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Der Ausbau der europäischen Energieunion ist eine der obersten energiepolitischen Prioritäten, im EU-Binnenmarktbericht von Enrico Letta. Des Weiteren hat der ehemalige italienische Ministerpräsident weitere gezielte Empfehlungen zur Umgestaltung des europäischen Energiesektors vorgeschlagen.

Dans un rapport présenté aux dirigeants de l’UE ce jeudi (18 avril), l’ancien Premier ministre italien Enrico Letta préconise le renforcement de l’Union de l’énergie et formule plusieurs recommandations ciblées sur la manière de transformer le secteur de l’énergie du continent.

On Tuesday, the French government unveiled the list of the first 55 sites available in France to host decarbonization industries. 

Heureka Group (Comparateurs de prix en ligne)
Concurrence
Infractions au droit de la concurrence de l’Union : l’ancien régime de prescription tchèque est incompatible avec le droit de l’Union

Heureka Group
Verseny
Uniós versenyjogi jogsértések: a korábbi cseh elévülési rendszer összeegyeztethetetlen az uniós joggal

Heureka Group
Competition
Infringements of EU competition law: the former Czech rules on limitation are incompatible with EU law

Négy fiatalember brutálisan kirabolta, majd súlyosan megverte áldozatát Tatabányán.

A Komárom-Esztergom Vármegyei Rendőr-főkapitányság tájékoztatása szerint április 13-án késő éjszaka két 17 éves, egy 18 éves tatabányai, valamint egy 21 éves tatai férfi gyors és könnyű pénzszerzésre indult. Célpontjukat egy utcán sétáló férfiben találták meg, akitől cigarettát kértek. A férfi nem állt rendelkezésükre, mire az egyik rabló fejen rúgta őt. A földre zuhant áldozatot tovább bántalmazták, majd elvették pulóverét, kabátját, és a ruházatából kiemelték a pénztárcáját, benne 13 ezer forinttal és a telefonjával. A később kiderült, hogy a sértett orrcsonttörést is szenvedett.

A rendőrség három napon belül azonosította és elfogta a gyanúsítottakat. A tatabányai rendőrök kihallgatták őket, és csoportosan elkövetett rablás bűntett miatt indítottak eljárást ellenük. A kihallgatást követően őrizetbe vették a fiatalembereket, és kezdeményezték letartóztatásukat. A gyanúsítottak közül kettő ellen jelenleg is lopás miatt folyik büntetőeljárás.

A Komárom-Esztergom Vármegyei Rendőr-főkapitányság elszántan küzd a bűnözés ellen, és mindent megtesz a lakosság védelméért. A rendőrség kéri, hogy ha bármilyen bűncselekményről tudomásuk van, tegyenek bejelentést a 112-es segélyhívó számon, vagy a legközelebbi rendőrőrsön.

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Le pacte adopté par les eurodéputés vise à limiter le nombre d'exilés pénétrant irrégulièrement dans l'Union européenne. Et pour cela, les 27 comptent sur les pays candidats des Balkans occidentaux. Entretien avec le rapporteur slovène Matjaž Nemec, qui parle de « compromis difficile, mais nécessaire ».

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Le pacte adopté par les eurodéputés vise à limiter le nombre d'exilés pénétrant irrégulièrement dans l'Union européenne. Et pour cela, les 27 comptent sur les pays candidats des Balkans occidentaux. Entretien avec le rapporteur slovène Matjaž Nemec, qui parle de « compromis difficile, mais nécessaire ».

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Le pacte adopté par les eurodéputés vise à limiter le nombre d'exilés pénétrant irrégulièrement dans l'Union européenne. Et pour cela, les 27 comptent sur les pays candidats des Balkans occidentaux. Entretien avec le rapporteur slovène Matjaž Nemec, qui parle de « compromis difficile, mais nécessaire ».

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Le pacte adopté par les eurodéputés vise à limiter le nombre d'exilés pénétrant irrégulièrement dans l'Union européenne. Et pour cela, les 27 comptent sur les pays candidats des Balkans occidentaux. Entretien avec le rapporteur slovène Matjaž Nemec, qui parle de « compromis difficile, mais nécessaire ».

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Le pacte adopté par les eurodéputés vise à limiter le nombre d'exilés pénétrant irrégulièrement dans l'Union européenne. Et pour cela, les 27 comptent sur les pays candidats des Balkans occidentaux. Entretien avec le rapporteur slovène Matjaž Nemec, qui parle de « compromis difficile, mais nécessaire ».

