East African and international political leaders and financial experts highlight green investment best practice africanews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from africanews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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The Minister for Home Affairs, Eduardo Cabrita, said today that he believes in a “goodwill coalition between the countries committed to European values”, which will allow the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union to make significant strides in terms of the New Pact on Migration and Asylum.
During an online conference organised by the Migration Policy Institute and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation on the topic of “A route to follow for Migration under the Portuguese Presidency of the European Union”, Eduardo Cabrita explained that it is Portugal s intention to bring the positions held by different countries closer together in order to achieve a principle of “flexible compulsory solidarity” to respond to the challenges faced by Europe when it comes to migration.
Israel hopes that Portugal will be able to convince the EU to reconvene the Israel-EU Association Council during the Portuguese presidency of the European Union, the country’s envoy said on Thursday (21 January).
“I think it is time for the [EU-Israel] Association Council to meet again,” Raphael Gamzou said during a video conference on cooperation between Portugal and Israel under the Portuguese EU presidency.
The Israeli ambassador in Lisbon said the country’s EU presidency was a good opportunity to relaunch bilateral ties, an idea defended by Portuguese foreign minister Augusto Santos Silva during his last visit to Israel in December.
On January 1, Portugal took over the rotating six-month presidency of the European Union, and announced
: to promote Europe’s recovery from the pandemic, its programmes for social solidarity, and its “strategic autonomy.”
Important for success is a focus on research careers, and on strengthening the European Research Area – a set of policies promoting cooperation and mobility of ideas and researchers across the EU. So argues Manuel Heitor, Portuguese minister for science, technology and higher education, in this essay for Science|Business.
Progress achieved in the development of the European Research Area over the past 20 years has attracted broad support, and now it is time to challenge European citizens and institutions to further enhance and improve it. As part of that, as we launch the next EU R&D programme Horizon Europe, we must reaffirm the target that the EU spend 3% of gross domestic product on R&D by 2030 [up from 2.18% in 2018].
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