences.

By Andrew Norton
LONDON, May 13 2019 (IPS)

The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services’ report on the global state of biodiversity is shocking but not entirely surprising. The question is, how much more evidence and repeated warnings will it take for governments, companies and financial institutions to wake up to the urgency and act?

The accelerating destruction of nature and climate change are the twin emergencies threatening humanity today. There is no more time for inaction or delay ― the report’s findings are loud and clear.

The report lays out the scale of the unfolding crisis. Around one million animal and plant species are threatened with extinction, many within decades. Three-quarters of the land-based environment and about two-thirds of the marine environment have been significantly altered by human actions.

With new areas such as the high seas and Arctic increasingly accessible due to technological developments and climate change, this will increase if urgent and effective action is not taken.

We are all dependent on the rich diversity of nature for our quality of life – and ultimately for our survival. But our actions, from over-fishing to the pursuit of monocrops and the destruction of natural forests, are undermining the complex natural world at an unprecedented rate.

This is everybody’s problem. For years, the issue of biodiversity and its fate have been treated as niche subjects. But without stopping the acceleration of its destruction, none of the environmental and development challenges – from tackling climate change and upholding the Paris Agreement to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals – can be achieved.

Radical, comprehensive changes are needed to save the diversity of life on which we all depend. The climate crisis amplifies the threat to global biodiversity in multiple ways.

The accelerating die-back of coral reefs due to rising ocean temperatures is a striking example. Acting with urgency to get to net zero greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible is absolutely key to protecting nature and people alike.

Governments must act immediately to end the destructive subsidies, including for fossil fuels and industrial fishing and agriculture, which are driving us towards ecological collapse. These encourage the plundering of the land and ocean at the expense of a clean, healthy and diverse environment on which billions of women, children and men depend now and in the future.

The money saved should be used to support sustainable industries that provide livelihoods for men and women living in poverty, such as small-scale fisheries and give incentives for the preservation of the natural world on a global scale.

Such resources could be used to support a green jobs guarantee whereby people can be supported to work on both the energy transition and on maintaining landscapes that are carbon and biodiversity-rich, safeguard key habitats, and provide the multiple benefits to human society that come from healthy ecosystems.

Importantly, the report highlights the key role that indigenous peoples and local communities’ play in the fight to save nature. Although biodiversity is declining in their areas due to land being under increasing pressure from extractive industries, infrastructure development and agriculture, it is declining more slowly, reflecting the valuable role they play in the stewardship of the natural world.

It is imperative that greater attention is given to strengthening indigenous and local communities’ rights to manage their land and resources sustainably. They must be able to play an active part in all efforts to conserve biodiversity, while their right to use nature is protected.

People who are living in poverty are being disproportionately hit by the destruction of nature, which as the report shows, is accelerating faster than at any other time in human history. From rural women in poor countries who have the responsibility to gather wood for fuel, to people in informal settlements who are becoming more vulnerable to storm damage due to the loss of such natural barriers as mangroves, poverty goes hand-in-hand with precarious lives that are extremely vulnerable to ecological collapse.

It is crucial the progress that has been made in development is not undone by the interconnected crises of biodiversity loss and climate change.

The contribution that diverse nature and natural ecological systems make to development ― for both rich and poor ― needs to be included in economic decisions made by governments and business. Without it, development gains will increasingly be lost and ultimately, the foundations of our economies and societies will be threatened.

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Andrew Norton is Director of the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

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ALGER – Trois éléments de soutien aux groupes terroristes ont été arrêtés dimanche à Tlemcen par un détachement de l’Armée nationale populaire (ANP), indique lundi un communiqué du ministère de la Défense nationale (MDN). « Dans le cadre de la lutte antiterroriste, un détachement de l’Armée nationale populaire a arrêté, le 12 mai 2019 à Tlemcen/2e […]

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RAMALLAH – Trois cent douze (312) Palestiniens ont été tués en 2018 par les forces d’occupation israéliennes, dont 57 enfants et 3 femmes, alors que l’occupation détient toujours les corps de 15 martyrs, a révélé lundi le Bureau central de la statistique de Palestine (PCBS). Dans un rapport publié à l’occasion du 71è anniversaire de […]

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Ob Zahnbürste, Bade-Ente oder Bett-Bezug. Oder schlicht das Trikot. Die Welt der Fan-Artikel von Fussball-Klubs ist grenzenlos. Zeige uns jetzt deine Sammlung!