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Der portugiesische Präsident hat angedeutet, dass der ehemalige Premierminister António Costa die Präsidentenrolle des Europäischen Rates übernehmen könnte. Momentan läuft noch ein Korruptionsverfahren gegen den ehemaligen Premier.

C'est une participation record à laquelle on a assisté pour ces législatives. Cela n'a toutefois pas suffi à inverser la tendance, comme l'espérait le camp social-démocrate. Les conservateurs arrivent largement en tête, mais sans majorité. Les deux partis d'extrême-droite se retrouvent en position de faiseurs de roi.

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Der geschäftsführende Ministerpräsident Bulgariens, Dimitar Glavchev, hat am Dienstag (16. April) vorgeschlagen, Außenminister Stefan Dimitrov ersetzen zu lassen. Dies hat zu Spannungen mit Präsident Rumen Radev geführt, der ein Dekret über den Personalwechsel unterzeichnen soll.

The UN General Assembly in session.
 
With current UN Secretary-General António Guterres set to step down in 2026, who is in the running to replace him? In this seven-part series, Felix Dodds and Chris Spence reveal who might be in the running and assess their chances.
 
The potential candidates include Amina J. Mohammed (Nigeria), Mia Motley (Barbados), Alicia Barcena (Mexico), Maria Fernanda Espinosa (Ecuador), Rebeca Grynspan (Costa Rica) and Michelle Bachelet (Chile). These are names that have come up in conversations with UN insiders and other experts. All six would offer skills and experiences we believe would be valuable in these fast-paced, uncertain times.

By Felix Dodds and Chris Spence
APEX, North Carolina / DUBLIN, Ireland, Apr 18 2024 (IPS)

Is the rough-and-tumble of leading the UN General Assembly a good preparation for the top UN job?

Maria Fernanda Espinosa served as President of the UN General Assembly from 2018-2019, garnering votes from 128 out of 193 member states. With her victory, she became only the fourth woman—and the first from Latin America—to run this important UN body.

Her time in charge of the General Assembly was eventful. During her year as its leader, Espinosa pushed hard for progress on women’s empowerment and gender equality, particularly in terms of boosting women’s political participation. On several occasions she gathered women heads of state and government, as well as other female leaders, for events aimed at advancing this agenda.

María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, President of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly. Credit: UN Photo

She also focused on the rights of refugees, presiding over the adoption of the Global Compact on Refugees, as well as a Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. Furthermore, she launched an International Year of Indigenous Languages and helped advance the international conversation on single-use plastics, supporting efforts to eliminate their use at UN headquarters in New York and Geneva.

Additionally, she used her tenure to urge greater progress on nuclear disarmament and on diseases like tuberculosis.

But her career began thousands of miles from New York. Her early focus was in the Amazon, working alongside indigenous communities in her native Ecuador. Later, she represented Ecuador as its Ambassador to the UN. She also served twice as her country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and in several other ministerial positions, including as Minister of Defense and, earlier, as Minister of Natural and Cultural Heritage.

Prior to holding these senior government positions, Espinosa was an associate professor and researcher at the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences. She also served as an advisor on biodiversity, climate change, and indigenous peoples’ policies. Later, she became regional director for South America for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), a position she held from 2005-2007.

Espinosa’s track record on climate change is also noteworthy, as she has served since 2009 as a key negotiator in several climate conferences, including COP21 in 2015, where the Paris Agreement was signed.

Her early academic life was as broad and eclectic as her later professional career, with degrees in social science, Amazonic studies, anthropology, political science, and linguistics. She even won a national prize in poetry.

Assessing Espinosa’s Prospects

Could Maria Fernanda Espinosa’s wide-ranging experiences qualify her to be the next UN Secretary-General? Here is our assessment of her advantages and disadvantages, should she put her name forward.

Advantages

– Right Region: Like several of our other potential candidates, Espinosa’s Ecuadorian background and an apparent preference for a leader from Latin America and the Caribbean could work in her favor.
– UN Experience: Espinosa has been both the President of the UN General Assembly, where she emerged with her reputation intact, and a UN Ambassador in New York. She has led the Group of 77 developing nations in UN negotiations and been a lead negotiator in key climate talks. These UN experiences should surely burnish her credentials.
– Connections: Espinosa developed strong networks during her time leading the Group of 77 and as President of the UN General Assembly. She has strong connections among leading women’s groups and indigenous peoples. Could this robust set of networks among senior politicians and various important stakeholders help her become Secretary-General?
– A Woman Leader: As noted previously, the UN has never had a female leader during its 80-year history. It is high time this changed. Espinosa would be another capable candidate. In addition, she has a clear track record promoting women’s leadership at the United Nations.

