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Mediterranean employment ministers want to promote an economy for the benefit of all

Mediterranean employment ministers want to promote an economy for the benefit of all
05/19/2022 | Society / Institutions
MEDITERRANEAN. In Marrakech, the employment and labour ministers of the Union for the Mediterranean committed themselves to meeting the challenges of employment and employability for the most vulnerable people, in particular young people and women.
Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, EBRD, Egypt, EIB, employment, EU, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Investment Bank, European Union, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Labour, Lebanon, Libya, Marrakech, Mauritania, Mediterranean, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Nasser Kamel, Nayef Stetieh, Nicolas Schmit, Palestine, Regional Initiative Team Europe, Spain, Syria, trade and investment, Tunisia, Turkey, UfM, UfM hub for employment promotion, Union for the Mediterranean

European recovery instrument NextGenerationEU gets an additional €9bn

European recovery instrument NextGenerationEU gets an additional €9bn
05/17/2022 | Society / Institutions
EU. The European Commission has been very successful in raising an additional €9bn under its NextGenerationEU stimulus instrument, bringing the total amount issued in 2022 alone to €40bn.
Africa, EU, European Commission, European Council, European Parliament, European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Johannes Hahn, Member States, Middle East, NextGenerationEU, obligation, United Kingdom

1 million to help young people in the outermost regions of France, Spain and Portugal

1 million to help young people in the outermost regions of France, Spain and Portugal
05/05/2022 | Society / Institutions
FRANCE / SPAIN / PORTUGAL. Young people in the nine outermost European regions will be able to propose development projects and have them financed thanks to the launch of a call for proposals by the European Commission.
Azores, Canary Islands, Elisa Ferreira, EU, European Commission, European Union, France, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Madeira, Martinique, Mayotte, outermost regions, Portugal, Reunion, Saint-Martin, Southern Europe, Spain, Valdis Dombrovskis

Southern regions of the EU have the highest unemployment rates

Southern regions of the EU have the highest unemployment rates
05/03/2022 | Society / Institutions
EU. The Top 10 regions in the European Union most affected by unemployment include only Italian, Spanish and Greek regions.
Aegean, Andalusia, Calabria, Campania, Canary Islands, Central Greece, Central Moravia, Ceuta, Czech Republic, employment, Epirus, Estremadura, EU, Europe, European Commission, European Union, Eurostat, Extremadura, Greece, Ionian Islands, Italy, Malta, Mediterranean regions, Melilla, Molise, Morocco, Poland, regional unemployment, Sicily, Slovenia, Spain, statistics, Thessaly, Thrace, Transdanubia, unemployment, unemployment rate, Warsaw Capital, Western Greece, Western Macedonia, youth unemployment

Eurometaux fears a shortage in the EU of metals used in the energy transition

Eurometaux fears a shortage in the EU of metals used in the energy transition
04/26/2022 | Industry
EU. In a report entitled "Metals for clean energy: ways to solve Europe's raw materials challenge", the European Association of Metal Producers calls for and proposes solutions to avoid a shortage.
Belgium, Catholic University of Leuven, energy transition, environment, EU, Eurométaux, European Union, Green Pact for Europe, KU Leuven, Leuven, Liesbet Grégoir, Metals for Clean Energy: Pathways to solving the raw materials challenge in Europe

France authorised to release €7bn to support sustainable recovery investments

France authorised to release €7bn to support sustainable recovery investments
04/21/2022 | Industry
FRANCE. The European Commission authorises a €7 billion French scheme to support a sustainable recovery through investment.
competition, EU, European Commission, European Union, France, France 2030, industry, investment aid, investments, Marghreth Vestager, Paris, temporary state aid framework