A. Z. Une trentaine de personnes présentant les symptômes d’une toxi-infection alimentaire, tels les vomissements et les douleurs abdominales, venant tous de la cité populeuse des frères Abbès (Oued El Had), ont convergé vers le CHUC après le f’tour de ce 6e jour du ramadhan, samedi 11 avril. Il s’agit selon des témoignages, confirmés par […]

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Kosovo PM Ramush Haradinaj has asked that EU diplomacy chief Federica Mogherini be excluded from the Belgrade-Priština normalisation dialogue, after saying earlier that under her guidance, the presidents of Kosovo and Serbia, as well as Albania's prime minister had "probably" negotiated a division of Kosovo.

Wegen roter Zahlen im Inlandsgeschäft will die Fluggesellschaft Air France bis zu 465 Stellen streichen. TGV-Hochgeschwindigkeitszüge seien inzwischen der Hauptkonkurrent in Frankreich geworden, teilte die Airline am Montag in Paris mit.

Turkish economy has been faced with one of the most challenging times in its history. The re-run decision of İstanbul mayoral election has unnerved financial markets and put pressure on the already ailing lira, which tumbled to its weakest level in eight months at 6.2460.

Az Egyesült Államok elvárja Irántól az azonnali és teljes szíriai csapatkivonást, és nem fogja eltűrni, hogy Teherán a saját régiós pozíciójának erősítésére használja az északnyugat-szíriai hatalmi vákuumot – szögezte le James Jeffrey, az Egyesült Államok szíriai különmegbízottja a szaúdi tulajdonú pánarab as-Sark al-Avszat című napilapnak adottinterjújában.

Jeffrey hangsúlyozta, hogy Washington gazdasági eszközökkel továbbra is nyomást fog gyakorolni Damaszkuszra annak érdekében, hogy a szíriai vezetés politikai változtatásokat hajtson végre. Kijelentette, hogy a Trump-adminisztráció nem tartja szükségesnek a Bassár el-Aszad vezette szíriai kormány leváltását, de továbbra is ragaszkodik ahhoz, hogy Damaszkusz betartsa ENSZ Biztonsági Tanács vonatkozó, 2254-es számú határozatát, amely egyebek mellett előírja az ENSZ égisze alatt tartandó választásokat az országban.

A diplomata elítélte továbbá az arab országban a kormányerők és a lázadó milíciák közt az északi Idlíb és az északnyugati Hama tartományban kiújult harcokat, és tűzszünetet sürgetett.

Hangsúlyozta, hogy Donald Trump már szeptemberben rámutatott arra, hogy Idlíb esetleges megtámadása meggondolatlanság volna, nem pusztán amiatt, hogy egy ilyen offenzíva esetén vélhetően vegyi fegyvereket is bevetnének, hanem azért is, mert a hadműveletek újabb migrációs hullámot indítanának el.

A Fehér Ház vasárnapi bejelentésével kapcsolatban, miszerint Washington a katari al-Udeid amerikai légi támaszpontra vezényelt a többi közt B-52-es nehézbombázókat, illetve az Abraham Lincoln repülőgép-hordozót, Jeffrey azt felelte, a mostani lépésnek több célja is van. Ezek között megemlítette az iráni fenyegetést és az Iszlám Állam terrorszervezet elleni küzdelmet.

A héten a döntésről John Bolton, Trump nemzetbiztonsági tanácsadója úgy nyilatkozott, hogy az “világos és félreérthetetlen üzenet” Iránnak.

A Damaszkuszhoz hű Szíriai Arab Hadsereg (SAA) és a vele szövetséges orosz csapatok a múlt héten indítottak offenzívát az északnyugat-szíriai Idlíb és az északi Hama tartományban. Pénteken a lázadó frakciók ellentámadást indítottak, amelyet az Emberi Jogok Szíriai Megfigyelő Központja (OSDH) nevű civil szervezet értesülései szerint az al-Kaida terrorszervezethez köthető iszlamista Haját Tahrír as-Sám (HTS) vezet.

A múlt héten indított hadműveletekkel a térségben, amely eredetileg része volt a szeptemberben kijelölt demilitarizált ütközőövezetnek, a véres harcok ismét fellángoltak.

Irán a szíriai polgárháborúban – Oroszországgal együtt – Aszad kormányát támogatja, egyebek mellett katonai segítségnyújtással is: a Washington által nemrég terrorszervezetnek minősített iráni Forradalmi Gárda a szíriai polgárháború 2011-es kitörése óta jelen van az országban.

