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#ConnectingEurope : €123M awarded by the European Commission to projects submitted by SNCF Réseau  💶 !   🚆🌍 The European Commission has selected 134 transport projects to receive over €7 billion in EU grants from the #ConnectingEuropeFacility (CEF), the EU's instrument for strategic investment in infrastructure dedicated to building and modernising the #TransEuropeanTransportNetwork. Around 83% of the funding will support projects that deliver on the EU's climate objectives, improving and modernising the EU network of railways, inland waterways and maritime routes along the trans-European transport (TEN-T) network. Rail projects will receive 80% of the €7 billion. 🚆    🏅 6 of the 14 projects submitted by SNCF Réseau have been selected :    ✅Alpine Access to #LyonTurin : detailed design studies for the construction of the French accesses to the Lyon-Torino rail link on the Mediterranean TEN-T Corridor, ✅New Montpellier Perpignan Line (#LNMP) : detailed design of the passenger and freight section from Montpellier to Beziers on the Mediterranean TEN-T Corridor, and the climate resilient design of the section from Beziers to Perpignan. ✅ Grand Projet Ferroviaire du Sud-Ouest (#GPSO) : works & studies for the new high-speed railway line in southwest France (Bordeaux/Toulouse/Spain) , opening the way to Spain & Portugal on the Atlantic TEN-T Corridor, ✅Roissy Picardie : works for the #RoissyPicardie rail link to provide direct access to Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport and its TGV station from the south of the Hauts-de-France Region and the north of the Ile_de-France Region ✅Le Boulou road-rail terminal : studies for the upgrade of Le Boulou rail-road terminal and its connection to the Figueras-Perpignan international high-speed railway line between France and Spain (through Le Perthus tunnel). ✅ETCS locs BB60000 equipment : retrofit with ERTMS L2 Baseline 3 of 10 locomotives that will operate on the Marseille- Ventimiglia line. #HPMV   🌱These investments are crucial for strengthening transport infrastructure in Europe while supporting #climate objectives and regional solidarity. #greendeal   🙏 Thank you to the #EuropeanCommission for these grants and congratulations to all the teams for the high-quality work they have put into these projects. 👏   European Commission Ligne Nouvelle Montpellier – Perpignan (LNMP) Agence GPSO - Grand Projet du Sud-Ouest CINEA - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency SNCF Réseau Dariush Kowsar Matthieu Cochard, marc rennesson, Stéphane LUBRANO, Olivier Galand, Mickaël DUPONT, Christophe HUAU, mathieu barsacq, christelle roux, Nicolas QUIERZY, Dalil Bensalem, Francois Morel, Olivier Rolin, Emmanuel Grossin, Anita Arama, Anne ROUESSARD, Christoph Rat-Fischer, Bastien Farges, Dan WOLFF, Lionel CLEMENT

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Finally going to this as it’s pretty much on the doorstep. Looking forward to meeting others in the global community of practice. https://lnkd.in/ePAspKEC Who else is going? Top tips for getting the most learning from it?

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It was a pleasure to moderate the EESC Employers' Group evening debate with Klaus Welle and Doru Peter Frantescu on the results of the #EUelections2024 and anticipate the power game that will take place in the European Parliament and Council of the European Union during the next legislative and political cycle. A few takeaways: ▶ Professionalisation of far-right groups ▶ Progressive majority is dead. Coalition building will be fluid. We will have either a constructive or a destructive right. ▶ #Defence, #Enlargement, #Demographics will be key priorities, which will put the EU budget under pressure: We will need a 2.0 #NextGenerationEU to finance the political priorities of the next mandate. ▶ We should avoid being defensive. We need an ambitious agenda. Make sure "the cost of non-Europe" is factored in.

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🌍 Applications are open for the 2024 “Liberté-Égalité-Fraternité” Human Rights Prize of the French Republic, awarded by the Prime Minister of the French Government. This prestigious prize recognizes projects that promote and protect human rights, regardless of nationality or borders. 📅 Theme for 2024: Protection of civilians’ rights in any situation related to an armed conflict, as we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the 1949 Geneva Conventions. 💡 Who can apply? Non-governmental organizations Individual candidates 🎖 The application should contain activities or a project to be implemented in France or abroad. The five prize winners will be invited to Paris for the official ceremony and will receive a grant for their project. Additionally, five runners-up will receive a special mention. 📩 Ready to apply? All the details and the application form are available on the CNCDH website: https://lnkd.in/eiC_JDb7 Don’t miss your chance to make a global impact! 🌟 #HumanRightsPrize #LibertéÉgalitéFraternité #CNCDH #HumanRights #France #ApplyNow

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In case you missed it! I3 Info session! #I3Instrument

