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Jeudi (1er février), les dirigeants de l’UE se sont mis d’accord à l’unanimité au sujet de l’aide financière de l’Union à l’Ukraine et sont parvenus à éviter un nouveau veto hongrois. Euractiv fait le point sur le contenu de l’accord, mais également sur ses implications plus larges.

In a letter dated Tuesday (30 January), MEPs expressed their concerns about the independence of Hungary’s appointed authority to enforce the EU’s Digital Services Act.

Quelle : © Europäische Union, 2023 - EP

Written by Marie Lecerf (1st edition).

One in four people in the European Union has some form of disability. Over time, the EU has paid more attention to the issue of free movement for persons with disabilities, and in February 2016 launched a European disability card scheme as a pilot project in eight Member States.

Based on the experience and assessment of the EU disability card pilot project and the European parking card for persons with disabilities, the European Commission launched a legislative initiative on 6 September 2023 to create a European disability card, to be recognised in all Member States. On 31 October 2023, the Commission put forward a second proposal for a directive extending the cards to third-country nationals (the ‘follow-up proposal’). On 27 November 2023, the Council agreed its general approach.

On 11 January 2024, the Employment and Social Affairs Committee (EMPL) adopted its report and a decision to enter into interinstitutional negotiations based on that report. The Parliament mandate was endorsed in plenary during the January 2024 session and interinstitutional negotiations were launched on 17 January. The first trilogue took place on 25 January 2024 at the Council.

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• February 2024: ‘The European disability card and European parking card‘ (1st edition)

Establishing the European disability card and the European parking card for persons with disabilitiesCommittee responsible:Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)COM(2023) 0512
04.10.2023Rapporteur:Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová (Renew, Slovakia)2023/0311(COD)Shadow rapporteurs:David Casa (EPP, Malta)
João Albuquerque (S&D, Portugal)
Katrin Langensiepen (Greens/EFA, Germany)
Elena Lizzi (ID, Italy)
Elżbieta Rafalska (ECR, Poland)
José Gusmão (GUE/NGL, Portugal)Ordinary legislative
procedure (COD)
(Parliament and Council
on equal footing –
formerly ‘co-decision’)Next steps expected: Trilogue

2024 will be a busy year for French green policy, according to the broad outlines of the agenda presented by Ecological Transition Minister Christophe Béchu on Wednesday (31 January).

As enactment of the EU's new directive on deforestation looms, insiders have warned that increased poverty in poor countries could be one of the unintended consequences — compliance is likely to favour larger commercial farms over smallholders in supply chains.

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Dans son numéro de février 2024, le prestigieux magazine National Geographic place sous les feux des projecteurs l’Algérie, dévoilant un musée à ciel ouvert unique […]

L’article Le sahara algérien à la une du magazine National Geographic est apparu en premier sur .

C'est en plein centre de Sarajevo que s'est installé le DKC, un espace autogéré où s'organise de nouvelles formes d'action culturelle et d'engagement social. Reportage.

- Articles / Une - Diaporama, Bosnie-Herzégovine, Société, Culture et éducation, Courrier des Balkans

Alors que le mercato hivernal touche à sa fin, un retournement de situation spectaculaire a marqué le dossier du transfert de l’international algérien, Saïd Benrahma, […]

L’article Mercato : Saïd Benrahma, entre l’OL et West Ham, un transfert avorté ? est apparu en premier sur .

Après plusieurs succès d'outsiders, le Nigeria et la Côte d'Ivoire peuvent-ils éviter les surprises en quarts de finale de la Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 2023 ?

Les objectifs de l’Allemagne en matière d’énergie éolienne offshore sont menacés par des retards de construction et raccordement des parcs éoliens, ce qui incite l’industrie à demander un soutien supplémentaire de la part du gouvernement.

Mit neuen Vorschriften für die Pflanzenzüchtung will die EU die Nachhaltigkeit ihrer Lebensmittelversorgung verbessern und den Bedarf an Pestiziden verringern.

Quelle : © Europäische Union, 2024 - EP

Die europäischen Verbraucher werden das Recht haben, gängige Haushaltsgeräte, darunter auch Mobiltelefone, reparieren zu lassen. Die EU-Staaten müssen nach einem neuen Gesetz, das am Freitag (2. Februar) verabschiedet wurde, Programme zur Steigerung der Reparaturraten entwickeln.

Written by Clare Ferguson with Sara Van Tooren.

