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En moyenne, les dépenses publiques des pays de l'Union européenne représentent 47,3% de leur PIB en 2015. Un montant qui va de 29,4% en Irlande jusqu'à… 57% en Finlande et en France. Malgré ce grand écart, les moyens alloués à la culture restent relativement homogènes dans chaque pays, se situant en moyenne autour de 1,1% du PIB.

The next meeting of the Subcommittee on Human Rights will take place on Tuesday 27 February 2018, from 09.00 - 12.30, meeting room József Antall (4Q1)

Representatives of NGOs as well as other organisations are requested to accede to the EU Transparency Register and follow the procedures therein for access to the European Parliament.
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In light of recent developments in Sudan, Vice-President of the European Parliament, Heidi Hautala and the Chair of the Human Rights Subcommittee, Pier Antonio Panzeri stated:

"We strongly condemn the arbitrary arrest by Sudanese forces of Salih Mahmoud Osman, Sakharov Prize Laureate and Vice President of the Darfur Bar Association, as well as arrests of other human rights defenders in Sudan..."

Press statement
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Crimean Tatar leaders Ilmi Umerov and Akhtem Chiygoz discussed human rights in Ukraine and the impact of EU measures with Human Rights MEPs, on Wednesday.
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Shocked by the recent attack against a Save the Children office, the Chair of the EP's Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI), Mr Pier Antonio Panzeri, made the following statement:

"I express my strongest condemnation of this attack on the Save the Children office in Jalalabad. I am very saddened by this brutal attack which targets an organisation committed to improving the lives and well-being of children in Afghanistan and around the world."

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Alarmed by the recent death sentence pronounced against Hamed bin Haydara, the Chair of the EP's Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI), Mr Pier Antonio Panzeri, made the following statement:

"On 2 January 2018, a rebel-controlled criminal court in Sanaa sentenced the Baha'i prisoner Hamid bin Haydara to death for allegedly collaborating with Israel and forging official documents. His execution, the date of which is unknown, is to be carried out in public. The sentence is the result of a fundamentally flawed process. I therefore call on the responsible Houthi leaders to make sure that Mr. Haydara's death sentence is repealed and that he and the other Baha'i prisoners are released."

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Welcoming Professor Merera Gudina's release, the Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI), Mr Pier Antonio Panzeri, made the following statement:

"I am delighted about the release of Prof Merera Gudina, chairman of the opposition Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC), because his arrest had been particularly shocking for the European Parliament. In fact, Professor Merera Gudina had been arrested almost immediately after attending a meeting in the European Parliament on 9 November 2016 where the human rights situation in Ethiopia was discussed.."

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Alarmed by the detention of Oyub Titiev, Chairs of the Foreign Affairs committee, David McAllister (EPP, DE), and of the Human Rights Subcommittee, Pier Antonio Panzeri (S&D, IT), stated:

"We are very concerned at the detention this week of Oyub Titiev, the prominent human rights defender and Director of the Memorial Human Rights Centre in the Chechen Republic and we call on the Russian authorities to immediately ensure his release and to provide him with all the necessary safeguards in the current proceedings."

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MEPs call for elections in Democratic Republic of Congo, condemn violence in Nigeria and urge China to release human rights activists.

Press statement on DRC, Nigeria and Tibet
Nigerian government must step up security efforts
Democratic Republic of Congo: government must hold elections on 23 December 2018
China must release human rights activists
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Women, gender equality and climate justice
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Annual report on human rights and democracy in the world 2016 and the EU policy on the matter
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Situation in Afghanistan
Situation of the Rohingya people
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MEPs call for the release of Vietnamese blogger Nguyen Van Hoa, the reinstatement of Cambodian opposition lawmakers, and the decriminalisation of miscarriage and abortion in El Salvador.

Freedom of expression in Vietnam, notably the case of Nguyen Van Hoa
Cambodia: the banning of the opposition
El Salvador: the cases of women prosecuted for miscarriage
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Le Parlement européen pourrait statuer sur le remplacement obligatoire de l'Eurovignette par un système de péage, malgré les réticences des États membres.

Les plateformes en ligne devraient supprimer les publications promouvant le terrorisme dans l’heure suivant leur signalement, selon un document de travail de la Commission européenne.

Emmanuel Macron a réaffirmé son ambition de chambouler le paysage politique européen. Mais entre création d’un nouveau parti et ralliement aux libéraux, le parcours s’annonce semé d’embuches.

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La Commission décidera en mars d’entamer ou non une procédure en justice contre les neuf États membres accusés d’avoir enfreint les seuils de pollution atmosphérique.

Mardi 13 février, Martin Schulz a démissionné de la présidence du Parti social-démocrate allemand (SPD). Une décision qui met en lumière la crise que traverse le parti.

La Commission veut encourager la création d'un « Airbus des batteries » au niveau européen. Un projet qui prendrait la forme de plusieurs consortiums plutôt qu'une entreprise unique.