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Under the Belgian Presidency of the EU, decision makers meet to discuss the future of The European Pillar of Social Rights: https://shorturl.at/kmDL7. #HousingEurope will join the delegation of our umbrella association Social Platform. The meeting comes in the shadow of a leaked draft European Commission 4-year plan containing meagre references to #climatechange & #socialinclusion. Also today and tomorrow, #HousingEurope public sector Med members cluster will meet to focus on their regional challenges, ahead of our annual conference on June 6th. As public housing providers, they are impacted more by public spending limits in face of highest % of 25-35 year-olds living with their parents, lowest % of social and affordable rental, high rates of #shorttermletting and increasing flooding, extreme heat and drought. These discussions come directly after last week's #NewEuropeanBauhaus festival (recordings of all sessions here: https://shorturl.at/agsS6) a European Commission-led movement bringing together people and organisations working on inclusive, climate friendly #designforall. On behalf of #HousingEurope our President, Bent Madsen joined a discussion focussed on the challenge we face of the need to deliver homes within carbon budgets. He stressed that 'Europe has the perogative to optimise resource efficiency or (as it is increasingly termed 'sufficiency') and circularity in delivery of homes but we need to work together with the #construction sector to do that in an affordable way due to lack of skills and supply chain short-comings'. I chaired an intriguing panel on how #housing and construction sectors can become an ally in social and climate progress. Anne-Christine Duhaime Neuro-scientist explained how humans are not hard-wired to deal with challenges like the climate crisis and revert to individualism and conservatism at a time when association and joint action is needed. In contrast and illustrative of the #newhousingparadigm Carles Baiges Camprubí from #LaBorda housing cooperative which follows the 'right-of-use' model was presented as an example of #inclusive #communityled permanently affordable housing, representative of the mission of the #HousingEurope network. The Brussels 'Bouwmeester' or chief government architect Kristiaan Borret spoke about how Brussels plans to manage the potential of conversion of offices to housing as the demand for office space drops by 25%. How can we apply #designforall to reinforce and modernise Europe's welfare states and social protection in line with #EPSR and up to the measure of #ClimateCrisis. This will require a #newhousingparadigm and a rapid acknowledgment of the growing number of Europeans facing housing exclusion and growing #costofliving. #votenewhousingparadigm João Carvalhosa Enrique Bueso Guirao Marco Corradi AVS Gestores Públicos Gianluigi Federcasa Federcasa

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Discover the #Belgian #defence #industry, explore the increasing military expenditure on a global scale, Belgium’s strategic military significance in Europe and its proximity to major defence suppliers like France, Germany, and the UK, in this new publication by our colleagues of the Belgian Foreign Trade Agency (BFTA). Great read!

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📢 Calling all territories in EU Member States and Horizon Europe Associated Countries! 📢 Is your region, city or network ready to drive change to accelerate the green, digital and social transition? Join the EU Preparatory Action on Innovation for Place-Based Transformation! The European Commission's Joint Research Centre just launched a new call to territories to innovate together 💡 and tackle our main challenges. This initiative, supported by the European Parliament, provides 3 different itineraries according to the experience and interests of the territory. Is your territory keen to experiment or build capacity to transform? Applications are open until 22 November! Don't miss this opportunity to: 🔹 Gain insights from successful case studies and real-world applications. 🔹 Deepen your understanding of transformative policymaking through clear methodologies, practices and tools 🔹 Collaborate with peers and experts to develop and implement innovative solutions. Learn more and apply: 👉 https://lnkd.in/dRHxTesE Become a Territory in ACTION! EU Science, Research and Innovation

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🔴 Do you wish to go deeper into what happened in EU Affairs and beyond thsi month? 👉 The ninth issue of our newsletter "The Finder" is out! You can read it here 👇

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🇦🇲🇫🇷 Today I received the delegation led by Senator Ronan Le Gleut, a member of the Committee on #ForeignAffairs, #Defense and #ArmedForces and the European Affairs Committee of the French #Senate. In my speech, I emphasized the high level of friendly relations between #Armenia and #France and the importance of consistent development of cooperation. During the meeting, I presented the scope and priorities of the #MHTI's activities, in particular, I highlighted the development of existing cooperation between the two countries in the field of #cybersecurity, #digitization, #hightechnologies, ensuring the representation of French technological organizations in Armenia. In the context of ensuring regional security and peace, we discussed the prospects of cooperation in the #militaryindustry and #aerospace sector.

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Justice and Home Affairs Council on 13-14 June 2024 in Luxembourg #beEU #belgium24.eu #BEPresidency The most important aspects of the discussions of Ministers of Justice: Policy debates on: 💬 Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine: fight against impunity (a need for additional measures regarding the cooperation with and support to the ICC). 💬 Directive on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children (questions regarding the limitation periods and AI-generated child sexual abuse material). 💬 Regulation on establishing and recognising parenthood in cross-border situations (question of parenthood following surrogacy). 3 General Approaches approved: 💬 Directive on combating corruption. 💬 Directive amending Directive 2012/29/EU on the rights of victims. 💬 Regulation on procedural rules relating to the enforcement of the GDPR. Next step – trilogues with the European Parliament! 5 Council conclusions adopted: 💬 on enhancing and protecting free, open and informed democratic debate. 💬 on the future of EU criminal law. 💬 on small-scale detention. 💬 on judicial cooperation with third countries. 💬 on setting up a judicial organised crime network. 📣 BE handed over the Presidency to HU! And, of course, as always, cheerful traditional Council selfie with LT team!