Parliament’s sitting of 5-8 February 2024 takes place with the elections looming ever closer on the horizon. Members are expected to hear statements on Tuesday from the European Council and European Commission on the conclusions of the special European Council meeting, held against a background of farmers’ protests in Brussels on 1 February 2024. As we approach the second anniversary of Russia launching its war on Ukraine, the European Council finally agreed on additional funding for Ukraine, and Members will also debate the need for unwavering EU support for the country. There will also be statements on recent allegations of Russian interference in EU democratic processes on Wednesday. The Commission will make a statement on its expected communication on the EU2040 climate target on Tuesday, while both Commission and Council are expected to make statements on empowering farmers and rural communities on Wednesday. The President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis, is due to attend the plenary to take part in the latest ‘This is Europe’ debate on Wednesday.

Plant breeding has changed greatly in the two decades since the EU adopted its rules on genetically modified organisms (GMOs), with advances in biotechnology allowing new ways to introduce genetic changes. Such ‘new genomic techniques’ (NGTs) can help secure enough food for everyone and reduce waste, for instance by producing bananas that do not go brown. The EU is therefore proposing new rules to protect farmers and consumers. Parliament’s Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) wants them to include a ban on companies taking out patents on such plants. The proposal categorises the plants as NGT1 (equivalent to conventional plants) and NG2 – which would be subject to EU GMO legislation. The committee’s report proposes to strengthen the rules on what can be considered an NGT1 plant, guarantee seed traceability, and create a public database of NGT1 plants. It agrees to maintain GMO requirements for NG2 plants, including compulsory labelling. ENVI introduces a fast-track risk assessment procedure and insists on respect of the ‘precautionary principle’. The rules would also ban use of NGT plants in organic agriculture. If agreed, following a debate set for Tuesday, the ENVI report will form Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.

Lead is highly toxic to human health. Many materials used in construction, motor vehicle and furniture manufacturing also contain diisocyanates, which can cause asthma and skin disease. Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) recently endorsed a provisional agreement that would update lead exposure rules for the first time in 40 years, limit exposure values for diisocyanates for the first time and better protect female workers. To safeguard people who have to work with these chemicals, Parliament is due to vote on the final text of the proposals to lower the permitted exposure levels on Tuesday.

Parliament is due to vote on formal adoption of a provisional agreement on amending the legislation on waste from electrical and electronic equipment to avoid imposing a retroactive obligation on producers (mainly of solar panels) on Tuesday. During interinstitutional negotiations, Parliament’s ENVI committee succeeded in amending the proposal to ensure an assessment by the end of 2026, among other things.

The EU’s Prüm framework allows EU law enforcement authorities to exchange data on DNA, fingerprints, and vehicle registration. While this has greatly enhanced police cooperation, challenges persist. On Wednesday, Members are set to consider an interinstitutional compromise on a new ‘Prüm II’ regulation, recently endorsed by its Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE). The scope of data searches will be extended to facial images of suspects and convicted persons, police records (on a voluntary basis), data allowing human remains to be identified and for missing person searches. Parliament has insisted that data matches undergo human review and a proportionality check, to ensure respect of fundamental rights.

To allow us to make secure instant payments in euro, without paying large fees, the Commission has proposed new rules that should also help to fight financial crime. On Monday, Parliament is set to consider a provisional political agreement reached between Parliament and Council that would oblige payment service providers to offer instant credit transfers, processed within seconds, apply standard charges and undertake a number of checks to ensure the money is not used for criminal activities.

As a contracting party to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), which regulates tuna fisheries, the EU played an important role in deciding new measures to reduce sea turtle bycatch and restrict recreational albacore fishing. On Tuesday, Parliament is due to vote on a provisional agreement (based on a report from its Committee on Fisheries – PECH), on transposing new ICCAT binding provisions into EU law. The agreed text would transpose the 2022 decisions in addition to the 2006, 2016-2019 and 2021 decisions. The agreement amends the Regulation on a Bluefin tuna management plan, seeks to clarify language and to ensure a level playing field between EU and non-EU operators.

FURTHER READING

• European Parliament Plenary Session February I 2024 – Agenda
• Transposing Atlantic tuna fisheries measures
• Protection of workers: Limit values for lead and diisocyanates
• Automated data exchange for police cooperation
• Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques
• Waste from electrical and electronic equipmentInstant payments in euro

She pleaded guilty to tampering with the cash while dancing at a friend's wedding, authorities say.

Deutschlands künftige Strategie für das CO2-Management wird durch die Uneinigkeit der Regierung über die CO2-Abscheidung und -Speicherung (CCS) verzögert. Verschärft wird die Situation durch einen durchgesickerten klimapolitischen Entwurf der EU für 2040, in dem die umstrittene Technologie unterstützt wird.

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Der Bürgerhaushalt ist eine Form der Bürgerbeteiligung, bei der die Bevölkerung aktiv in den Entscheidungsprozess über die Verwendung öffentlicher Mittel einbezogen wird.