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World The European Commission, the European Union’s "politically independent executive arm," has offered to pay member states $7,000 for every migrant who is hosted and processed through control centers on their own territories. This includes covering the costs of the expert personnel to help in the process of African migrants seeking asylum, Reuters reported.  At a recent summit in Brussels, leaders from the European Union agreed to set up control centers to process asylum claims of migrants. These centers would allow for quick screening of migrants while sending back those who do not qualify for asylum. It would also stop migrants from avoiding registration rules and heading to the most sought-after destinations. However, Austria, France, Germany and Italy said they would not allow the establishment of such centers on their soil, leaving the plan in limbo. Recommended Slideshows 76 The Most Powerful Military Forces in the World 59 The 25 Most … [Read more...] about European Commission Would Pay Member States $7,000 For Every Migrant They Receive

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com European Commission rebukes Italy after blatant budget rules violation Greece’s elderly still face possible pension cuts in January European Commission rebukes Italy after blatant budget rules violation It is like writing a letter to your bank and saying that you will be making only half your mortgage payments for three years and that they should understand because you need the money. Your bank would have to reject your statement forcefully. On Monday, Italy’s Economy Minister Giovanni Tria sent a letter to the European Commission (EC), clearly saying that Italy intended to violate EC budget rules from 2019-22: As regards the path of the structural balance, the Italian Government is aware of having chosen a budgetary policy approach that is not in line with the application rules of the Stability and Growth Pact. It was a difficult but necessary decision ally of the persistent delay in recovering … [Read more...] about World View: European Commission Rebukes Italy After Blatant Budget Rules Violation

More than a couple of European Union executive Ursula von der Leyen’s 27-strong team of commissioners raised eyebrows when it was announced on Tuesday. Irishman Phil Hogan was put in charge of trade, meaning that he will be at the forefront of negotiations with Britain over the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union. Hogan, branded “the Irish enforcer” by the Irish media, has been candid in his criticism of Brexiteers. But it is the nomination of Hungary’s László Trócsányi as commissioner for enlargement that has been the most controversial due to the former justice minister’s closeness to Viktor Orban. Trócsányi has been behind some of the Orban government’s most contentious policies, including the reforms of the judiciary the criminalisation of NGOs helping refugees. 'Bad news all round' Florian Bieber, director of the Center for South East European Studies at the University of Graz, told Euronews that … [Read more...] about Viktor Orban courts controversy with European Commission nominee

The European Commission (EC) notified the draft 9th amendment to the Plastics Regulation, (EU) No 10/2011 to the World Trade Organization (WTO) on August 31, 2017. The 9th amendment was originally proposed as the 8th amendment but the EC changed the numbering of the amendments to the Plastics Regulation to reflect the numbers in the consolidated version of the Plastics Regulation. (A corrigendum to the Spanish version of the text (Regulation (EU) No. 865/2014 ) is included in the consolidated version.)The 9th amendment would update the regulation’s positive list by adding four new substances and make changes to the restrictions/uses for (butadiene, styrene, methyl methacrylate, and butyl acrylate) copolymer cross-linked with divinylbenzene or 1,3- butanediol dimethacrylate.The WTO notification is available HERE and consists of a DRAFT Regulation and a DRAFT Annex to the Plastics Regulation.  The estimated timing for the publication of the … [Read more...] about European Commission Notifies Draft 9th Amendment to the Plastics Regulation to the WTO

On 30 November 2016 the European Commission (“Commission” or “EC”) presented its Communication on connected cars for Europe, under the more formal denomination “A European Strategy on Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS)” (full text available here).This strategic document, while certainly the most precise proposal on the matter to date, is certainly not an isolated proposal. It follows several mentions and general approaches to the matter of smart cars in other contexts, some of them more general: the Agenda for Jobs, Growth and Investment (here); the Digital Single Market (here); the Energy Union Strategy (here), had all mentioned the importance of this revolution. More precisely, the Commission approached the significant potential of the deployment of cooperative, connected and automated vehicles from the angle of the reduction of energy consumption from the transport sector in its “European Strategy for Low-Emission … [Read more...] about Connected or Automated Vehicles: The European Commission Presents its Strategy for Europe