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A KDH ismét felszólította Kamil Šaško (Hlas) egészségügyi minisztert, hogy vállalja a politikai felelősséget a mentőszolgálati tenderért. Szerintük a pályázattal kapcsolatos kételyeket mindeddig nem sikerült eloszlatni.

Elisabetta Gualmini und Alessandra Moretti von der sozialdemokratischen Partito Democratico wurden im März suspendiert. Hintergrund war ein Antrag belgischer Staatsanwälte, die das Parlament aufforderten, ihre Immunität im Zuge weitreichenden Ermittlungen wegen Einflussnahme gegen Geld aufzuheben.

Le procès accuse les constructeurs de n'avoir « rien fait » alors qu'ils étaient conscients des risques liés à cet avion.

The coordinates point to Márianosztra prison in northern Hungary

ELIAMEP and the Institute of Global Affairs of The American College of Greece (ACG) organised the 5th Summer Academy titled “Leadership Beyond Boundaries: Empowering the Next Generation of Mediterranean Leaders”, which took place at the premises of the International Olympic Academy from Monday, July 14 2025, to Saturday, July 19 2025. In total, the 5th ELIAMEP-ACG Summer Academy brought together 29 participants (emerging leaders from various fields) and 21 distinguished speakers from 19 countries across the Mediterranean, Europe, and Asia, to discuss critical issues concerning the Mediterranean. The Summer Academy included lectures, discussions as well as trainings in negotiations and public speaking & media. The report of the 5th Summer Academy is available here. The agenda and the list of speakers and staff members who contributed to the 5th Summer Academy are available here.

The Public Prosecutor’s Office stressed that Madrid is complying with its obligations under international treaties

La Direction Générale des Impôts (DGI) a modifié sa plateforme de demande de quitus fiscal après une rencontre avec le parti politique "Les Démocrates". La demande d'audience formulée par le parti le 16 septembre a conduit à une réunion, mercredi 17 septembre, à 18 heures, à la DGI.

Le principal sujet abordé concernait la procédure imposant aux candidats de spécifier le type d'élection auquel ils participent avant de soumettre leur demande de quitus fiscal. Cette obligation avait suscité des interrogations.

La DGI a expliqué qu'elle avait mis en place ce paramétrage pour traiter les demandes par ordre de priorité. En effet, les dates de dépôt des dossiers auprès de la Commission Electorale Nationale Autonome (CENA) varient en fonction des élections, ce qui nécessite un traitement différencié des demandes.

À l'issue de la rencontre, et après consultation des autorités de la CENA, il a été décidé de revoir cette configuration. En conséquence, la DGI a déployé une nouvelle version de la plateforme dès le 17 septembre 2025, ajustant le processus afin de mieux répondre aux attentes des utilisateurs.

Ce réajustement intervient quelques jours après le lancement de la plateforme, un outil devenu indispensable pour les candidats aux élections.
M. M.

À un mois des élections législatives, la question d’une nouvelle taxe européenne sur les carburants automobiles et les combustibles de chauffage est devenue un enjeu central de la campagne électorale en République tchèque.

The post En République tchèque, les quotas d’émissions de carbone de l’UE s’invitent dans la campagne électorale appeared first on Euractiv FR.

Emmanuella Doussis, Professor, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; Head of the Climate and Sustainability Programme and Senior Policy Advisor, ELIAMEP

Guterres’ recent report and speech to the General Assembly present clean energy as a reality, and one which must not and cannot be held back. It is already creating growth, jobs and energy security, and billions of dollars are being channelled into the green transition. Renewable energy sources are now more cost-effective than fossil fuels, and new renewable energy capacity is outstripping conventional fuels on every continent. However, progress is not fast enough and, still more crucially, not fair enough. Africa and developing countries receive only a small share of the global funding, while fossil fuel subsidies continue.

The General Assembly can serve as a key forum for cooperation, even amidst geopolitical antagonisms, as environmental and climate issues are, and must increasingly be, perceived as peace and security issues. Multilateral alliances (G77, LDCs, AOSIS), as well as regional blocs like the EU, often play an active role in helping build majorities, making concerted demands, and putting pressure on major powers that often act unilaterally (e.g. China, the US, Russia), as well as on other polluting states. The General Assembly’s unanimous decision to consult the International Court of Justice on states’ obligations with regard to climate change has recently led to a landmark opinion relating to the international law governing the response to the phenomenon. Although non-binding, the opinion could shape practice and open the way for appeals, in particular from the countries most affected by climate change. So, while the General Assembly does not produce legally-binding texts directly, its actions can produce important results indirectly. Which is to say the General Assembly can keep the debate around the green transition in the spotlight and act as a catalyst for multilateral cooperation, especially in areas where convergences and potential partnerships (should) transcend geopolitical divisions.

