The EU faces complex environmental issues, ranging from climate change and biodiversity loss to resource depletion and pollution. To address these issues, European environment policy follows the principles of precaution, prevention, rectifying pollution at source and the ‘polluter pays’. In 2019, the Commission launched the European Green Deal, moving environmental concerns to the fore of EU policymaking. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

The Treaty of Nice only partially prepared the EU for its significant enlargements to the east and south on 1 May 2004 and 1 January 2007. Therefore, as part of the conclusions to the Laeken European Council meeting in December 2001, EU leaders established the European Convention on the Future of Europe – an effort to produce a new legal basis for the EU in the form of a treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe. Following ‘no’ votes in referendums in two of the Member States, this treaty was not ratified. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

Public authorities across the EU award contracts for works and services worth EUR 2.448 billion annually, making public procurement a major driver of economic growth, job creation and innovation. The 2014 public procurement package alone adds EUR 2.88 billion to the EU’s GDP each year. Moreover, EU procurement directives have significantly increased total award values, rising from under EUR 200 billion in 2009 to approximately EUR 525 billion by 2017. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

The disastrous effects of the Second World War and the constant threat of an East-West confrontation meant that Franco-German reconciliation had become a top priority. The decision to pool the coal and steel industries of six European countries, brought into force by the Treaty of Paris in 1951, marked the first step towards European integration. The Treaties of Rome of 1957 strengthened the foundations of this integration, as well as the notion of a common future for the six European countries involved. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

As part of the wider Indo-Pacific, Southeast Asia has vital geostrategic importance for the EU and is currently facing relevant geostrategic challenges. The Indo-Pacific is undergoing rapid change, and as home to more than 50% of the world’s population, it is becoming a key geostrategic region. Two thirds of the world’s container trade passes through the Indo-Pacific and its sea lanes are important routes for trade and energy supplies. The EU strategy for cooperation in the Indo-Pacific was adopted in September 2021 to increase the EU’s engagement and build partnerships to address global challenges. The EU is adapting its current instruments to achieve strategic autonomy. Its Strategic Compass for Security and Defence, formally approved by the Council in March 2022, promotes an open and rules-based regional security architecture, including secure maritime routes, capacity-building and an enhanced naval presence in the Indo-Pacific.The EU’s strategy priority areas in Southeast Asia are sustainable and inclusive prosperity, the green transition, ocean governance, digital governance, connectivity through the Global Gateway, security, defence and human security. The EU is forging closer ties with Southeast Asian countries and is promoting regional integration with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which represents, as a whole, the EU’s third-largest trading partner outside Europe (after China and the US). The region has geostrategic concerns, such as the South China Sea dispute and the Taiwan issue, as well as environmental concerns, especially in the Mekong sub-region. The EU is a strong economic player in Southeast Asia and a major development aid donor, working to foster connectivity, digitalisation, institution-building, democracy, good governance and human rights. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

260 heures, c’est en moyenne le temps que l’on passerait dans les embouteillages par an, ce qui équivaut à 11 jours d’affilée. Ce temps perdu n’est pas négligeable à plusieurs niveaux. Il impacte le salarié mais aussi l’entreprise. Quel est le coût de cette perte de temps et d’énergie et comment pourrait-t-on réduire les embouteillages ?

La cour de cassation a cassé partiellement, le 28 mai dernier, l’arrêt de la cour d’appel de Papeete sur les peines prononcées contre Gaston Flosse et Pascale Haiti, dans l’affaire de la tentative d’inscription indue sur une liste électorale.

Le Parlement de Nouvelle-Zélande a infligé jeudi 5 juin des suspensions record à trois députés maoris qui avaient exécuté un haka dans l'hémicycle l'année dernière pour s'opposer à un projet de loi sur les peuples autochtones du pays.

Un Boeing 787 d'Air India s'est écrasé jeudi sur des immeubles d'Ahmedabad dans le nord-ouest de l'Inde peu après son décollage à destination de Londres, ne laissant qu'un survivant connu sur les 242 personnes à bord. Selon la police, le nombre des victimes de l'accident d'un avion d'Air India s'élève à 260, en comptabilisant celles au sol.

