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KfW IPEX-Bank: Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - 100 Mio. EUR CAPEX-Fazilität für Bestellung von neuen Lokomotiven - Einsatz eines Förderdarlehens des KfW-Programms 269 (Investitionskredit Nachhaltige Mobilität Individualvariante) - Stärkt nachhaltigen und ...

Research Industrial Systems Engineering (RISE) GmbH: Wien/Berlin/Leipzig (ots) - Gemeinsame Realisierung des Einsatzes von HSM-B (kartenlose Institutions-Identität) von RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG, DKTIG, D-Trust & RISE liefert wichtige Erkenntnisse für weiteren Rollout Seit Anfang Dezember 2025 führen ...

The European Union (EU) and southern Medi-terranean partners launched the Pact for the Mediter-ranean in November 2025 to reset relations with the EU’s “Southern Neighbourhood” in an increasingly challenging regional context. The Pact comes 30 years after the 1995 Barcelona Process promised to foster economic – and to a lesser degree political – integration in the Mediterranean Basin. The Pact’s declared objective is to “achieve deeper integration within the common Mediterranean space” (EC & HR, 2025). This policy brief discusses the Pact’s prospects for achieving this goal, which previous efforts have failed to reach. For long-time observers of Euro-Mediterranean rela-tions, the Pact appears to be a “back to the future” approach. Its three substantive “pillars” (people, econo-mies and security) echo the three “baskets” (political/ security, economic and socio-cultural) of the original Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. Structurally, it relies on the same mix of differentiated bilateral agreements (now termed “comprehensive partnerships”) within a multilateral regional framework. The Pact’s success depends on whether the EU and Mediterranean partner countries can resolve four core dilemmas that have long challenged their relations:
• The “autocracy dilemma”: balancing the need to work with authoritarian governments with European interests in supporting democracy.
• The “migration dilemma”: securing borders while respecting human rights.
• The “rentierism dilemma”: finding solutions to immediate economic, social and environmental challenges while making necessary reforms to rentier political economies.
• The “regionalism dilemma”: cutting bilateral deals while trying to build regional structures to address collective action problems.
The term “pact” is normally used to describe an agree-ment between two partners, setting out agreed objec-tives and actions for both sides. The Pact for the Mediterranean is an EU policy framework that, at most, represents a tacit agreement with southern Mediter-ranean governments, without committing either side to policy changes or reforms that might have long-term implications. The Pact for the Mediterranean has potential to strengthen sectoral cooperation, for example on renew-able energy, connectivity infrastructure and labour mobility. If accompanied by sufficient resources and mutual trust-building, this functional cooperation may create incentives for deeper integration. This, in turn, will still depend on whether the EU and southern Mediterranean governments can move beyond trans-actionalism and invest in partnerships between their societies: support for democratic movements and institutions, investment in public goods, protection of the natural environment and investment in collective regionalism. Thus far, there is little indication that the EU and southern Mediterranean governments will take advantage of this opportunity.

The European Union (EU) and southern Medi-terranean partners launched the Pact for the Mediter-ranean in November 2025 to reset relations with the EU’s “Southern Neighbourhood” in an increasingly challenging regional context. The Pact comes 30 years after the 1995 Barcelona Process promised to foster economic – and to a lesser degree political – integration in the Mediterranean Basin. The Pact’s declared objective is to “achieve deeper integration within the common Mediterranean space” (EC & HR, 2025). This policy brief discusses the Pact’s prospects for achieving this goal, which previous efforts have failed to reach. For long-time observers of Euro-Mediterranean rela-tions, the Pact appears to be a “back to the future” approach. Its three substantive “pillars” (people, econo-mies and security) echo the three “baskets” (political/ security, economic and socio-cultural) of the original Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. Structurally, it relies on the same mix of differentiated bilateral agreements (now termed “comprehensive partnerships”) within a multilateral regional framework. The Pact’s success depends on whether the EU and Mediterranean partner countries can resolve four core dilemmas that have long challenged their relations:
• The “autocracy dilemma”: balancing the need to work with authoritarian governments with European interests in supporting democracy.
• The “migration dilemma”: securing borders while respecting human rights.
• The “rentierism dilemma”: finding solutions to immediate economic, social and environmental challenges while making necessary reforms to rentier political economies.
• The “regionalism dilemma”: cutting bilateral deals while trying to build regional structures to address collective action problems.
The term “pact” is normally used to describe an agree-ment between two partners, setting out agreed objec-tives and actions for both sides. The Pact for the Mediterranean is an EU policy framework that, at most, represents a tacit agreement with southern Mediter-ranean governments, without committing either side to policy changes or reforms that might have long-term implications. The Pact for the Mediterranean has potential to strengthen sectoral cooperation, for example on renew-able energy, connectivity infrastructure and labour mobility. If accompanied by sufficient resources and mutual trust-building, this functional cooperation may create incentives for deeper integration. This, in turn, will still depend on whether the EU and southern Mediterranean governments can move beyond trans-actionalism and invest in partnerships between their societies: support for democratic movements and institutions, investment in public goods, protection of the natural environment and investment in collective regionalism. Thus far, there is little indication that the EU and southern Mediterranean governments will take advantage of this opportunity.