She is current Executive Director of the Group of Women Leaders for Change Inclusion, hosting a successful summit in Madrid early in 2024 that drew leaders from the UN system, as well as high-profile names such as Hilary Clinton.

Disadvantages

– Should Only Prime Ministers Apply? The current Secretary-General, António Guterres, was previously Portugal’s Prime Minister. While earlier UN leaders did not head-up governments, it is an open question as to whether Guterres’ appointment will set a new precedent or expectation for future UN leaders. If it does, Espinosa and other candidates who cannot boast of being a former president or prime minister may have their work cut out. That said, historically the UN Secretary-General’s role often attracted former foreign ministers to apply. If that earlier precedent is restored, Espinosa’s time as Ecuador’s foreign minister (twice) could be an advantage.
– An ‘Outside’ Insider? Like Alicia Bárcena and some other possible candidates, Espinosa can claim both outside experience as a government minister, and ‘inside’ UN expertise heading up the UN General Assembly and playing a leading role at major UN negotiations. However, it is worth noting that Espinosa has never actually worked within the UN as a staff member; most of her UN experience was gained while she was with the Ecuadorian government. This makes it substantively different. Espinosa will likely have less true inside working knowledge than some other possible candidates of how the UN operates internally, possibly meaning her learning curve would be steeper.
– Name Recognition: While those in UN climate circles and at New York headquarters will know her, Espinosa is not a household name. Could this tell against her?

Prof. Felix Dodds and Chris Spence have participated in United Nations conferences and negotiations since the 1990s. They co-edited Heroes of Environmental Diplomacy: Profiles in Courage (Routledge, 2022), which examines the roles of individuals in inspiring change.

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Nach der kürzlichen Aufdeckung von russischen Beeinflussungsversuchen, haben die EU Staats- und Regierungschefs gestern auf ihrem Sondergipfel beschlossen, eine Task-Force einzurichten. Damit soll die russische Einflussnahme auf die kommende EU-Wahl im Juni verringert werden.

Written by Enrico D’Ambrogio with Yana Diane Meulemeester.

From 19 April to 1 June 2024, 968 million Indian voters are eligible to elect the members of the Lok Sabha (lower house). Voting is to take more than six weeks in seven phases across states and territories, concluding with a final round on 1 June; the votes are set to be counted on 4 June. Since 1999, elections to the Lok Sabha have coincided with those for the European Parliament.

In 2023, India overtook China as the world’s most populous country. The government has been able to lower India’s poverty rate substantially through efficient delivery of welfare schemes, while other layers of Indian society have steadily improved their situation since Narendra Modi became Prime Minister in 2014. Inequality has not improved significantly, however, and job creation is lagging.

India is one of the world’s fastest growing economies, and the Modi government has set the goal of becoming a developed country by 2047, the centenary of Indian independence. However, analysts argue that India’s economic growth has failed to create the necessary stock of employment, especially for young people. In recent years, India has undergone a major digital transformation. With the landing on the moon in August 2023, India also consolidated its status as a space power.

Analysts have expressed concern about the situation of India’s democracy and human rights. This includes the revocation of Jammu and Kashmir’s autonomy, violence and discrimination against Muslims and members of other religious minorities, the rise of Hindu nationalism and abandonment of the country’s traditional secularist posture, and the legislation on telecommunications.

The year 2023 was an important moment for India’s foreign policy and its pursuit of global recognition and growing international stature. India hosted the G-20 Summit, championing the cause of the ‘Global South’ while projecting India’s global leadership. Modi also proposed to host the COP33 Summit in 2028, highlighting New Delhi’s commitment to fighting climate change.

The EU is India’s second largest trading partner and their cooperation is increasing; recently, an EU-India Connectivity Partnership and an EU-India Trade and Technology Council were added. They are currently negotiating three agreements, on free trade, investment protection and geographical indications.

Read the complete briefing on ‘India ahead of the 2024 elections‘ in the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.

GDP growth in China and India (annual %),
2014 to 2025 India’s main trading partners in 2022 (€ million)

Um die tschechische Initiative zur Unterstützung der Ukraine zu unterstützen, der sich die slowakische Regierung nicht anschließen wollte, haben slowakische Organisationen eine Kampagne mit dem Titel "Munition für die Ukraine" ins Leben gerufen.

Die italienische Ministerpräsidentin Giorgia Meloni begab sich am Mittwoch (17. April) auf eine wichtige diplomatische Mission nach Tunis. Dort festigte sie eine Partnerschaft mit dem tunesischen Präsidenten Kais Saied, um die Herausforderungen der Migration zu bewältigen.