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Une vision à long terme pour les zones rurales de l’Union
En juin 2021, la Commission européenne a dévoilé sa vision pour déterminer comment stimuler le développement des zones rurales de l’Union d’ici à 2040. Le Parlement européen a décidé d’élaborer un rapport d’initiative à ce sujet. Le rapport de la commission de l’agriculture et du développement rural (AGRI) du Parlement doit être mis aux voix lors de la séance plénière de décembre.
Cohesion in the EU towards 2050: 8th Cohesion Report and stakeholder views
The 8th Cohesion Report, published by the European Commission in February 2022, paints a mixed picture of cohesion policy. On the one hand, since the 2008 financial crisis and the contraction of public spending, cohesion policy has played an increasing role in maintaining territorial integrity and public services. On the other hand, many less developed and middle-income regions, especially in the southern and south-western parts of Europe, are stagnating or falling behind. The report highlights that ...
FEMM Committee delegation to Ethiopia - 19-23 September 2022
This Briefing, written by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the FEMM Committee, provides background information for the FEMM Delegation to Ethiopia scheduled from 19 to 23 September 2022. It includes information about the elimination of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), the barriers to women’s political participation, the violence against women in the current war context and the situation of the LGBTI community in ...
Long-term vision for rural areas: European Commission communication
In June 2021, the European Commission published a communication setting out a long-term vision for the EU's rural areas. The range of challenges facing such areas is acknowledged. They include issues relating to demographic change, such as the loss of population from remote rural areas, lower levels of gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, poor access to services, and issues concerning connectivity. A lower proportion of households in rural regions have access to next generation broadband compared ...
EU rural development policy: Impact, challenges and outlook
On 30 June 2021, the European Commission adopted a communication on its long-term vision for the EU's rural areas. The communication identifies areas of action with a view to creating new momentum for the EU's rural areas, while recognising their diversity. In recent decades, in many Member States rural areas have experienced depopulation. Such regions face a range of environmental and socio-economic challenges. These include, for example, lower income per capita, a higher percentage of the population ...
EU long-term vision for rural areas: Pre-legislative synthesis of national, regional and local positions on the European Commission's initiative
This Briefing forms part of an EPRS series offering syntheses of the pre-legislative state of play and consultation on key European Commission priorities during the current five-year term. It summarises the state of affairs in the relevant policy field, examines how existing policy is working on the ground, and, where possible, identifies best practice and ideas for the future on the part of governmental organisations at all levels of the EU system of multilevel governance. EPRS analysis of the positions ...
Villages intelligents: Concept, enjeux et perspectives pour les zones rurales de l’Union européenne
Bien qu'il ne soit pas juridiquement défini dans la législation de l’Union, le concept de «village intelligent» présente un certain nombre de caractéristiques, parmi lesquelles la participation de la communauté locale et l’utilisation d’outils numériques font figure d’éléments essentiels. Dans le cadre de ce concept, la population locale participe à l'action en faveur de l’amélioration de ses conditions économiques, sociales ou environnementales, de la coopération avec d’autres communautés, de l’ ...
Air pollution and COVID-19
This study is about the effects of air pollution on health, notably COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc in many areas of the world. The infection spreads through person-to-person contact. Transmission and prognosis, once infected, are potentially influenced by many factors, including air pollution. Studies have suggested that air pollution increases the incidence and the severity of the disease. However, the current data are too limited to be certain. Especially the quantitative ...
Les personnes âgées des zones rurales de l’Union européenne: Problèmes de fond et enjeux
L’un des principaux défis démographiques auxquels font face les zones rurales est le vieillissement de la population, non seulement chez les agriculteurs, mais aussi parmi la population rurale en général. Le présent document étudie le profil démographique des personnes âgées dans les zones rurales de l’Union et présente un ensemble de questions relatives à la situation des personnes âgées. Les sujets traités recouvrent la santé et l’accès aux services de soins, l’isolement social et la solitude, ...
Étude réalisée pour la commission REGI - Mesures de la politique de cohésion en réaction à la pandémie de COVID-19
Le présent document est une synthèse de l’étude sur les mesures de la politique de cohésion en réaction à la pandémie de COVID-19. L’intégralité de l’étude, disponible en anglais, peut être téléchargée à l’adresse suivante: https://bit.ly/3dGFVKD.