The Eastern Mediterranean becomes a new gas province

The Eastern Mediterranean becomes a new gas province
04/05/2022 | Society / Institutions
MEDITERRANEAN. The problem of gas resources in the Mediterranean, but also of their sharing, was invited to the 11th Cybèle meeting in Marseilles whereas the decision of the European Union not to be supplied with Russian gas imposes to find other solutions.
Albania, Algeria, Ankara, Azerbaijan, Croatia, Cyprus, EastMed, EEZ, Egypt, Eni, EU, Euromed-IHEDN, European Union, France, Francis Perrin, gas, gas industry, gas pipelines, Gaza, Greece, GZ4, hydrocarbons, Institut des relations internationales et stratégiques, Iris, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Marseille, Medgaz, Mediterranean, Middle East, Morocco, Nicosia, Oruç Reis, Paris, PCNS, Policy center for the new south, Rabat, Rencontre internationale de Cybèle, RTCN, Russia, Russian gas, Serbia, Slovenia, Sonatrach, Spain, Syria, TAP, TotalEnergy, Toufik Hakkar, Trans-Adriatic Pipeline, Transmed, Turkey, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Ukraine, UN, UNCLOS, United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Yves Lacoste, Élie Jarmache

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

The European Commission recommends joint gas purchases at EU level

The European Commission recommends joint gas purchases at EU level
03/24/2022 | Services
EU. The European Commission has presented a series of ideas for collective action to ensure security of supply and reasonable prices for gas in the European Union in the face of threats from the war in Ukraine.
COvid-19, dollars, EU, European Commission, European Union, euros, gas, hydrocarbons, hydrogen, LNG, Ukraine, USA, Vladimir Putin

European Commission validates €120m state aid for Spanish carriers

European Commission validates €120m state aid for Spanish carriers
03/22/2022 | Transport
SPAIN. The European Commission authorises a Spanish State aid scheme worth €120 million to encourage the transfer of freight transport from road to sustainable rail.
EU, European Commission, European Union, FFR, freight, Margrethe Vestager, rail, Recovery and Resilience Facility, road, Spain, transport

Africa calls for a fair partnership with Europe

Africa calls for a fair partnership with Europe
03/17/2022 | Society / Institutions
AFRICA/EU. In Marseilles, the Europe-Africa Forum highlighted the development opportunities of the African continent for European companies, but also the new "win/win" state of mind necessary to conquer these markets.
Africa, Aminata Touré, Carlos Lopes, CIAN, Emmanuel Macron, Enabel, EU, Europe, Europe-Africa Forum, European Union, Franck Riester, French Council of Investors in Africa, French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Jean Van Wetter, La Tribune, Marseilel, MBA, Mentoring for business in Africa, PFUE, Relance Export Tour Afrique, Senegal, Étienne Giros

EU plans directive to achieve gender equality on boards

EU plans directive to achieve gender equality on boards
03/15/2022 | Society / Institutions
EU. The Ministers of Employment and Social Affairs of the European Union Member States agree to strengthen gender equality on boards of non-executive directors of listed companies.
Council of the European Union, EU, European Parliament, European Union, FPEU, French Presidency of the European Union, gender equality, Élisabeth Borne

Hatem Ben Salem: "We thought we were partners of the EU, but we are only neighbours"

Hatem Ben Salem: "We thought we were partners of the EU, but we are only neighbours"
03/15/2022 | Society / Institutions
MEDITERRANEAN. In an exclusive interview granted to econostrum.info on the occasion of an intervention in Marseilles in front of the members of the Euromed-IHEDN association, Hatem Ben Salem, lecturer at the Faculty of Legal Sciences of Tunis, ambassador and several times minister, confides on the Euro-Mediterranean cooperation. He suggests that the partnership between the northern and southern shores should evolve.
5+5 Dialogue, Arab League, Arab Maghreb Union, Barcelona Declaration, cooperation, ENP, EU, Euro-Mediterranean, Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, European Neighbourhood Policy, European Union, Hatem Ben Salem, Marseille, Mediterranean World Forum, Montesquieu, Morocco, Pax Mediterranea, Rousseau, Summit of the two shores, UfM, UMA, Union for the Mediterranean

European universities are concretising their cooperation with their African counterparts

European universities are concretising their cooperation with their African counterparts
03/15/2022 | Society / Institutions
EU / AFRICA. Gathered in Marseilles, the ten European universities of the Civis alliance and six African universities signed a partnership to better cooperate, to develop together educational activities answering the world challenges and to support the mobility of the students.
Africa, African Union, Aix-Marseille University, AMU, Annemie Schaus, AU, Autonomous University of Madrid, Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, Civis, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, EU, EU-AU, EUFP, EUI, Europe, Europe-Africa Partnership, European Civic University, European Union, European Universities Initiative, French Presidency of the European Union, Hassan II University of Casablanca, higher education, Makerere University, Marseille, Mediterranean, Morocco, Mozambique, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Palais du Pharo, Rachel Sandison, Sapienza University of Rome, Senegal, South Africa, student mobility, Tunisia, Uganda, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, University of Bucharest, University of Glasgow, University of Sfax, University of Stockholm, University of the Witwatersrand, Université Libre de Bruxelles