Maria Gavouneli, Professor, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens; Member of the Board, ELIAMEP

There is a short answer: none at all! The General Assembly has always been a forum for big words and little action. Over the decades, we have had a series of declarations and statements that rarely translate into binding obligations for UN member states, and then only after their content has been transposed in treaties or monitoring and accountability mechanisms as a result of difficult and often lengthy negotiations. Lately, even texts that formerly would have been adopted by consensus have been subject to complicated and lengthy voting processes.
The longer answer is, of course, different and more involved. It is on the sidelines of the General Assembly, in the UN’s corridors of power, that the big issues are discussed and often decided. While world leaders read their prepared monologues in turn, it is the organized meetings in smaller chambers—and ad hoc huddles—that can make the difference. This is especially true in times like the present, when simply setting-up a session is problematic, even before one considers the agenda and items ranging from the Middle East ceasefire and the peace plan in Ukraine to energy security in the Eastern Mediterranean and the resolution of bilateral disputes between Greece and Turkey. Truth be told, this has always been where the General Assembly, and the UN in general, has made its most important contributions.

Mihalis Kritikos, Adjunct Professor, School of Governance, University of Brussels; Senior Research Fellow, ELIAMEP

The UN is back: the example of artificial intelligence

Amidst a frantic and ever-escalating geopolitical rivalry in the sphere of technology, artificial intelligence is redefining the dynamics of global power while its governance has become the subject of hundreds of separate initiatives. Given this somewhat fragmented landscape, the recent decision by the UN General Assembly to create two new mechanisms to promote international cooperation in AI governance—the UN Independent International Scientific Panel on AI and the Global Dialogue on AI Governance—is especially important. There are three reasons for this:

First, because the UN is setting out to create a global platform for dialogue that will give developing countries an equal voice in shaping the future of AI, while aligning the discourse with the ambitions of the Global South. Second, because the resolution seeks to put in place a framework based on a human-centred approach to AI that promotes the transparency and social utility of the technology. And third, because it sends a powerful signal to the world that the UN remains capable of achieving convergence and laying the foundations for a common framework to address the challenges of a rapidly evolving technological landscape.

If the scientific independence of the committee and the multilateralism of the global dialogue are safeguarded, then the future global governance of this influential technology will be in safe hands.

Panayotis Tsakonas, Professor, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens; Head, Foreign Policy & Security Programme, ELIAMEP

The retreat of multilateralism, the systematic erosion and/or removal of international norms/rules, and the ascendancy of the logic of power in inter-state relations that followed Trump’s election and have largely been imposed by the United States is expected to detract markedly from the Great Powers’ ability to cooperate in a meaningful and effective way at the upcoming 85th General Assembly of the United Nations. There, the United States (the strongest but least legitimate part of a divided—if not fragmented—West), an ever-stronger China, which is already working towards building an enlarged anti-Western coalition, the dynamically “anti-Western” Russia, and India, the most populous nation in the world, are expected to reaffirm their positions and roles in the new and continually evolving “post-Western” world.

In this world, however, several “non-aligned” countries will, for reasons of pragmatism and self-interest, may choose not to place themselves under the “protection” or control of the US, China or Russia. These non-aligned nations, which include most of the almost forty that did not condemn Russia’s invasion at the UN General Assembly in March 2022 and February 2023, not only do not form a distinct bloc (a “Global South”), they are often in conflict with one another.

The scope for cooperation between the Great Powers within the framework of the UN General Assembly will therefore be curtailed, with the few areas of potential cooperation limited to “global goods” such as the climate, health and/or development, and global security problems such as international terrorism, organized crime, unregulated AI development, and the uncontrolled militarization of space. The Great Powers may find themselves cooperating on these issues, either because they recognize the cost of non-cooperation, or because their interests largely converge. Moreover, the prospect of China, Russia, India, and a number of other medium- and small-sized states forging alliances in one or more of these domains cannot be discounted. Formed under an “anti-Western banner” at the forthcoming UN General Assembly, they may seek to create and promote new international principles and norms.

Dimitris Tsarouhas, Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University; Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow, ELIAMEP

To mark the UN’s annual assembly, the organization released a shocking report that accurately describes the state of the international community 80 years on from its founding. In 2024, military spending soared to 2.7 trillion dollars, an amount more than 13 times higher (!) than the official development aid provided by wealthy nations, and 750 times the UN’s regular budget.

Many member states are either actively engaged in, or preparing for, military conflict. The window for saving the UN mission is closing, even though its good offices are needed now more than at any other time since the end of the Cold War.

 

 

 

The bank's report will make a welcome reading for conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who has made shaking Germany out of its economic slump a top priority

Sobald fertiggestellt, zählt der Brenner-Basistunnel zu den längsten Eisenbahntunneln der Welt: Er verbindet Innsbruck in Österreich mit Franzensfeste in Italien und verkürzt die Fahrzeit auf der Schiene um rund 60 Prozent – auf nur noch eine halbe Stunde.

Hohe US-Zölle zwingen Schweizer Kaffeemaschinenhersteller Eversys zur Produktionsverlagerung nach Italien. Das Unternehmen macht einen Drittel des Umsatzes in Amerika. Temporär-Angestellte verlieren ihren Job.

Nach kontroversen Äusserungen über das Attentat auf den Politaktivisten Charlie Kirk stoppt der TV-Sender ABC die Talkshow des bekannten Moderators Jimmy Kimmel. Hier kommen die besten Ausschnitte der Talk-Show.

US President Donald Trump arrived in London for a state visit on Wednesday. King Charles III welcomed him at Windsor Castle and hosted a state banquet in his honour, and on Thursday Trump is scheduled to meet British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Thousands of people took to the streets in London to protest the visit. Commentators waver between unease and approval.