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Date: Lundi 14 Mars 2016Résumé: Fanny Anor, chargée d'études senior à l'Institut Montaigne sera l’invitée de Valérie Expert pour présenter le rapport Le numérique pour réussir dès l’école primaire.

Die geplante Vereinbarung zwischen der Europäischen Union und der Türkei zur Flüchtlingsfrage könnte juristisch anfechtbar sein, das Europaparlament…

Jeudi 10 mars 2016, un  Super Puma de l’escadron d'hélicoptères (EH) 1/44 «Solenzara» de la base aérienne 126 de Ventiseri-Solenzara, est intervenu en mer pour secourir une victime.

During yesterday's meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs Council the outcome of the European Council on EU Turkey cooperation was welcomed. It helps both to curb the migration influx and to prevent people from putting their lives in the hands of ruthless smugglers.

The European Ministers of Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) will meet in Brussels on 10 and 11 March for the fourth JHA Council of the Netherlands Presidency. An important item on the agenda is the proposed establishment of a European border and coast guard agency, which would help enhance the management of Europe’s external borders.

La semaine de concertations sur la Loi travail s'est achevée, vendredi, avec la réception des organisations étudiantes et lycéennes à Matignon. À l'issue de cette rencontre, Manuel Valls a promis "un compromis ambitieux" à des étudiants mécontents.

ÄNDERUNGSANTRÄGE 1 - 303 - Entwurf eines Entschließungsantrags Bericht 2015 über die Türkei
Ausschuss für auswärtige Angelegenheiten

Quelle : © Europäische Union, 2016 - EP

ÄNDERUNGSANTRÄGE 1 - 200 - Entwurf eines Berichts Raumfahrtfähigkeiten für die europäische Sicherheit und Verteidigung
Ausschuss für auswärtige Angelegenheiten

Quelle : © Europäische Union, 2016 - EP

I must confess to something of a bias when it comes to the Johnsons, because I rather like them. All of the Johnson family behave as if they feel obliged to be bright, and are often exuberant but with the typical nonchalance of the British upper class. I am a friend and former colleague of Stanley Johnson, Boris’s father and a convinced European. And I later had the opportunity to know Boris while he worked in Brussels as a reporter for the Telegraph. He was popular, exceedingly amusing and a uniquely colourful character in what is often a very grey setting.

“The problem with the Brexit supporters is not their vision of Europe, but their vision of Britain”

Many commentators have condemned his support for Brexit as mere opportunism, but I don’t agree. In taking this stand, he must of course have had his political future in mind. But I do think his decision is sincere, as his scathing view of Europe has old roots. Brussels often leaves a strong impression on those who become involved in European affairs. Some, like the late Lord Cockfield, arrive sceptical and leave passionate Europeans. Others are favourably disposed but leave disappointed. Nothing of that sort seems to have happened to Boris. As the person who led the work of the European Commission on the single market, I strongly resented some of his pieces, such as those on euro-standard condoms or the threat to Britain’s prawn cocktail-favoured crisps. I soon realised it was useless trying to explain to him that these stories were all rubbish; he knew it, but he was merely expressing his contempt for a construction he didn’t care to understand.

Boris says that he loves Europe and Brussels, but his ‘love’ reminds me of the condescending British aristocrats who in the 18th Century took a grand tour of the continent, daydreamt in front of old ruins, enjoyed the music, acquired a few paintings by the great masters and went home ever convinced that they should keep their island politically disengaged with the continent. So his position is hardly surprising. The Boris ‘manifesto’ in the Telegraph is long and convoluted, strangely so for such a sharp mind. Perhaps this was because he wanted to introduce an element of intellectual sophistication to a side of the debate that is frequently accused of offering nought but an expression of guts feelings. He must know, though, that a referendum is to a large extent a matter of guts, and his bet may sadly be the winning one.

