#LaRéplique : Le populisme menace les droits des femmes : exemples d’Europe centrale

L’Union européenne se retrouve malheureusement gangrenée par la montée du populisme de droite qui véhicule des idées conservatrices. Ce conservatisme met en péril l’Etat de droit, les droits humains de…

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Catalonia: the right to self-determination and the rule of law

Catalonia has become a gunpowder and seems to be exploding, as after the first of October 2017, the situation between the central state and the autonomous government has been glowing…

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#FactOfTheDay 31/10/2017: New Zealand’s new measure to protect its population

New Zealand’s government announced today that on the 25th of December, a new measure will come into place stating that foreigners will not be able to buy existing homes starting…

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Does Africa still need Europe? Building the Progressive Future Together

Les 18 et 19 octobre dernier, les dirigeants des forces progressistes se sont réunis à Bruxelles dans le cadre d’un événement intitulé « Construire ENSEMBLE un avenir progressiste ». Cet…

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(EyesOnEurope) : Poland and the EU: a time of continuous confrontation?

Article initialement publié sur http://eyes-on-europe.eu/ le 23 septembre 2017 Poland is once again at the heart of a disagreement with the European Union, not long after the controversy over the judicial reforms and…

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#FactOfTheDay 26/10/17: A step forward in the fight against sexual harassment in the European Parliament

On Wednesday, 25th October, during a plenary session debate, MEPs discussed a resolution in favour of a European directive against gender-based violence. Following the Weinstein scandal, as well as several…

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EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager talks as she gives a press conference to order Apple to pay 13 billion euros in back taxes, in Brussels on August 30, 2016. The European Union on August 30, 2016, ordered Apple to pay a record 13 billion euros in back taxes in Ireland, saying deals allowing the US tech giant to pay almost no tax were illegal. Apple and the Irish government immediately said they would appeal against the European Commission ruling, while the US Treasury said it could undermine its economic partnership with the EU. Ireland has been seeking to attract multinationals by offering extremely favourable tax conditions, known as sweetheart deals, but EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said Apple's broke EU laws on state aid. / AFP / John THYS (Photo credit should read JOHN THYS/AFP/Getty Images)

The European Union and the GAFA issue

For a couple of years now, a lot has been heard about how the European Union was sanctioning both Tech giants from the Silicon Valley and European Union member states…

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#FactOfTheDay 24/10/2017: First day of the OSCE Mediterranean Conference in Palermo

On the 24th and 25th of October, in Palermo, the Representatives of the 57 OSCE member states, the six OSCE Partner countries for Mediterranean Cooperation – Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan,…

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(CaféBabel): « Macron, Mélenchon et le drapeau européen »

On pourrait appeler ça un débat de chiffoniers. Emmanuel Macron et les « Insoumis » s'affrontent depuis des semaines autour du drapeau européen. Un débat qui pourrait prendre fin avec la signature,…

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#LaRéplique : Questions de santé publique vs. questions économiques : les enjeux liés aux « Monsanto papers »

Quelle entreprise cumulait 15 milliards de dollars de chiffre d’affaire en 2015 avec environ 21 000 employés répartis sur 66 pays ? Monsanto est une entreprise américaine spécialisée dans la biotechnologie…

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