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🙏 Big thanks to Nexem for inviting CEDAG - European Council of Associations of General Interest at its national conference of the regions (Lille, 23 May 2024) that brings together all Nexem regional representatives and constituents. https://nexem.fr/ 💡 It was a great opportunity to present and confront some of the key European issues at stake at the EU level for associations with the reality of social services providers at the national level. 🔥 For #CEDAG, associations are considered as both providers of services of general interest & democratic actors of the civil society. As such, debates on the future of the internal market, the recognition of the non-profit and associative model of enterprise through #ECBA directive proposal of the European Commission, and access to EU funds #Helpdesk (https://eufunds4social.eu) are strongly echoing at the national level.

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Are you interested in applying to the European Innovation Ecosystem (EIE) Calls that are opening in June 2024? Register now for the Info Days and learn more about the specific requirements for each call! #horizoneurope #eie #euinnovationecosystems #infoday Baudewijn Morgan Ewa Bloch Jo Frost Nicolas Wallet Craig Sharp Louise Mothersole Catherine Holt Ben Morris Teresa Arumardi Clara King Sophie Mifsud

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A success, Antoine, thanks to your professional skills in managing and coordinating this project

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On my way to #Geneva by train for tomorrow’s launch of the European State of the Climate 2023 Report (#ESOTC), prepared for the first time jointly by World Meteorological Organization and Copernicus ECMWF https://lnkd.in/eHRgyuRr https://lnkd.in/eREUbxEd The one-way trip Luxembourg to Geneva (via Metz and Lyon) emits per passenger 9.1 kg CO2 vs more than 6 times more (55.8 kg CO2) with the plane #ClimateUrgency #LowCarbonTravel

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Delighted that we British Irish Chamber of Commerce have launched our European Election Priorities Paper. Some points we'd like respective candidates consider include:   1.     Embrace a Global Trade Agenda. Candidates who represent Ireland should reject the growing trend of isolationism. Free and fair trade opens up new markets for exporters, gives consumers greater competition and options at home, it creates jobs and fuels innovation. 2.     Advocate for an EU – UK SPS Agreement. Agri-food products invoke the greatest levels on checks and inspections. These trade barriers are bad for consumers, farmers and retailers. A comprehensive SPS Agreement would address many of these barriers. 3.     Champion Framework Programme Funding The Chamber is urging MEPs to champion the budget for Framework Programme 10. The Chamber calls for an ambitious, ringfenced budget to deliver world-class research and innovation to solve global challenges and to increase the EU’s competitiveness. Furthermore, the UK’s association to FP 10 should be fast tracked.   4.     Support the Completion of the Capital Markets Union (CMU) The completion of the CMU should allow SMEs to have greater access to liquid capital markets to help fund the transition to a ‘green’ and ‘digital’ economy. The development of the CMU would only be effective if there is a streamlined approach to supervision and regulation across the EU.   5.     Reduce Bureaucracy – Create an EU Commissioner for SMEs   80% of Irish legislation originates from the EU, therefore it is important that it is understandable, implementable, and not contradictory. Excess bureaucracy is a costly burden on businesses and consumers alike and the EU has a reputation for bureaucratic entanglements. Amongst other things, a new SME focused Commissioner could be tasked with reducing unnecessary bureaucracy.   6.     Lead the Acceleration to Net Zero   To achieve this, we need to grow interconnection between Member States and the UK, the electrification of transport systems, and acknowledge the important roles of solar, green hydrogen, the Wind Power Package and the development of biomethane as an alternative source of energy.   7.     Support a potential UK request to link the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) with the UK ETS. Linking of carbon pricing is advantageous to both the EU and UK by increasing the pool of purchasers and sellers of Co2 permits and enhancing efficiencies for both the EU and UK markets.   8.     Protect the interests of Ireland’s Agri-food Sector   The CAP for over 60 years has supported Irish farmers and is critical in ensuring a balance between affordability of food and maintaining farm incomes. In Ireland, over a third of all emissions are derived from the Agri-food sector. Therefore, the onus of the green transition has a disproportionate impact on the sector and should be acknowledged through additional supports for Ireland in the next round of CAP negotiations.

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The European Parliament plenary session starts today in Strasbourg. The briefing material we provide for Members and staff is available in 6 languages. Among the topics covered: 🔹flooding 🔸border controls 🔹car industry & housing crises 🔸Summit of the Future 🔹#HU24EU 🔸religious intolerance

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Join me on October 15th for an insightful talk on EU Support for DefenceTech Startups! #EUDefenceIndustry #DefenceInnovation #EUDIS

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Looking forward to a close collaboration between the Automotive Regions Alliance of the European Committee of the Regions with the Commissioner designate for Sustainable Transport and Tourism Apostolos Tzitzikostas who is also entrusted by the Commission Presient in her Mission Letter to develop an EU industrial action plan for the automotive sector. This is very much in line with call of the Automotive Regions for a just and fair transition. https://lnkd.in/edJqEDvp

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