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France is the world leader in anti-competitive repression, with €1.8 billion in fines in 2020

France is the world leader in anti-competitive repression, with €1.8 billion in fines in 2020
02/23/2021 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
FRANCE. According to the "Global antitrust enforcement" report published by Allen & Overy, France imposed nearly €1.8 billion in financial sanctions on companies found guilty of anti-competitive measures in 2020.
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Allen & Overy, anticompetitive measures, Apple, cartel, China, competition, Europe, European Commission, European Union, Forex, France, Gafa, Global antitrust enforcement, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Turkey increases its trade deficit by 69% in 2020

Turkey increases its trade deficit by 69% in 2020
02/02/2021 - Eric Apim | Society / Institutions
TURKEY. According to the Turkish Institute of Statistics, Turkish exports fell by 6.3% in 2020 compared to the previous year, with a total of $169.48 billion.
China, Fatih Dönmez, Germany, Iraq, Italy, oil, Ruhsar Pekcan, Russia, trade, TUIK, Turkey, Turkish Institute of Statistics, United Kingdom, United States

Gibraltar, the Mediterranean sand grain rock of Brexit

Gibraltar, the Mediterranean sand grain rock of Brexit
01/18/2021 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
Despite the signing on Christmas Eve of a nearly 1,300-page pavement setting out the post-Brexit relationship between Britain and the European Union, the question of Gibraltar has not yet been fully resolved. It will only be settled after bilateral negotiations between London and Madrid.
Brexit, Edward Davis, Fabian Picardo, Gibraltar, Joseph Garcia, La Linea de la Concepcion, London, Madrid, Morocco, OECD, Pedro Sanchez, Spain, Statute of Gibraltar, Tangier, Theresa May, United Kingdom

The introduction of new Member States stuck in the European funnel

The introduction of new Member States stuck in the European funnel
11/20/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
Despite his divorce from the United Kingdom and the break-up of his engagement with Turkey, the European Union still seduces, but knows how to make itself wanted. Its only suitors today are all in the Western Balkans. They have to work hard to put a ring on this sixty-three-year-old lady's finger, who is becoming more and more difficult to choose.
Albania, Angela Merkel, Ankara, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brexit, Brussels, Bulgaria, Central Bank of Kosovo, Copenhagen criteria, Croatia, Cyprus, dardan, David Cameron, dinar, economy, EIB, Ekaterina Zaharieva, Erdogan, EU, EU enlargement, euro, Europe, European Commission, European Investment Bank, European Union, Greece, Henry Marty-Gauquié, Jean-François Cousitillière, Kosovo, Member States, Montenegro, Northern Macedonia, Olivér Varhelyi politics, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sofia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, Ursula von der Leyen, Western Balkans

Issuance of the first European social bonds for €17bn

Issuance of the first European social bonds for €17bn
10/21/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
EU. Within the framework of the SURE instrument, created by the European Union to protect jobs and employees from the consequences of Covid-19, the European Commission has issued its first social bonds for an amount of €17 billion.
Barclays, Benelux, BNP Paribas, Covid-19, Deutsche Bank, European Commission, European Union, France, Germany, Johannes Hahn, Nomura, social obligations, Support to mitigate unemployment risks in emergency, SURE, UniCredit, United Kingdom, Ursula Von der Leyen

Gap plans to close all its shops in Europe

Gap plans to close all its shops in Europe
10/21/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Services
EUROPE. The American ready-to-wear brand Gap is to review its entire European business and one of the options includes the closure of all its shops in France, Italy, the UK and Ireland.
Aix-en-Provence, Angers, Banana Republic, Don Fisher, Europe, France, Gap, Ireland, Italy, Lille, Lyon, Mark Breitbard, Montpellier, Paris, ready-to-wear, Rugby, textile, United Kingdom

The European Commission considers the funding obtained for Syria insufficient

The European Commission considers the funding obtained for Syria insufficient
10/16/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
SYRIA / EU. In its latest report on the financial monitoring of grant and loan pledges to Syria, the European Commission indicates that as of 31 August 2020, international donors had disbursed $5 billion in grants to Syria and its region in 2020. version française
Brussels, Covid-19, Donor Conference, Egypt, European Commission, European Union, Germany, Grants to Syria, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Refugees, Regional Plan for Refugees and Resilience, Syria, Syria Humanitarian Response Plan, Turkey, United Kingdom, United Nations, United States