19.65bn of guarantees for investments across Europe

19.65bn of guarantees for investments across Europe
03/08/2022 | Society / Institutions
EU. A €19.65bn guarantee agreement has been signed between the European Commission, the European Investment Bank and the European Investment Fund to support investment projects across Europe.
economy, EIB, EIF, EU, European Commission, European Investment Bank, European Investment Fund, European Union, green economy, InvestEU, Paolo Gentiloni, Tags: Alain Godard, Teresa Czerwińska, Valdis Dombrovskis

"We are not adding anything to Africalink, we are extending it"

"We are not adding anything to Africalink, we are extending it"
03/08/2022 | Society / Institutions
EU / AFRICA. The new board of Africalink, a community of entrepreneurs born in 2017 in Marseille, has elected Hichem El Merini and Panayotis Liolios as co-presidents. They succeed Yves Delafon, who has led the association since its foundation.
AFD, Africalink, Agence Française de Développement, Aix-en-Provence, Cameroon, Egypt, EU, European Union, Exco, Franck Riester, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Hichem El Merini, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Marseille, Mauritania, Mediterranean, Morocco, Panayotis Liolios, Senegal, SM2E, Somaliland, Tanzania, Tunisia, Yves Delafon

Syria and Algeria the only Mediterranean countries not to vote against the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Syria and Algeria the only Mediterranean countries not to vote against the Russian invasion of Ukraine
03/03/2022 | Society / Institutions
SYRIA / ALGERIA. The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted a resolution denouncing Russian aggression in Ukraine. Syria voted against, Algeria abstained and Morocco did not participate in the vote.
Abdel Nasser, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Africa, Algeria, Bashar al-Assad, conflict, corn, Egypt, EU, European Union, G7, hydrocarbons, Mena, Middle East, Morocco, Moscow, Nato, Russia, Sonatrach, Syria, Ukraine, UN Charter, UN General Assembly, UN Security Council, wheat

CMI and Femise identify post-covid opportunities in five Mediterranean countries

CMI and Femise identify post-covid opportunities in five Mediterranean countries
03/03/2022 | Society / Institutions
MEDITERRANEAN. The Centre for Mediterranean Integration and Femise explore in a report the opportunities to be seized, after the health, social and economic crisis of Covid-19, to foster growth and deepen regional cooperation in the Mediterranean region.
Aix-Marseille School of Economics, Aix-Marseille University, Algeria, AMSE, AMU, Asia, Blanca Moreno-Dodson, Bruno Ventelou, Cairo, Centre for Mediterranean Integration, China, CIHEAM, CMI, Constantin Tsakas, Covid-19, Economic Research Forum, Economy, Egypt, Enhancing Mediterranean Integration, ERF, EU, Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Economic Sciences Institutes, Europe, European Union, Femise, food security, health, informal economy, integration, Jordan, Maryse Louis, Mediterranean, Mena, Michael Grasiorek, Middle East North Africa, Morocco, near-shoring, OECD, Patricia Augier, Pierre Blanc, Post Covid-19: opportunities for growth, Post Covid-19: Opportunities for growth, regional value chains and Mediterranean integration, Sami Mouley, Trading Together, Tunisia, UN, Unops, value chains, World Bank

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

The Court of Justice of the EU confirms that Andorra cannot be a trademark

The Court of Justice of the EU confirms that Andorra cannot be a trademark
02/24/2022 | Society / Institutions
ANDORRA. The Court of Justice of the European Union rejects the appeal of the Principality of Andorra against the decision of the European Union Intellectual Property Office to refuse the registration of Andorra as a trademark.
Andorra, CJEU, Court of Justice of the European Union, EU, EUIPO, European Union, European Union Intellectual Property Office, Govern d'Andorra, intellectual property, justice, Luxembourg

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