“Self-delusion is not the stuff with which greatness is made”

Maybe the problem with the Brexit supporters is not their vision of Europe, but their vision of Britain. Many that I have met are little Englanders with the imperial dream of the country ready to defy Napoleon, Hitler and the entire world, for they dislike the Americans as much as they dislike us. For them, forty years of involvement with the continent has only been a source of endless compromises, and they hate compromises when the foreigners happen to be in a stronger position. One could respect, even admire, them if it wasn’t for their blind complacency about the state of a country that no longer rules the waves, or indeed anything else. Self-delusion is not the stuff with which greatness is made.

If the British vote to leave the EU, we on the continent shall feel regret not only for the turmoil that follows, but also because we shall lose the contribution of the best diplomatic service in Europe and possibly the world. All we can do is tell Boris Johnson that if he loves Europe, as he claims, we in turn love Britain: the country with a splendid past and an uncertain future at best. The continent does not only love Britain for its historic democracy and all that, but also for the legacy of the Beatles, the Stones and others among the best musicians of recent times. Incidentally, they were not upper class at all.

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Le général Lanata, chef d'état-major de l'armée de l'air, s'inquiète : sur la durée, la surchauffe guette les aviateurs français.

Réuni le 10 mars, le Conseil Justice et Affaires intérieures a salué les résultats du Conseil européen sur la coopération avec la Turquie, qui vont permettre à la fois de maîtriser le flux migratoire et d’éviter que des candidats au départ ne remettent leur vie entre les mains de passeurs sans vergogne.

En partenariat avec Le Printemps des Poètes, l'Institut Culturel Franco-Palestinien
Vendredi 26 février 19h30 Ouverture du festival Vernissage de l'exposition Crimée | photographies de Jef Bonifacino À la recherche du lien qui unit les divers aspects de la Crimée, du melting-pot de ses habitants et de ses différentes strates historiques.
Lundi 29 février 19h00 Poètes de Palestine | Marianne Auricoste et Tarik Hamdan Poèmes de Mahmoud Darwich et beaucoup d'autres poètes de sa génération, témoignant (...)

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Barthélémy Courmont est directeur de recherche à l’IRIS et maître de conférences en Histoire à l’Université Catholique de Lille. Il répond à nos questions à l’occasion de la parution de son ouvrage “Mémoires d’un champignon. Penser Hiroshima” (Le mieux Editeur, 2016) :
– Pourquoi avoir choisi d’écrire cet ouvrage ? Quelle est la démarche ?
– Face à un sujet de recherche, comment combiner l’approche à la fois personnelle et épistémologique ?
– En quoi Hiroshima est-il un aspect majeur des relations internationales ? Si cette ville est connue pour son symbole de tragique victime du feu nucléaire, quelles sont ses autres facettes ?

Pour imposer les liseuses et les e-books, censés offrir les modes de lecture qui correspondraient au citoyen connecté de demain, les industriels de l'électronique multiplient les campagnes depuis plus de quinze ans. L'émergence du plastique dans l'univers sensuel du papier et les incertitudes (...) / Culture, Livre, Mutation, Technologie, Électronique - 2016/03

Etudiants et jeunes précaires se mobilisent contre le contrat première embauche (CPE) concocté par le premier ministre français. Bientôt rejoints, le 7 mars, par les salariés, pour des manifestations communes à l'appel de toutes les organisations syndicales. Mis en place dans les très petites (...) / France, Économie, Inégalités, Jeunes, Mouvement de contestation, Pauvreté, Protection sociale, Travail - 2006/03 Dangereuses rhétoriques

Les criminels disparaissent souvent avec leur argent au-delà des frontières. Cela rend capitale la coopération policière au niveau européen. La conférence du Collège européen de police (CEPOL), qui se tiendra le 14 mars, sera consacrée aux enquêtes financières.

Több jogi és procedurális akadályba is ütközhet annak a tervnek a végrehajtása, amelynek értelmében minden illegális úton érkező menedékkérőt visszaküldhetnének az EU-ból Törökországba, és cserébe a tagállamok befogadnának ugyanannyi ott tartózkodó menekültet – mutat rá az Európai Politikai Tanulmányok Központjának (CEPS) két szakértője. A jelek szerint a Tanács jogi szolgálata is osztja ezeket az aggodalmakat.