The CONT Committee organised a conference to mark the 50th anniversary of the Budgetary Treaty of Brussels. The event, held on 24 September 2025, reflected on the history and evolution of the Treaty, highlighting key developments over the past 50 years (1975-2025). It also examined the future challenges of parliamentary scrutiny and budgetary control. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

This briefing provides a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in the current 10th parliamentary term (2024-2029) who had held public office at local, regional and/or national level before taking up their mandates (or, in some cases, continue to hold sub-national level public posts). The analysis found that 64 % of MEPs had previously held public office at one or more of these levels before the current term. Their roles included mayors, city councillors, members of regional assemblies, regional ministers, members of national parliaments, national ministers and prime ministers. Specifically, 41 % of MEPs had held office at national level, 37 % at local level and 24 % at regional level. Notably, 23 % had served at two levels of government and 7 % at all three. The average duration of prior experience in these roles is significant: 10 years at local level, 7 years and 8 months at regional level, and 8 years and 5 months at national level. These figures are broadly consistent with those from the 9th parliamentary term (2019-2024), both in the proportion of MEPs with prior office-holding experience and the duration of that experience, which suggests continuity in Parliament's institutional profile. In terms of gender patterns, a higher share of male than female MEPs had held office across all three levels. The gap was relatively small at local and regional level but wider at national level, where 44 % of men had prior experience compared with 35 % of women. Finally, the briefing examines how the share of MEPs with prior office-holding experience varies across parliamentary committees – in which they serve as full members – highlighting variations by policy area and level of government. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

The European Union controls the export of dual-use items and technologies that can be utilised for both civilian and military purposes. This stems from international obligations to counter the proliferation of items with potential military use. Entities planning to export these items need to obtain authorisation. These controls are administered and enforced at Member State level. Current Regulation (EU) 2021/821 sets common rules on the control of exports, brokering, technical assistance, transit and transfer of dual-use items. Annex I to the regulation, based on internationally agreed controls, lists the dual-use items requiring export authorisation. The Commission periodically amends the list of dual-use items through a simplified delegated regulation. Apart from this annex, which is binding in all EU Member States, the Commission publishes two other lists of export control measures to be taken by Member States. This parallel system means that the EU lacks a uniform, timely and effective control framework, required more than ever during these times of war on Europe's borders. At the same time, evidence shows that Western dual-use items are still feeding Russia's war machine, and the aggressor is hampering expansion of the scope of multilateral non-proliferation agreements. These factors led the Commission to include in its 2025 Annex I update items Russia prevents from being controlled multilaterally. Many experts consider this move an indication that the EU is consolidating powers in export controls to overcome this obstruction. The European Parliament has until 8 November 2025 to raise any objections to the new annex. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

Le chauffard qui a renversé mercredi 15 octobre un policier de la direction territoriale de la police nationale a été interpellé ce jeudi à Paea. L’enquête pour tentative d’homicide sur un fonctionnaire de police est en cours.

Le mardi 14 octobre 2025, un trentenaire a été interpellé en pleine audience du tribunal de Papeete pour avoir filmé les débats d’une affaire d’importation d’ice. Il sera jugé pour enregistrement illégal, un délit puni de deux mois de prison.

C'est la semaine de l'allaitement. A cette occasion la maison de l'enfance de Faa'a rappelle l'importance de ce geste naturel pour nourrir son enfant mais aussi pour prévenir d'un cancer du sein chez la mère. Selon l'OMS, une augmentation de l'allaitement maternel permettrait chaque année d'éviter 20 000 décès dus au cancer du sein.

Rémy Brillant, directeur général des services de la mairie de Papeete, était l'invité café de notre matinale radio ce jeudi 16 octobre. Il est venu promouvoir le chant lyrique, mis à l'honneur vendredi et samedi soir dans les jardins de Paofai, pour la troisième année consécutive. L'Opéra national de Paris revient à Papeete à travers deux projections gratuites. L'occasion également de revenir sur les actions culturelles de la capitale.