Written by Ralf Drachenberg with Simon Schroecker,

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Just two weeks before the European elections, EU-27 Heads of State or Government met on 9 May 2019 in the Romanian city of Sibiu, to discuss the Union’s common future. They adopted the Sibiu Declaration, recalling the achievements and values of the European Union. EU leaders reaffirmed their unity, and recognised the role they have to play to make the EU stronger and the future brighter. They also discussed the forthcoming Strategic Agenda for 2019-2024, which will outline policy priorities for the next five years. The European Council President, Donald Tusk, suggested a process for the forthcoming appointments to a set of high-level EU positions, and called a special summit for 28 May.

1. Background to the Sibiu Summit: The Future of Europe debate

The Sibiu Declaration and the preparation of the Strategic Agenda 2019-2024 at the Sibiu Summit constitute the final stage of the Future of Europe debate, launched after the UK referendum on EU membership in June 2016. This process has seen milestones, such as the Bratislava Declaration and Roadmap in 2016 and the Rome Declaration in 2017, and also triggered the Future of Europe debates in the plenary of the European Parliament throughout 2018 and early 2019.

This summit in Sibiu has been on the political agenda since the 2017 State of the Union speech by the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker. His initial suggestion had been to schedule the meeting for 30 March, conceiving it as the first meeting after the UK’s departure. It would thus be an opportunity for EU leaders ‘to take first decisions by unanimity on the Future of Europe’, and to choose one of the five options outlined in the European Commission’s white paper. However, the Commission and the European Council had a different understanding of the purpose of the Sibiu Summit. For the European Council, the Sibiu Summit was essentially designed to assess the implementation of previously set objectives and to reflect on future EU policy action in the up-coming five years. In its contribution to the Sibiu Summit, the Commission, whilst recalling its white paper and the five scenarios, finally came into line with the European Council’s approach and made 10 policy recommendations for the new strategic agenda. Following the extension of the Article 50 period until 31 October 2019 (at the latest) by the European Council (Article 50) on 15 April 2019, the UK remains a member of the EU although its prime minister did not attend this summit.

2. The Sibiu Summit

The 27 EU leaders adopted the Sibiu Declaration and discussed an outline for the 2019-2024 Strategic Agenda prepared by President Tusk. Following the address by the President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani, the first working session dealt with the EU’s external dimension, with the EU High Representative/Vice-President of the Commission, Federica Mogherini, participating. A second session addressed the EU’s internal dimension.

According to the Leaders’ Agenda, the Heads of State or Government were also due to look at the implementation of the Agenda at the meeting in Sibiu. In the end, EU leaders decided not to carry out such an assessment of past action. Analysis by EPRS shows that the Leaders’ Agenda can be assessed rather favourably, as it has enabled a more structured approach to work and better preparation by all actors concerned. However, it did not fulfil a core objective of enabling deadlocks on the most sensitive issues, such as migration and taxation, to be overcome.

High-level appointments

At the Sibiu Summit, President Tusk informed EU leaders on how he intends to proceed to reach agreement in a ‘swift, smooth and effective way’ on the new EU leadership. He underlined that the rules set in the Treaties were to be followed for the appointments of the President of the European Council (Article 15(5) TEU), the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (18(1) TEU) and the President of the European Central Bank (283(2) TFEU), as well as for the proposal of a candidate for the President of the European Commission (17(7) TEU). President Tusk added that the nominations for the new EU leadership should reflect the EU’s demography and geographical balance, but also gender and political balances. Finally, he stressed that these decisions were to be taken by consensus, if possible, but that he ‘would not shy away from putting [them] to the vote’ if needed. To conclude the process in time for the June European Council, he has called a meeting of all 28 EU leaders on 28 May, just after the European elections.

Situation in Cyprus

At the summit, the President of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, informed EU leaders about the Turkish drilling activities within the exclusive economic zone of Cyprus. Donald Tusk, speaking on behalf of the EU leaders, underlined that ‘the European Union stands united behind the Republic of Cyprus and expects Turkey to respect sovereign rights of the EU Member State. The European Council will continue to follow these developments closely.’

