CHRISTMAS is right around the corner and that means festive markets are popping up across Europe’s cities. A favourite of tourists over the season, unfortunately, recent years have meant they also carry a threat. The FCO has issued an updated warning on the risk of terrorism at Europe’s favourite Christmas markets.
Ceci n’a que la valeur d’un témoignage, et est vieux de dix ans de surcroît. Mais…
Le ton est tellement vite monté à propos du voile que je livre ce témoignage tel quel, même si je me doute bien que ce n’est pas nécessairement ce que veut entendre le lectorat de Causeur. Comme le malheur des temps m’y oblige –on se croirait dans les années 70-, je vais dire d’où je parle. Une double filiation communiste et chrétienne, mais si, ça existe tout comme en Italie d’ailleurs, quelque part entre le PCF et la JOC pour ceux qui se souviennent encore de ce que recouvre ces cycles.
Eric Zemmour a déclaré sur CNews voir un problème « fondamental » entre l’islam et la France. Notre contributeur revient sur cet affrontement entre droit divin et droit positif.
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The headscarf is, of course, just a symptom of a deeper problem: many perceive it as the symbol of an invasion by an outside culture into the public sphere.
The refusal of the French government to take back Islamic State fighters from Syria could fuel a new jihadist recruitment drive in France, threatening public safety, a leading anti-terrorism investigator has said.
While much of the discussion around disinformation focuses on the role of nation-states, violent non-state actors have also developed fairly sophisticated disinformation capabilities.
The contribution should provide a policy proposal regarding the future of EU migration and asylum policies, defined as precisely as possible and accompanied by an explanation about their added value;
The Tampere conclusions adopted by the European Council in October 1999 under the Finnish Presidency deeply influenced EU migration & asylum policies. This conference, more than celebrating their 20th anniversary, will explore upcoming developments: a new strategic agenda to be adopted by the European Council; a renewed Parliament and Commission with new policy priorities following the European elections; and a five-year programme (2020-2024) including migration and asylum policies that should also be adopted by the European Council.
EMN Finland, the Odysseus Academic Network and the European Policy Centre (EPC) organise this event to provide ideas and suggestions for the five-year programme mentioned above. A call for contributions has been launched to fuel the five preparatory workshops in charge of drafting papers to be discussed at the conference. A final document will be presented after the conference to the EU institutions, and to the Member States for discussion. The conference follows the structure of the Tampere conclusions as following:
Workshops will leave ample time for a discussion with participants. High-level speakers, policy makers, stakeholders and academics from all over Europe will figure among the speakers. High level speakers such as Director General of the IOM Antonio Vitorino, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, Executive Director of EASO Nina Gregori and ICMPD Director General Michael Spindelegger have confirmed their participation. High level representatives of EU institutions and Agencies, Member States, NGOs as well as leading academics will participate.
As a consequence of taking in so many migrants within a relatively short time span, not only during the extraordinary migration crisis in 2015 but generally in the years 2012-2017, municipalities are fighting high unemployment, a rise in child poverty and rising social welfare expenditures, according to Jim Frölander.