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European Commission and industry join forces to produce more clean hydrogen

European Commission and industry join forces to produce more clean hydrogen
05/10/2022 | Environment
EU. The European Commission and twenty CEOs of electrolyser companies sign an agreement to increase electrolyser production capacity in the European Union by a factor of ten.
Brussels, EIB, electrolysers, energy, environment, European Alliance for Clean Hydrogen, European Commission, European Investment Bank, Frans Timmermans, gas, Green Deal for Europe, Hydrogen Europe, REPowerEu, Russia, Thierry Breton, Ursula von der Leyen

Pierre Loaëc takes over as head of the Marseille regional office of the European Commission

Pierre Loaëc takes over as head of the Marseille regional office of the European Commission
05/05/2022 | People
FRANCE. The European Commission appoints Frenchman Pierre Loaëc as head of the Commission's regional office in Marseille.
Alain Dumort, Brussels, CA CIB, Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank, DG COMP, DG ENER, EBRD, energy, ESSEC Business School, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Commission, France, London, Marseille, Paris, Pierre Loaëc, RePowerEU, Sciences po, State, Valérie Drezet-Humez

Brussels allows Spain and Portugal to cap fuel prices for power plants

Brussels allows Spain and Portugal to cap fuel prices for power plants
04/28/2022 | Environment
SPAIN/PORTUGAL. The European Commission authorises both countries to limit the price of gas used to produce electricity.
Brussels, electricity tariff, Europe, gas price cap, José Duarté, Portugal, Spain, Teresa Ribera, The European Commission

Aroma-Zone sets up in Marseille and prepares its internationalization

Aroma-Zone sets up in Marseille and prepares its internationalization
04/21/2022 | Services
FRANCE. The concept of Aroma-Zone, the sale of DIY cosmetic and home care products, is being strengthened in the South of France with the opening of a shop in Marseille and then in Montpellier, and will soon be exported to Belgium before going to Spain and Italy.
Aix-en-Provence, Anne-Cécile Vausselin, Aroma-Zone, Belgium, Brussels, Cabrières d'Avignon, Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne, Clermont-Ferrand, Do it yourself, essential oils, Estée Lauder, France, Italy, L'Occitane, MAC COsmetics France, Marseille, Montpellier, Paris, Pascale Ruberti, Sabrina Herlory, Spain, Switzerland, Toulouse, Valérie Vausselin, Vaucluse

The European Commission authorises the Portuguese State to recapitalise its development bank

The European Commission authorises the Portuguese State to recapitalise its development bank
04/12/2022 | Society / Institutions
PORTUGAL. The Portuguese economy will benefit from a €250m support measure to recapitalise the Portuguese Bank Banco Português de Fomento under the Recovery and Resilience Facility.
Banco Português de Fomento, BPF, Brussels, European Commission, InvestEU, Lisbon, NextGenerationEU, Portugal, Portuguese Development Bank, Portuguese economy

Afric'Agora, a place to welcome African companies, will be set up in Marseille in the summer of 2022

Afric'Agora, a place to welcome African companies, will be set up in Marseille in the summer of 2022
03/31/2022 | Services
MEDITERRANEAN / AFRICA. Supported by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Aix-Marseille-Provence and the Africalink network of entrepreneurs, the Afric'Agora project is going to be created in Marseille to welcome African companies and encourage their relations with their French counterparts. Frédéric Ronal, its promoter within the CCIAMP, tells us about it.
Afric' Agora, Africa, Africa Data, Africalink, Bouches-du-Rhône, Brussels, Canebière, CCIAMP, Chambre de commerce et d'industrie Aix Marseille Provence, conciergerie économique, Europe, France, Frédéric Ronal, Gardanne, Hichem El Merini, Maghreb, Marseille, Mediterranean, Métropole Aix-Marseille-Provence, netsystem, Numeum, Olivier Cazzulo, Panayotis Liolios, Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Tunisia, Union pour les entreprises des Bouches-du-Rhône, UPE13, World Bank, Yves Delafon

Charles Michel re-elected President of the European Council

Charles Michel re-elected President of the European Council
03/29/2022 | Society / Institutions
THE EU. Charles Michel has been reappointed by the Heads of State and Government as President of the European Council for a second term of two and a half years.
Belgium, Brussels, Charles Michel, Christine Lagarde, Covid 19, Donald Tusk, ECB, EU, EUFP, European Central Bank, European Commission, European Council, European Parliament, European Recovery Plan, European Union, Eurozone Summit, France, French Presidency of the European Union, G7, Herman Van Rompuy, institution, Joe Biden, Josep Borrel, Lisbon Treaty, Malta, Nato, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, Poland, Recept Tayyip Erdogan, Roberta Metsola, Russia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, Ursula von der Leyen