State of play - 10th legislative term, as of October 2025 This document provides an overview of the European Parliament’s committee-level Economic Dialogues with other institutions of the European Union under the European Semester for economic policy coordination. It also lists the Recovery and Resilience Dialogues with the European Commission as undertaken by the competent committee(s) since the start of the current legislative term in June 2024, and includes an overview of the respective legal bases. During the 10th legislative term, the competent committees have so far held 5 Recovery and Resilience Dialogues and 3 Economic Dialogues with the European Commission, 3 Economic Dialogues with the Council, and 1 Economic Dialogue with the Eurogroup. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

This study reviews the current framework to protect democracy in the EU in view of the forthcoming European Democracy Shield. It provides a comprehensive map of the existing instruments, while identifying and assessing outstanding policy challenges, regulatory gaps and implementation issues. The study also formulates recommendations to strengthen democratic resilience. The study was commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Justice, Civil Liberties and Institutional Affairs at the request of the EUDS Special Committee Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

To raise awareness of the many forms of trafficking in human beings and to boost efforts to address them, the European Union has set 18 October as EU Anti-trafficking Day. Marking the day is an opportunity to highlight the European Parliament's call to step up action against trafficking for the purpose of labour exploitation, which is now broadly recognised as a significant problem across the EU, affecting both EU and non-EU citizens. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

As part of the EU's long-term budget for the 2028-2034 period, the European Commission did not present a separate fund to support the common fisheries policy (CFP). Instead, as part of a redesign of the EU's long-term budget, support for fisheries, aquaculture and ocean-related activities would be integrated into a single, larger fund that also covers other areas, such as cohesion and agriculture. Consequently, rather than launching a legislative proposal to establish the successor to the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) of the 2021-2027 programming period, the Commission published a shorter, sectoral proposal outlining specific conditions for funding in support of the CFP, the ocean pact and the EU's maritime and aquaculture policy. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

Plusieurs centaines de grammes de cannabis séché ont été saisis ces derniers jours à la gare maritime de Papeete par les policiers de la Direction territoriale de la Police nationale (DTPN), dans le cadre d’une opération de lutte contre un trafic de stupéfiants inter-îles.

Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan (EBCP) was establised in 2021 to put Europe’s ambition on cancer prevention, early detection, diagnosis, treatment and quality of life for patients and survivors into practice. It consists of ten flagship initiatives, each supported by EU-funded projects, most of which have already concluded. The EBCP has established important foundations by creating networks, mapping inequalities, and investing in knowledge centres. These achievements now provide a basis to advance cancer research, improve care delivery, and make better use of existing tools. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

Le tribunal administratif de la Polynésie française a rejeté, le 14 octobre 2025, le recours d’un policier suspendu et privé de traitement. Mis en examen à Papeete pour vol et tentative d’extorsion, il affirmait que son absence de service n’était pas volontaire et que l’État l’avait injustement écarté.

Le volcan Lewotobi Laki-Laki, situé sur l'île de Florès, dans l'est de l'Indonésie, est de nouveau entré en éruption à plusieurs reprises depuis mardi soir conduisant les autorités à relever le niveau d'alerte à son maximum.

Increased political polarisation has led to a proliferation of attacks against elected representatives, political candidates and party members. Verbal abuse and insults, harassment, threats and intimidation, as well as smear campaigns against politicians, occur regularly both online and offline, marking a serious degradation in the quality of political debate in the EU. During the 2024 European elections campaign, there were serious incidents in several countries. Nevertheless, acts of physical violence remain isolated and less frequent in the EU than in many other parts of the world. Violence is a risk to which politicians have always been exposed, including in democratic regimes. Organised crime and radicalised individuals or groups resort to violence to promote their political or economic agendas. EU countries have been unevenly affected; violence linked to organised crime has particularly affected certain regions, especially southern Italy, where it has proven difficult to eradicate. By contrast, violence driven by political radicalisation is a more recent phenomenon and increasingly affects all EU countries – albeit to varying degrees – and tends to flare up during periods of heightened tension, such as election campaigns and large-scale public protests. The impact on political debate, free exchange of opinions and compromise-building is profoundly negative. Violence and intimidation pressure politicians to self-censor when addressing politically sensitive issues and, in some cases, to step out of politics altogether. To counter this, several EU countries have adopted preventive and protective measures, including regular data collection. Examples include classifying offences against elected representatives as aggravated offences, simplifying reporting, and providing training, counselling and emergency assistance. Parliaments have also promoted civility and mutual respect in debates through codes of conduct and have established support services such as legal aid, psychological counselling and security assistance. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

