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Lemondott Hende Csaba, Magyarország honvédelmi minisztere. Döntését Orbán Viktor kormányfő elfogadta, majd Simicskó Istvánt kérte fel a honvédelmi miniszteri feladatok ellátására.
Kategória: Külföld

POZSONY. Ausztria továbbra is támogatja az Európai Bizottság javaslatát a menekültek kötelező befogadási kvótáira - jelentette ki Werner Faymann osztrák kancellár azt követően, hogy hétfőn Pozsonyban megbeszélést folytatott Robert Fico szlovák és Bohuslav Sobotka cseh miniszterelnökkel a migrációs válság kezeléséről.

Russian military technology has considerably added to the development of the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s (PLAN) surface warfare capabilities – including long-range precision strikes, publication The Diplomat wrote.

Klaus Johannis kihirdette az új adótörvényt, amelynek értelmében jövőre 20 százalékra, 2017-ben pedig 19 százalékra csökken az általános forgalmi adó a jelenlegi 24 százalékról. Mindezt maga az államfő jelentette be hétfő kora esti sajtótájékoztatóján.
Kategória: Gazdaság

The European Union’s legal text service published on Monday details of the Rossiya Segodnya news agency director’s lawsuit disputing the EU Council’s travel restrictions imposed on him.

BUDAPEST. Lemondott Hende Csaba honvédelmi miniszter. Döntését Orbán Viktor kormányfő elfogadta, majd Simicskó Istvánt kérte fel a honvédelmi miniszteri feladatok ellátására.

Plenary sessions : Migrants who make it to Europe are setting it an historic test. Hundreds of thousands look to it for protection from war and persecution. The right response to this global challenge is not walls or deterrence, national selfishness or national measures, but a common asylum and refugee policy, President Schulz urged in his opening address. Plans for sharing asylum seekers among EU countries will be presented to Parliament on Wednesday by Commission President Juncker, he added.

Source : © European Union, 2015 - EP

Plenary sessions : Migrants who make it to Europe are setting it an historic test. Hundreds of thousands look to it for protection from war and persecution. The right response to this global challenge is not walls or deterrence, national selfishness or national measures, but a common asylum and refugee policy, President Schulz urged in his opening address. Plans for sharing asylum seekers among EU countries will be presented to Parliament on Wednesday by Commission President Juncker, he added.

Source : © European Union, 2015 - EP

Az osztrák állami vasúttársaság máris több ezer, Magyarország felől érkező menekültet szállított Németországba. A két ország vezetői hangsúlyozták, az emberiesség jegyében nyitották meg határaikat.

La question liée aux agissements de l'Etat d'Israël a été balayée par le Conseil des Etats, le fabricant de ce matériel étant une entreprise privée.

La question liée aux agissements de l'Etat d'Israël a été balayée par le Conseil des Etats, le fabricant de ce matériel étant une entreprise privée.

Russia may use new flight aid routes to Syria if Greece closes its airspace to Russian aircraft, first deputy head of the international committee of the Russian Federation Council Vladimir Jabbarov said.

Görögország külügyminisztériuma megerősítette, hogy az Egyesült Államok felszólította Athént, zárja le az ország légterét az előtt az orosz repülőgép előtt, amelyik humanitárius segélyszállítmányt vinne Szíriába - írja Szputnyik orosz hírügynökség. A Ria Novosztyi hírügynökség diplomáciai forrásokra hivatkozva úgy értesült, hogy Athén megtagadta a légtérzárat.

Le Mali est « en état d’alerte » après qu’un cas de poliomyélite dérivé d’une souche vaccinale a été confirmé, a annoncé lundi l’Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS), précisant qu’il s’agissait d’un bébé de 19 mois dont la paralysie est survenue en Guinée. « Le pays est en état d’alerte après que les autorités de Bamako, la […]

What a difference a summer makes. Only last June the Evening Standard’s front page lauded that Britain’s support for continued membership of the European Union was the highest ever. Yesterday, the Mail on Sunday’s front page turned that around, with a poll showing that for the first time most British people want to quit the EU.

The Mail cited the ‘migrant crisis engulfing the continent’ as a major reason for Britain’s change of direction on the contentious EU in/out issue. According to this latest poll, if a referendum was to be held tomorrow on whether Britain should remain a member of the EU, 51% of people would vote, ‘No’.

It means that the nation is pretty much split down the middle. Not ‘one nation’ as the new Conservative government promised the country, but clearly two nations almost exactly evenly divided on whether Britain’s future should be in the European Union or not.

In last June’s poll by Ipso Mori, 75% of British people were in favour of Britain’s continued membership of the EU, with only 25% wanting to leave. The poll meant that support for the EU was at its highest at the beginning of the summer since the European Community was renamed the European Union in 1993.

The Independent newspaper commentated then, “The latest poll will alarm Eurosceptic campaigners as the Government raises the prospect of an early EU referendum.”