Algeria ready to increase its gas deliveries to Europe

Algeria ready to increase its gas deliveries to Europe
03/01/2022 | Industry
ALGERIA / EU. Sonatrach's CEO has pledged to deliver more gas to the European Union to replace, in part, Russian gas exports threatened by the conflict in Ukraine.
Abdelmadjid Attar, Algeria, Algiers, Baltic Sea, Berkine Sud, Brussels, Claudio Descalzi, energy, Engie, Eni, EU, European Union, gas, Gas Infrastructure Europe, Germany, green hydrogen, GZ4, Hassi Bi Rekaiz, hydrocarbons, industry, Isarene, Liberty, liquefied natural gas, LNG, Luigi Di Maio, Maghreb Europe Pipeline, Medgaz, Mediterranean Sea, Morocco, NATO, Nord-Stream 1, Nord-Stream 2, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, Olaf Scholz, OMV, Portugal, Russia, Shell, Slovenia, Sonatrach, Spain, State, TFT, TotalEnergies, Toufik Hakkar, Touggourt, TurkStream, Ukraine, Uniper, Wintershall Dea

TRIGGER measures perception of EU actions in Africa

TRIGGER measures perception of EU actions in Africa
02/15/2022 | Development models in Mediterranean
During a webinar organised by the Euro-Mediterranean Economists’ Association, several experts questioned whether the EU remained a relevant contributor to supporting development policy on the continent. Version française
Africa, Andrea Renda, Belgium, Brussels, Centre for European Policy, CEPS, Covid-19, Domenico Rosa, Emanes, Emea, EU, EU-African Union summit, Euro-Mediterranean Economists’ Association, Euro-Mediterranean Network of Economic Studies, Europe, European Commission, European Union, GRID, Harriet Sena Siaw-Boateng, Luxembourg, Moubarak Lô, North Africa, Rym Ayadi, Senegal, Trends in global governance and Europe's role, Trigger

Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he wants to "prevent the sabotage of Turkey-Europe relations

Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he wants to "prevent the sabotage of Turkey-Europe relations
01/14/2022 | Society / Institutions
TURKEY / EU. Speaking before the ambassadors of the EU countries posted in Ankara, Recep Tayyip Erdogan made a point of recalling the interest of the partnership between Turkey and the European Union and asked that the "strategic myopia" of the Europeans be stopped.
Ankara, Brussels, Cyprus, Erdogan, EU, European Union, migration crisis, Syria, TRNC, Turkey, Turkey-Europe relations, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, UN

The European Parliament loses its President David Sassoli

The European Parliament loses its President David Sassoli
01/11/2022 | People
EU. President of the European Parliament since 2019, David Sassoli passed away on Monday night, 10 to Tuesday, 11 January 2022 in Italy at the age of sixty-five.
Aviano, Brussels, Charles Michel, CRO, David Sassoli, Democratic Party, EPP, EU, European Commission, European Council, European Parliament, European Union, Florence, Il Giorno, Italy, PD, RAI, Roberta Metsola, Roberto Cuillo, S&D, Strasbourg, TG1, TG3, Ursula von der Leyen, Venice

Western Balkans and Africa at the heart of the French EU Presidency agenda

Western Balkans and Africa at the heart of the French EU Presidency agenda
12/09/2021 | Society / Institutions
EU. Emmanuel Macron defined the agenda of the presidency of the Council of the European Union that France will take over on 1 January 2022 for six months with the Western Balkans and Africa as priorities.
Africa, Brussels, Clément Beaune, Emmanuel Macron, EU Africa Summit, EU Western Balkans Summit, EUFP, Europe, European Union, two euro coin

The Council of the EU acts on equal pay for women and men

The Council of the EU acts on equal pay for women and men
12/07/2021 | Society / Institutions
EU. The Council of the European Union is adopting a common position on draft legislation to combat the gender pay gap and to increase the minimum wage in the Member States.
Brussels, Council of the EU, Council of the European Union, equal pay, EU, European Commission, European Parliament, European Union, Eurostat, Janez Cigler Kralj, minimum wage, pay, wages

Promises, but still no horizon for EU integration of the Western Balkans

Promises, but still no horizon for EU integration of the Western Balkans
10/07/2021 | Society / Institutions
WESTERN BALKANS. Financial aid, promises, declarations of love, but still no progress in the accession process of the six Western Balkan countries at the EU-Western Balkans Summit in Brdo.
Albania, Aleksandar Vucic, Athens, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brdo, Brussels, Bulgaria, Covid-19, Croatia, Denmark, Economic and Investment Plan, Economic Forum on Regional Cooperation, Edi Rama, enlargement, enlargement of the European Union, EU, EU Council, European aids, European Commission, European Union, France, Greece, IEP, integration, Kosovo, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Northern Macedonia, Open Balkans, Serbia, Skopje, Slovenia, Sofia, Spain, Turkey, Ursula Von der Leyen, Western Balkans, Western Balkans European Summit, Zagreb