The European Commission's interim evaluation of the current (2021 2027) European Solidarity Corps programme affirms the programme's success in fostering youth engagement, social cohesion and solidarity across Europe. The evaluation confirms that the programme effectively promotes inclusion, diversity and democratic participation while strengthening European identity and values. However, it also finds that the programme lacks sufficient funds. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

La 25ème édition du Salon du Livre aura lieu du 16 au 19 octobre à To'ata, sous l'impulsion de l'Association des éditeurs de Tahiti et des Îles. Des nouveautés littéraires seront présentées, et des auteurs étrangers feront le déplacement. Il sera aussi question de numérique et d'IA dans la littérature.

Le colloque sur l'accès à la propriété foncière s'est ouvert le 14 octobre à l'assemblée. Quatre thématiques seront abordées : la sortie d'indivision, l'usucapion, le titrement et l'acquisition d'une propriété. Certaines familles ont fait le déplacement en espérant obtenir des réponses à leurs interrogations.

Polynésie La Première célèbre ses 60 ans d'existence. L'occasion de revenir sur l'histoire de RFO avec Étienne Raapoto, ancien journaliste et pilier de la station. Après 40 ans de service, il témoigne des débuts, des défis techniques et de la lutte historique pour la reconnaissance de la langue polynésienne dans les médias.

Le Premier ministre Sébastien Lecornu a décidé de suspendre la réforme des retraites jusqu'en janvier 2028, répondant ainsi aux exigences des socialistes. Malgré ces concessions, deux motions de censure (LFI et RN) seront examinées jeudi. Emmanuel Macron a averti que si M. Lecornu était renversé, il prononcerait la dissolution de l'Assemblée nationale, estimant que ces motions sont des «motions de dissolution». En Polynésie, Te Nati RN le prend au mot.

Housing affordability problems are widespread across the European Union. This in-depth analysis explains how different groups experience these problems in different ways, focusing on younger people, households with children and older people. It does so using a framework mapping housing affordability problems in terms of housing exclusion, housing insecurity, problematic housing costs and housing inadequacy. It critically discusses how demand and supply oriented housing policies, as well as non-housing policies, can address these problems. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

On 19 November 2023, Javier Milei, the self-proclaimed 'anarcho-capitalist' and founder of the La Libertad Avanza party (LLA), won the presidential runoff with a campaign promising to radically reduce the Argentine state debt and reverse the country's persistent structural economic problems. Following his assumption of the presidency on 10 December 2023, Milei has implemented the most ambitious austerity and deregulation programme Argentina has seen this century. At the end of the first half of his term there have been impressive successes on the macroeconomic side (reducing inflation, consolidating the state budget and economic recovery). However, the measures have also had severe social implications. Almost two years after Milei's election victory, the midterm legislative elections taking place on 26 October 2025 are an important litmus test on the acceptance of his radical reform programme and his possible re-election in 2027. The question is whether Milei's LLA party can increase its seats in the bicameral Congress, where it will have to negotiate with the opposition on the implementation of further structural reforms. From the EU perspective, Argentina is particularly important as it is one of the four founding members of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) with which the EU is aiming to conclude the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement (EMPA). Moreover, Argentina holds vast reserves of critical raw materials which are key for the clean transition of the EU economy and for the EU's strategic autonomy. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

At more than one in five, the number of children at risk of poverty in the European Union (EU) remains high. This year's International Day for the Eradication of Poverty presents an opportunity to take stock of what the EU is doing to fight child poverty. Even though legal competence for child policy remains primarily with the Member States, the fight against child poverty is a major EU priority. The European strategy on the rights of the child now reflects the EU's increasing willingness to tackle child poverty, while the use of European funds is key to success. This is a further update of a publication originally from November 2019. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