This interdisciplinary report focuses on tax barriers to cross-border mobility of workers in the EU. Tax fragmentation creates multiple negative impacts on the EU Internal Market, and compliance costs vary considerably across size, industries and countries. Further, employees’ choice of host country may be distorted by the tax differential. The report concludes with specific policy recommendations for more tax harmonisation and coordination, and for simplified compliance requirements. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

Executive Vice-President Fitto and Commissioner Dombrovskis are invited to the 19th Recovery and Resilience Dialogue (RRD) under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) Regulation, scheduled for 16 June 2025. The previous RRD took place on 31 March 2025. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

The Maastricht Treaty altered the former European treaties and created a European Union based on three pillars: the European Communities, the common foreign and security policy (CFSP) and cooperation in the field of justice and home affairs (JHI). With a view to the enlargement of the Union, the Amsterdam Treaty made the adjustments needed to enable the Union to function more efficiently and democratically. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

As part of the wider Indo-Pacific, South Asia has vital geostrategic importance for the EU, facing significant challenges. The Indo-Pacific is rapidly evolving and becoming the most important geostrategic region, being home to more than 50% of the global population. The EU strategy for cooperation in the Indo-Pacific was adopted in September 2021 to increase the EU’s presence in the region, build partnerships and reinforce the rules-based international order. The EU is adapting its current instruments as part of its strategic autonomy amid growing geostrategic challenges. The EU’s Strategic Compass for Security and Defence, formally approved by the Council in March 2022, promotes an open and rules-based regional security architecture, including secure sea lines of communication, capacity-building and enhanced naval presence in the Indo-Pacific. The EU is forging closer ties with countries in South Asia, as a strong economic player and a major development and aid donor. The EU is working to foster institution-building, democracy, good governance and human rights, while it also has security concerns, such as the Kashmir conflict, Afghanistan, maritime security and terrorism. Parliament has supported the EU’s cooperation and assistance in South Asia, with targeted support for the most vulnerable population groups. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

Digital service platforms and emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence, are profoundly reshaping our society. They have transformed how we communicate, shop and access information online, making them integral to daily life. The European digital agenda for 2020-2030 responds to these changes by seeking to establish secure digital spaces, ensure fair competition in digital markets and enhance Europe’s digital sovereignty, in line with both the digital and green transitions. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

'Securitisation' is the process of pooling financial assets (such as loans, mortgages and consumer credit) and turning them into tradable securities. This process allows banks to transfer the risk of some loans to other banks or long-term investors, such as insurance companies and asset managers. Banks are then allowed to use the capital which was set aside to cover the risk of those same loans to create and sell new loans. In the European Union (EU), the space freed up in banks' balance sheets through the securitisation process can be used to support the Union's priorities, such as the green and digital transitions. However, if left unregulated, the process of securitisation can increase vulnerabilities across the financial system, as it did in the United States with the subprime mortgage crisis which began in 2007. As part of its Capital Markets Union initiative, launched in 2015, the EU relaunched the framework establishing an EU securitisation market, helping the development of finance and the economy without creating risks to financial stability; this is the securitisation framework, which came into force in 2019. According to the Commission's 2022 review report, while the EU's current securitisation framework has made the EU's market safer, it has also resulted in higher costs for issuers and investors, preventing the development of the EU's securitisation market. The capital requirements it introduced may have reduced incentives to participate in or issue securitisations, and some stakeholders have stated that the EU's due diligence requirements have created entry barriers or disincentives for participation by some investors. With the start of the 10th legislative term, the intention of accelerating work on all European savings and investments measures, including securitisation, was confirmed in Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's political guidelines of July 2024; in the mission letter of the Commissioner for Financial Services, Maria Luís Albuquerque, of September 2024; and in the 2025 Commission work programme. The European Parliament has remained supportive of securitisation as a tool for funding the EU's economy but has remained critical of any dilution of regulatory standards that could raise systemic risk. This briefing focuses on the two legal acts of the securitisation framework that the Commission proposes to review in June 2025: the Securitisation Regulation and the Capital Requirements Regulation. These two regulations govern the general rules for securitisation, and the capital requirements for banks and investment firms that hold securitisation positions, respectively. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

Ils sont de plus en plus gros pour pouvoir transporter toujours plus de marchandises. Mais les cargos qui arrivent à Papeete sont encore limités par les dimensions de la passe de Papeete. Le plus imposant à pouvoir pénétrer dans la rade est le Seattle Express. Avec près de 300 mètres de long, il ne peut néanmoins être totalement chargé.

Rural areas are home to 25 % of people in Europe and occupy 83 % of the EU's territory. They face a number of economic, social, demographic and structural challenges that hinder their economic growth and development. With the appropriate policy and financial tools, rural areas will be able to explore their full potential and move to a situation of sustainable long-term growth. In June, Parliament is due to consider an own-initiative report on strengthening rural areas through cohesion policy. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

During the June plenary session, Parliament is due to discuss the joint report of the Committees on Budgets (BUDG) and Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) on the implementation of the RRF, which lays out Parliament's views on the RRF′s progress so far, proposes improvements for its remaining lifetime, and draws lessons for possible future performance-based budgetary instruments. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

Le tribunal administratif de Papeete a annulé la délibération de l’Assemblée de Polynésie française visant à permettre à Antony Géros, le président de l'institution, à poursuivre en justice l'État. Pour les juges, l'Assemblée a outrepassé ses compétences.