The European Union (EU) and southern Medi-terranean partners launched the Pact for the Mediter-ranean in November 2025 to reset relations with the EU’s “Southern Neighbourhood” in an increasingly challenging regional context. The Pact comes 30 years after the 1995 Barcelona Process promised to foster economic – and to a lesser degree political – integration in the Mediterranean Basin. The Pact’s declared objective is to “achieve deeper integration within the common Mediterranean space” (EC & HR, 2025). This policy brief discusses the Pact’s prospects for achieving this goal, which previous efforts have failed to reach. For long-time observers of Euro-Mediterranean rela-tions, the Pact appears to be a “back to the future” approach. Its three substantive “pillars” (people, econo-mies and security) echo the three “baskets” (political/ security, economic and socio-cultural) of the original Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. Structurally, it relies on the same mix of differentiated bilateral agreements (now termed “comprehensive partnerships”) within a multilateral regional framework. The Pact’s success depends on whether the EU and Mediterranean partner countries can resolve four core dilemmas that have long challenged their relations:
• The “autocracy dilemma”: balancing the need to work with authoritarian governments with European interests in supporting democracy.
• The “migration dilemma”: securing borders while respecting human rights.
• The “rentierism dilemma”: finding solutions to immediate economic, social and environmental challenges while making necessary reforms to rentier political economies.
• The “regionalism dilemma”: cutting bilateral deals while trying to build regional structures to address collective action problems.
The term “pact” is normally used to describe an agree-ment between two partners, setting out agreed objec-tives and actions for both sides. The Pact for the Mediterranean is an EU policy framework that, at most, represents a tacit agreement with southern Mediter-ranean governments, without committing either side to policy changes or reforms that might have long-term implications. The Pact for the Mediterranean has potential to strengthen sectoral cooperation, for example on renew-able energy, connectivity infrastructure and labour mobility. If accompanied by sufficient resources and mutual trust-building, this functional cooperation may create incentives for deeper integration. This, in turn, will still depend on whether the EU and southern Mediterranean governments can move beyond trans-actionalism and invest in partnerships between their societies: support for democratic movements and institutions, investment in public goods, protection of the natural environment and investment in collective regionalism. Thus far, there is little indication that the EU and southern Mediterranean governments will take advantage of this opportunity.

Revue de presse kinoise du jeudi 9 avril 2026.

Deux sujets se disputent la tribune dans les colonnes des journaux parus ce jeudi dans la capitale congolaise. Le premier est celui de la conférence sur les infrastructures et le second sur le débat relatif à l’accueil temporaire des migrants en provenance des Etats Unies d’Amérique.

Le chef du secteur de Walendu Djatsi,  Justin Gudza, exhorte la jeunesse de l'Ituri à s'abstenir de toute forme de violence après les récentes incursions attribuées à la milice CRP et qui ont fait plusieurs morts. Lors d'un point de presse tenu mercredi 7 avril à Bunia, l'autorité coutumière a mis en garde contre les manipulations qui menacent le vivre-ensemble dans le territoire de Djugu.

Le ministre de la Justice, Guillaume Ngefa, a annoncé mercredi 7 avril la relance imminente du processus d’indemnisation des victimes de la "guerre de six jours" à Kisangani (Tshopo). Cette reprise est toutefois conditionnée par un audit rigoureux du fichier des bénéficiaires afin d’écarter les cas de victimes fictives.

Le député national Gary Sakata propose de réformer le code pénal congolais pour supprimer les travaux forcés et la servitude pénale. Le texte, déposé à l’Assemblée nationale, vise à remplacer ces sanctions par des peines d’emprisonnement conformes aux standards internationaux des droits de l’homme.

L'ONG « La Terre ne trahit jamais » promeut la production de champignons pleurotes dans la capitale congolaise pour lutter contre l'insécurité alimentaire. Cette initiative agricole, qui vise à créer des revenus pour les jeunes et les femmes, s'appuie sur les qualités nutritives de ce produit.

Un enfant de six ans est mort et plusieurs personnes portées disparues après un naufrage survenu sur le lac Kivu du côté du territoire de Kalahe (Sud-Kivu) pendant la soirée du mardi 7 avril 2026.

Le nombre des passagers à bord de l’embarcation motorisée, qui a chaviré, n’est pas déterminé. Cependant, une source de la société civile de Kalehe fait mention de sept personnes rescapées. 

Ob die Waffenruhe halten wird, hänge davon ab, ob Iran Frachtschiffe durch die Straße von Hormus lassen wird, sagte Marco Overhaus von der Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik.

Les Forces armées de la République démocratique du Congo (FARDC) ont condamné, mercredi 8 avril 2026 à Bunia, le comportement de certains jeunes qui ont empêché, la veille, un convoi de reconnaissance des casques bleus de la MONUSCO d’entrer dans le centre de Mambasa (Ituri).

La société Plantations et Huileries du Congo (PHC) a récompensé, il y a quelques jours, plus de 60 agents et cadres qui se sont distingués par leur engagement et leur performance au sein de l’entreprise en 2025.

Une épidémie de choléra a été déclarée dimanche 8 avril 2026 dans la zone de santé de Boko Kivulu, au Kongo-Central. Selon les autorités sanitaires locales, sur les cinq cas enregistrés, quatre ont été confirmés, dont un enfant.

D’après le médecin chef de zone, le Dr Cosinus Lema, l’épidémie serait partie du village Zamba, à la suite d’un mouvement de population.