The European Union (EU) has developed a complex architecture of information systems to support its policies on external borders, migration management and internal security. In response to recent migration and security challenges, the EU has sought to expand and upgrade its existing information systems on borders and security, and establish new systems and ensure their interconnection (interoperability). The underlying policy goal has been to 'close information gaps' on third-country nationals arriving or staying in the EU, to combat irregular migration and counter security threats more effectively. While the legislative work of updating and expanding EU-wide information systems for borders and security has been swift, the implementation of changes has been more challenging. Following the launch of the revised Schengen information system in March 2023, the new entry/exit system started operations on 12 October 2025. The European travel information and authorisation system (ETIAS) will follow at the end of 2026. This briefing provides an overview of EU-wide information systems for border management and security. It discusses recent developments and presents, where available, key figures on the operation of these systems. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

Samedi matin, un accident de la circulation au niveau de la pharmacie de Prince Hinoi a coûté la vie à Jean-Baptiste, un habitué de l’Accueil Te Vai-ete, alors qu'il circulait en vélo. L'homme était âgé de 65 ans.

Le président de la Fédération Polynésienne des sapeurs pompiers, Gaston Tunoa, appelle à la plus grande vigilance face aux risques d'incendie, exacerbés par la période de sécheresse. Alors que des difficultés d'accès et d'équipement ont été relevées lors de récentes interventions, il est essentiel que la population respecte les consignes de prudence. Les précisions de Gaston Tunoa, invité du JT.

Les semaines de la santé mentale se tiennent jusqu’au 19 octobre. L’occasion de casser un tabou autour du mal-être. Difficile d’en parler, de faire le pas pour consulter quand il y en a besoin. Mais les mentalités commencent à évoluer et la santé mentale est peu à peu déstigmatisée.

Les saisies de drogues ont été spectaculaires depuis le début de l’année : près de 900 kilos de cannabis récemment découvert par la gendarmerie, 51 kilos d’ice saisis par la douane. Le trafic continue, la lutte s’intensifie et la société essaye d'alarmer sur les effets. Décryptage.

Après la découverte de 15 kilos d’ice il y a quelques jours sur un passager à l’aéroport de Tahiti-Faa’a, les douaniers sont plus que jamais sur le qui-vive. Ce matin, il y a eu 4 vols en provenance des Etats-Unis. Pas de drogue saisie, mais des articles de contrefaçon.

The ‘common market organisation’ (CMO) Regulation introduces changes to rules governing the common market organisation in agricultural products (including the rules on wine), the EU quality schemes (geographical indications) and the support measures for remote regions. The aim is to equip agricultural markets with support measures to face new challenges, update provisions, simplify procedures and ensure consistency with other regulations under the common agricultural policy (CAP). Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

The economic and monetary union (EMU) is the result of economic integration in the EU. A common currency, the euro, has been introduced in the euro area, which currently comprises 20 EU Member States. All EU Member States – with the exception of Denmark – must adopt the euro once they fulfil the convergence criteria. A single monetary policy is set by the Eurosystem, comprising the European Central Bank’s Executive Board and the governors of the central banks of the euro area. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

The ‘Horizontal’ Regulation on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy (CAP) provides the legislative framework for adapting the financing, management and monitoring rules of the CAP to its new delivery model. It seeks to achieve more subsidiarity and simplification, with greater responsibility given to Member States, showing a shift from ensuring compliance to monitoring performance and reduced administrative burdens for the Member States. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

The European Union provides farmers with income support or ‘direct payments’ to function as a safety net and make farming more profitable, guarantee food security in Europe, assist them in the production of safe, healthy and affordable food and reward farmers for delivering public goods not normally paid for by markets. They are managed jointly by the Commission and the Member States through a number of schemes. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

Près de 300 personnes ont participé dimanche à la première édition du Fautaua Nike ultimate trail, au programme : un parcours de 56 km séparé en 8 boucles de 7 km, un format atypique pour les participants avec une pause entre chaque boucle. Chez les hommes Damien Troquenet l’a emporté, chez les dames Pauline Moreau a décroché la victoire.