Portugal, first Member State to present its recovery plan to the European Commission

Portugal, first Member State to present its recovery plan to the European Commission
04/22/2021 | Society / Institutions
PORTUGAL. Lisbon is the first capital of the European Union to officially present its recovery and resilience plan (RRP) to the European Commission, which must validate it.
António Costa, Brussels, Ecofin, Elysée, Emmanuel Macron, European Commission, European Recovery Plan, European Union (EU), France, FTJ, green economy, Horizon Europe, InvestEU, Italy, Lisbon, Madrid, Mariana Viera da Silva, Mario Draghi, NextGenerationEU, Paris, Pedro Sánchez, ReactEU, rescUE, resilience, RRP, Spain, Ursula von der Leyen

The EU adopts a new agenda for the Mediterranean with €7 billion

The EU adopts a new agenda for the Mediterranean with €7 billion
02/09/2021 | Society / Institutions
MEDITERRANEAN. Six years after the last revision of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership launched in 1995 in Barcelona, the European Commission adopts a new agenda for the Mediterranean, with a Southern Neighbourhood Instrument endowed with €7 billion over six years.
 version française
Algeria, Barcelona, Brussels, Development Cooperation and International Cooperation, Egypt, European Commission, European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP), European Union (EU), Israel, IVCDCI, Jordan, Josep Borrel, Lebanon, Libya, Mediterranean, Morocco, New Agenda for the Mediterranean, Olivér Várhelyi, Palestine, Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries (SEMC), Syria, Tunisia

Turkey takes first step towards normalisation of its relations with the EU

Turkey takes first step towards normalisation of its relations with the EU
01/22/2021 | Society / Institutions
TURKEY / EU. On a visit to Brussels, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Turkish Foreign Minister, is trying to resume dialogue with the European Union despite the many points of disagreement between the two sides.
Aegean, Brussels, Charles Michel, Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean, economy of Turkey, EU accession, EU-Turkey Migration Agreement, European Union (EU), France, Greece, Jens Stoltenberg, Josep Borrell, Libya, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, NATO, Paris, Peter Stano, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Syria, Turkey, Turkey's accession, Ursula von der Leyen, USA

The Italian government adopts a €223bn recovery plan controversial by part of its majority

The Italian government adopts a €223bn recovery plan controversial by part of its majority
01/13/2021 | Society / Institutions
ITALY. Giuseppe Conte has decided to play double or nothing by adopting a National Recovery and Resilience Plan worth €210bn to which €13bn of React-EU loans have been added, making a total of €222.9bn in loans.
Brussels, Elena Bonetti, European Stability Mechanism, European Union (EU), Five Star Movement, Giuseppe Conte, Italia Viva, Italy, IV, M5S, Matteo Renzi, MES, National Recovery and Resilience Plan, NextGenerationEU, NRPR, React EU, Roberto Gualtieri, Rome, Teresa Bellanova

The revival of the Mediterranean tourism sector offers an opportunity to move towards sustainable tourism

The revival of the Mediterranean tourism sector offers an opportunity to move towards sustainable tourism
12/23/2020 | Reflections
Like many others, the tourism sector is being hit hard and globally by the pandemic. In the Mediterranean region, this crisis is even more acute since it has literally decimated a sector of activity that represents a larger share of GDP than elsewhere on all the banks of the Mare Nostrum. Today,...
Andalusia, Bernard Valero, Brussels, cooperation, coronavirus and tourism, coronavirus crisis, Covid-19, cruise, Dubrovnik, European Union (EU), expert opinion, Mare Nostrum, Marseille, Mediterranean, Mont-Blanc, Nudge, ODD, Paris Climate Agreement, Pyrenees, reflection, sustainable development, sustainable tourism, tourism, Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), United Nations, Venice

Survey on the question of Western Sahara Part 3/3: Economic data. A desert full of resources

Survey on the question of Western Sahara Part 3/3: Economic data. A desert full of resources
12/22/2020 | Society / Institutions
Deposits of phosphate and rare minerals not yet exploited, energy (wind and water power), communication routes (trans-Saharan road), and above all very rich fishery resources, Western Sahara does not fail to arouse economic covetousness. Version française
Azur Plan, Brussels, Canaria Coalition, CJEU, Consulate, Court of Justice of the European Union, Dakhla, Dakhla Atlantic, EEZ, EU27, European Union (EU), Exclusive Economic Zone, fisheries agreements, fishing resources, Franco-Saharan think tank Ahmed Baba Miské, Gilles Devers, Green March, High Court of Justice, La Guera, Lagouira, Laäyoune, Melchior Wathelet, Mohamed Ould Cherif, Mohammed VI, Morocco, Polisario Front, Southern Mediterranean Countries (SMC), Spanish Canary Islands, Tangier, Tarfaya, Western Sahara, Western Sahara Campaign

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