#FactOfTheDay: Greece approves new austerity measures

The Greek parliament approved, last night, a new set of austerity measures agreed between Alexis Tsipras’ government and international creditors. While the vote was held, about 10,000 people took part in the protests outside the Parliament, with a small group which broke away to confront the police. Hooded youths threw petrol bombs at officers who responded with tear gas. Dozens of masked youths broke out of the crowd to throw gasoline bombs at police guarding the accesses to the parliament building.

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#FactOfTheDay: Chechnya accused of ‘gay genocide’ in an International Criminal Court complaint

On the eve of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, three French gay-rights groups (Mousse, Stop homophobie and Comité Idaho France) lodged a complaint on May 16 with the…

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France, Europe : le renouveau. Les feux du populisme vont-ils s’éteindre ?

D’abord le soulagement : "Ouf !" a titré laconiquement le journal allemand die Zeit. Puis le renouveau, et c’est ainsi que le New York Times a accueilli les résultats de l’élection…

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#FactOfTheDay: Non-European parents of European children have a right of residence in the EU

The European Court of Justice can neither write nor adopt any new piece of European legislation because the EU respects closely the principle of separation of powers. But it does…

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Internet : l’état des cybermenaces en 2017. Perception française et vision européenne

L’internet est un espace de liberté qu’il faut impérativement préserver, mais cette liberté est-elle absolue ? Il est difficile de l’imaginer : nous l’avons vu à propos de son rôle…

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Hongrie : Jusqu’à quand Viktor Orban abusera-t-il de la patience européenne?

Depuis le 7 mars 2017, le Parlement hongrois a largement voté (138 voix contre 6 et 22 abstentions) en faveur d’un texte réintroduisant la détention systématique des migrants. Cette mesure…

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Interview – ICMPD. Part III: Migration in Sahelian Africa:

Tackling the socio-economic reasons for departure: a prerequisite for a good Mobility Partnership African countries are among our most crucial partners to tackle this migration crisis, being both source and…

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Interview – ICMPD. Part II: The Balkan and Turkish migration route

The refugee crisis brought to the fore the realisation that the EU can not act alone. Arriving via Turkey, migrants first enter the EU, then cross into non-EU countries and…

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Interview – Ralph Genetzke from ICMPD (Part I)

Migration has turned into a huge issue for the European Union and its Member States in the past decade and became a crucial consideration in EU foreign and security policy.…

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#FactOfTheDay: Make the 9th May a red-letter day

Since 1985, on the 9th May, the European citizens have been celebrating Europe Day. It was also the opportunity for the EU institutions and the different non-governmental organisations to promote the European integration and their every-day work to take action in favour of further integration.

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