This briefing outlines recent and past developments concerning Romania’s fiscal situation and the steps taken under the Excessive Deficit Procedure. On 4 June 2025, the Commission issued a recommendation stating that Romania had failed to take effective corrective action. Should the Council adopt a decision in this regard, the Commission would be obliged to propose the suspension of payments or commitments under the ESI Funds and the RRF. Such a suspension could carry significant economic and social repercussions. Finally, this briefing recounts the situation of Spain and Portugal which also faced a suspension of payments in 2016, and highlights the role of the European Parliament in this process. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

Le tribunal correctionnel a prononcé la relaxe en faveur de Damas Teuira, maire de Mahina, et de ses co-prévenus dans l'affaire de détournement de fonds publics et de prise illégale d’intérêts. Les conditions du financement d'un voyage en Nouvelle Zélande étaient en question.

Le tribunal correctionnel a prononcé la relaxe en faveur de Damas Teuira, maire de Mahina, et de ses co-prévenus dans l'affaire de détournement de fonds publics et de prise illégale d’intérêts. Les conditions du financement d'un voyage en Nouvelle Zélande étaient en question.

La députée polynésienne, Mereana Reid Arbelot est intervenue lors de la séance des questions orales au gouvernement à l'Assemblée nationale, pour demander des discussions sur la décolonisation. Le ministre des Outre-mer, Manuel Valls, a anoncé qu'il en sera question lors de son prochain séjour en Polynésie.

Alors qu’à Nice, le président Macron s’active pour obtenir la ratification du traité sur la haute mer, que sait-on des grands fonds marins du Pacifique français ? Les chercheurs de l’IRD Pierre-Yves Le Meur et Valelia Muni Toke mènent une expertise scientifique collective à ce sujet.

The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act regulates AI systems according to the risks they pose, and general-purpose AI (GPAI) models according to their capabilities. Published in July 2024, the AI Act should take at least three years to come fully into effect. Guidelines, standards, and codes that complement the act are expected. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

Une fusillade a eu lieu sur le Strip, à Las Vegas, devant l'hôtel Bellagio. Deux personnes sont décédées. Un homme s'est livré à la police.

Une étude internationale a passé au peigne fin trois plages de l'île Oahu. Elle révèle que ces plastiques enfouis dans le sable présentent un risque fort de se fragmenter en microplastiques.

Kauli Vaast et Tya Zebrowski se sont illustrés ce week-end à la Newcastle Surfest en Australie. Le champion olympique s'est hissé en finale tandis que la prodige de 14 ans a atteint les demies. La deuxième épreuve des Challenger Series est prévue à Ballito en Afrique du Sud, du 30 juin au 6 juillet 2025.

La politique migratoire de l'administration Trump a entraîné de violents affrontements entre manifestants et forces de l'ordre en Californie depuis le début du week-end. Et ce dimanche 08 juin, des centaines de militaires de la Garde nationale sont arrivés à Los Angeles sur ordre de Donald Trump, sans demande préalable d'un gouverneur d'État.

Les playoffs du championnat de Tahiti de basketball sont bientôt terminés. Vendredi 06 juin, les joueuses ont achevé leur saison avec une nouvelle victoire à domicile et le titre de championnes de Polynésie. Chez les hommes, Excelsior a consolidé sa place pour la finale face à Punaruu.

Haurani Chan a été couronnée samedi 07 juin, à la mairie de Papeete. La nouvelle Miss Dragon succède à Meileen Foug Sung, au terme de quatre passages et de shows endiablés. Jade Laufatte et Miliani Chan Kee Tham sont respectivement sacrées première et deuxième dauphine.

Depuis le 5 mai, six jeunes femmes âgées de 19 à 25 ans sont en lice pour décrocher le titre de Miss Dragon 2025. Ce samedi 7 juin à partir de 18h marque la dernière étape : l’élection finale, placée sous le thème «Les rêves».

Haurani Chan a été couronnée samedi 07 juin, à la mairie de Papeete. La nouvelle Miss Dragon succède à Meileen Foug Sung, au terme de quatre passages et de shows endiablés.

C'est la 50ème projection gratuite de dessin animé proposée par l'association Brigade verte de Tahiti au parc Paofai. Ce samedi 7 juin à partir de 17h00, près de 5000 personnes sont attendues. Un évènement organisé dans le cadre des journées de l'environnement, pour clôturer cette semaine d'actions de dépollution et sensibiliser la population à la préservation du fenua.

Une aire marine protégée de plus d’un million de km² au fenua, c’est ce qu’a annoncé le président du Pays, Moetai Brotherson, lors du conseil des ministres extraordinaire à la Présidence ce vendredi 6 juin. Une initiative saluée par le président de la République, Emmanuel Macron, qui qualifie cette décision d'historique pour la protection de l'océan Pacifique.