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On 3 February, at the closing session of the “Portugal Railway Summit 2021” conference, organised by the PFP - Portuguese Railway Platform Cluster - under the scope of the European Year of Rail and the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the Minister for Infrastructure and Housing, Pedro Nuno Santos, made it clear that the goals of the Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy, presented recently by the European Commission, will only be possible with “public investment”.
The Minister for Infrastructure and Housing recalled that rail is a major priority of the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the transport area and pointed out that this is “the right time to open up wide-reaching political discussion on the future of rail in Europe”.
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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.
Joint statement on the 100th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Portugal and Estonia
3. February 2021 - 10:18
In February 2021, Portugal and Estonia celebrate the 100th anniversary of diplomatic relations. This moment of celebration takes place during especially challenging times for the international community. In this context, Portugal and Estonia value with particular appreciation the strong and long lasting bonds of friendship and cooperation.
Portugal recognised Estonia de facto in 1918 and de jure on 3 February 1921, and has ever since acknowledged Estonia’s sovereignty, which was then reconfirmed by Portugal’s recognition of Estonia on 27 August 1991 and the re-establishment of diplomatic relations on 1 October 1991.
This Thursday, Portuguese Minister for Home Affairs Eduardo Cabrita chaired an informal video conference between European Union (EU) Ministers for Home Affairs.
Also taking part in the meeting, from Brussels, was European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson.
The agenda for the meeting included a discussion on the European Commission s proposal on the New Pact on Migration and Asylum, where there was an analysis of the external dimension of migration: cooperation with neighbouring countries, the coordinated management of migratory flows in the countries of origin and transit, as well as the opening up of legal migration channels. At the press conference after the meeting, the Minister for Home Affairs mentioned that there had also been a debate on the need to set regulations based on European solidarity values.
February 1, 2021
For the third consecutive year, following the publication of Gibson Dunn’s ninth annual U.S. Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Outlook and Review on Data Privacy Day, we offer this separate International Outlook and Review.
Like many recent years, 2020 saw significant developments in the evolution of the data protection and cybersecurity landscape in the European Union (“
EU”):
CJEU” or “
Court”) struck down as legally invalid the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, on which some companies relied to transfer personal data from the EU to the U.S. While companies are turning to other frameworks to transfer personal data, such as Standard Contract Clauses (“