Now, as the summer draws to a close, it’s the turn of pro-EU campaigners to feel alarmed. In the latest poll, by pollsters Survation, the gap between those who want to stay in the EU and those who want to leave has dramatically narrowed from 75/25 in favour to 51/49 against. The poll also revealed that if the “current migration crisis gets worse”, 22% in the ‘Yes’ to European camp might switch sides.

Commented today’s Mail on the latest poll, “Significantly, it is the first measure of public opinion since the Government changed the wording of the referendum question, lending weight to the claims that the new phrasing boosts the chances of victory for the Out campaign.”

Last May the new Conservative government announced that the referendum question would be, “Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union?”

But following advice from the UK’s Electoral Commission, the referendum question is now going to be amended to, “Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?” It means that instead of a ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ answer, voters will be asked to answer ‘remain’ or ‘leave’.

The Survation poll was the first one which gauged the public’s opinion in response to the new referendum question.

It’s thought likely that the referendum will be held this time next year, and since the mood of the nation has changed so dramatically over the summer, it might yet change again in the space of twelve months. So both the ‘remain’ and ‘leave’ campaigners have all to play for. It’s likely to be one of the most hotly contested political campaigns in living memory.

Leaving the European Union is a right of every member; no country was forced to join the European Union and all members are free to leave. The rules of leaving are set out in the Treaty of European Union Article 50.

If Britain does decide to leave the European Union, it will be the first time that a member state will have left, although in 1975 Greenland left by default when it won independence from Community member Denmark. In a subsequent referendum, Greenland voted against membership.

Britain’s departure wouldn’t happen overnight as there would be a period of ‘exit’ negotiations which could take up to two years, although commentators believe that there would be many more years of uncertainty on a wide range of issues.

For example, what would be the status of EU migrants living in Britain and British migrants living across the EU? There have been plenty of suggestions, but nobody yet can know for sure because negotiations to leave haven’t taken place.

Also, Britain’s trade agreements that are currently ‘legislated through the European Union would have to be individually re-negotiated with each of the world’s countries. Regarding ‘free trade’ that Britain currently enjoys with the rest of the EU, in theory that would be lost upon leaving the EU and we may be back to customs duties and import/export tariffs.

UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, is currently negotiating with other EU heads of states to agree changes to Britain’s membership of the EU, including a proposal to curtail ‘free movement of people’, a core tenet of the EU that gives all EU citizens the right to live, work, study or retire in any other EU or EEA state.

Today the Mail reported that relations between Mr Cameron and Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, were not exactly getting closer. According to a new book being serialised by the paper, ‘Cameron at 10’ by Anthony Seldon and Peter Snowdon, Merkel accused Cameron at a private dinner at 10 Downing Street of being ‘too forceful’ in demanding concessions from the rest of the EU.

She is reported to have told the Prime Minister that was why, “we all hate you and isolate you”. Mr Cameron was reported to have responded, “I could walk away from the EU.”

With probably a year to go before the referendum, both the ‘remain’ and ‘leave’ campaigns are limbering up for a blistering, all-out fight. The referendum is likely to be the defining moment for all those allowed to vote – which will not include most citizens here from the rest of the EU, but will include citizens with leave-to-remain in the UK from Britain’s ex colonies. The outcome of the referendum will affect the country’s future for decades or maybe hundreds of years to come.

Unless something dramatically occurs to change my mind by the day of the referendum, I will be voting for Britain to ‘remain’ in the European Union.

But I do think it’s important that both sides of the argument are carefully listened to. The issue is too important for anybody to answer the question, “should we stay or should we go?” without careful consideration of all the implications.

Other articles by Jon Danzig:

• The value of being citizens of Europe
• The referendum – who can and can’t vote?
• We should stay in the EU says Virgin boss

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Le Mali est « en état d’alerte » après qu’un cas de poliomyélite dérivé d’une souche vaccinale a été confirmé, a annoncé lundi l’Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS), précisant qu’il s’agissait d’un bébé de 19 mois dont la paralysie est survenue en Guinée. « Le pays est en état d’alerte après que les autorités de Bamako, la […]

A karcfalvi műjégpálya számára nemrégiben megvásárolt rolbát adták át hétfőn a létesítményben.
Kategória: Aktuális/Csíkszék

Átfogó intézkedéscsomagra tett javaslatot hétfőn az Európai Bizottság az európai agrártermelők, különösen a tejágazat megsegítésére. Az azonnal elérhető támogatás összege eléri az 500 millió eurót. Hétfőn több ezer dühös gazda bénította meg traktorokkal a forgalmat Brüsszelben, és szórványosan összecsaptak a rendőrökkel, akik könnygázt is bevetettek.

Le Qatar a critiqué lundi les pays n’ayant pas honoré leur engagement à contribuer au développement de la région soudanaise du Darfour, dévastée par la guerre, et annoncé le déblocage cette année de 70 millions de dollars pour y financer des projets. S’exprimant à Doha après une réunion de suivi de la conférence des donateurs […]