Views of the European Parliament President: Antonio Tajani stressed that, to be able to meet the challenges of tomorrow, the EU needed institutional reforms that make ‘decision-making processes more democratic and transparent and the EU and its institutions more accountable, as well as enhancing its efficiency and effectiveness’. The Parliament should be granted the right of legislative initiative, and its powers of scrutiny –in particular its right of inquiry – should be strengthened. The Council should be ‘made a genuine legislative chamber, on an equal footing with Parliament, and increased transparency be injected into its decision-making processes’. Moreover, unanimous voting in the Council ‘presents an almost insurmountable obstacle to major decisions at key times’ and ‘must be abandoned as soon as possible’. He also stressed that ‘the European Council has extended its own rights of political initiative in response to recent crises, sometimes encroaching into the legislative field’. Many of these reforms can be achieved by exploiting the Lisbon Treaty to the full, while other reforms would require Treaty changes. He reiterated the EP’s view that ‘the Union must tackle the challenges of its future with greater and better political integration’, and called on ‘Heads of State or Government to pursue this path in a renewed spirit of solidarity and collaboration’.

3. Sibiu Declaration

The Sibiu Declaration, adopted by the 27 EU Heads of State or Government, outlines ten commitments which should help EU leaders to make the EU ‘stronger and [the] future brighter, while recognising the European perspective of other European States’. The commitments are:

• Defending one Europe – from East to West, from North to South;
• Staying united, through thick and thin;
• Always looking for joint solutions;
• Protecting the European way of life, democracy and the rule of law
• Bringing the Union closer to its citizens;
• Reducing disparities [among Europeans];
• Providing the Union with the means to achieve its objectives;
• Safeguarding the future for the next generation;
• Protecting EU citizens;
• Being a responsible global leader.

The aim of the declaration was not to define specific objectives, but to list principles which summarise the spirit of European cooperation and integration. The Sibiu Declaration repeats pledges already part of the Bratislava Declaration and Roadmap and the Rome Declaration, without being specific on how they want to achieve them and therefore was perceived by some as ‘empty’.

The ten commitments also reflect some core messages expressed by EU Heads of State or Government in the framework of the Future of Europe debates in the European Parliament, notably the added value of being a Member of the EU; the need for EU Member States to face the major challenges together, the need to preserve EU unity, the significance of common European values; and the important role of European citizens and the need to better communicate with them.

4. The forthcoming Strategic Agenda 2019-2024

In accordance with the European Council’s role, as defined in Article 15(1) TEU, which is to ‘provide the Union with the necessary impetus for its development’ and to define its ‘general political directions and priorities’, the EU-27 Heads of State or Government intend to adopt the 2019-2024 Strategic Agenda at their next meeting, on 20-21 June 2019. To that end, they had a first informal debate on the direction for future EU action at their Leaders’ Meeting in Sibiu. The new working method of the European Council, as introduced under the Leaders’ Agenda, promotes open and informal debates among EU leaders, stimulated by the use of Leaders’ Notes, with the aim of facilitating consensus on sensitive political issues. The outcome of these informal Leaders’ Meetings is then translated into formal European Council conclusions at a subsequent meeting.

The Leaders’ Agenda note, ‘Strategic Agenda 2019-2024 – outline’, provides a first overview of the topics which could be part of the Strategic Agenda for 2019-2024. It is organised around four policy clusters:

• Protecting citizens and freedoms;
• Developing our economic base: the European model for the future;
• Building a greener, fairer and more inclusive future; and
• Promoting Europe’s interests and values in the world.

Each policy cluster includes four general policy objectives, which again include two to four more specific policy objectives. But, as underlined by President Tusk, ‘this debate … will also be influenced by the European Parliament elections’. When comparing this outline with recent reflections by the Commission and the Parliament (see Table), one can see that the policy priorities outlined are quite similar, and reflect the concerns of EU citizens as emerging from recent Eurobarometer polls). Although many of these policy areas were already part of the Strategic Agenda 2014-2019 and among the Commission’s ten priorities, one can observe a shift in orientation, reflecting the changing and more unpredictable international environment. Whilst President Tusk stressed that ‘the rule of law will be in the centre of attention of the next strategic agenda’, eight Member States called for the fight against climate change to be the cornerstone of future EU policy. The eight spoke in favour of phasing out GHG emissions by 2050, and advocated that at least 25 % of EU budget spending be earmarked for projects contributing to that objective.

Table: EU institutions’ priorities for the forthcoming Strategic Agenda 2019-202

Read the complete Briefing: ‘Outcome of the informal meeting of EU-27 leaders on 9 May 2019 in Sibiu‘ on the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.