EU joins forces to better fight forest fires

EU joins forces to better fight forest fires
10/08/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Environment
EU. A new Safers platform to build a comprehensive emergency management system to better fight forest fires will be tested in Italy, France, Spain and Greece.
Copernicus, European Union (EU), Finland, forest fires, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Safers, Semide, Spain, United Kingdom

Ryanair to open a permanent base at Beauvais

Ryanair to open a permanent base at Beauvais
09/24/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Transport
FRANCE. The airline company Ryanair is going to set up a permanent base at Paris-Beauvais airport, located in Tillé, with two planes stationed. version française

air transport, airline, airport Paris-Beauvais, Beauvais, Boeing, Cyprus, France, François Rubichon, low cost, Manchester, Marseille, Paphos, Picardie, Ryanair, Tillé, transport, United Kingdom

European airports do not envisage a return to pre-Covid-19 air traffic until 2023

European airports do not envisage a return to pre-Covid-19 air traffic until 2023
06/08/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Transport
EUROPEAN UNION. Despite the lifting of the restrictive measures taken on transport, ACI Europe, the association of European airports, does not envisage a return to traffic in 2019 until 2023. It also complains that, unlike the main airlines, it has not benefited from government aid. EUROPEAN UNION....
ACI Europe, air traffic, air transport, coronavirus, Covid-19, European airports, European Union (EU), France, Germany, Italy, Olivier Jankovec, United Kingdom

Interreg Med banking on community action

01/16/2017 - Christiane Navas, NICE | Environmental and development issues
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Albania, Arco Latino, BleuTourMed, Bosnia-Herzegovina, CONISMa, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, InnoBlueGrowth, Interref Med, Italy, Malta, Mediterranean, Montenegro, Nelly Bourlion, PANACea, Plan Bleu, Plan Pleu, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, United Kingdom

Tunnel under the Bosphorous puts Asia 15 mins away

Tunnel under the Bosphorous puts Asia 15 mins away
12/23/2016 - Frédéric Dubessy | Euro-Mediterranean projects


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Asia, Atatürk, Avrasya, Bosphorous, BOT, Deutsche Bank, EIB, Eurasia, Europe, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development EBRD, European Investment Bank, Export-Import Bank of Korea, Garanti Bank, Germany, Göztepe, Japan, K-Sure, Kazlıçeşme, Korea, Marmaray, Marmaray rail tunnel, Mizuho Bank, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Sabiha Gökçen, SK, SK Engineering & Construction, Standard Chartered, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Tapi Merkezi, Turkey, Türkiye İş Bankası, United Kingdom, Yapi Kredi, Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge

Good international health for Spanish citrus

Good international health for Spanish citrus
04/23/2013 - Francis Mateo, BARCELONA | Transport
SPAIN. The Spanish citrus sector is still very competitive internationally, although competition from countries such as Egypt is being more acutely felt, mainly because of the difficulty in finding alternative logistics to road transport.
Andalusia, Castellon, citrus sector, clementines, Egypt, exports, France, fruits and vegetables, Germany, Huelva, Lorenzo Reyes, Murcia, Netherlands, oranges, Spanish citrus, United Kingdom, Valencia, Valencia region

Cruises more trouble than they’re worth for ports of call

Cruises more trouble than they’re worth for ports of call
11/02/2012 - Michel Neumuller avec le Plan Bleu | Environmental and development issues
MEDITERRANEAN. The sector that benefits most from this fashionable tourist activity is shipbuilding in Northern Europe. Mediterranean countries that host cruise ships have great weather, but not enough economic benefits in light of the negative environmental impact, or from investment. According to...
Cruise, Germany, Great Britain, Mediterranean, Meyer Werft, Papenbourge, Saint Nazaire, United Kingdom

"The Mediterranean wine market"

"The Mediterranean wine market"
02/20/2012 - Jean-Luc Etievent, managing partner at Mediterranean & Co | Reflections
MEDITERRANEAN. The Mediterranean wine market is a reality, and it is not a recent phenomenon. Dating back to Phoenician times, it was one of the first examples of organized trade, and Vinisud owes much of its success to the fact that it continues to flourish.
Asia, Brasil, China, corsica, croatia, customs, europe, export, France, hectolitres, imports, Italy, Jean-Luc Etievent, logistic, Maghreb, mediterranean, mediterranean bassin, mediterranean market, Méditerranée & Co, phoenician times, producers, Spain, tourism, trade, Turkey, United Kingdom, USA, Vinisud, wine, wine producers


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