The EU’s relationship with the Pacific region has political, economic and development dimensions. The EU is the Pacific region’s second largest trading partner. Australia and New Zealand are the EU’s like-minded partners, facing common geostrategic challenges and promoting multilateralism and a global rules-based order. In June 2018, negotiations were launched for a comprehensive EU-Australia free trade agreement (FTA) and the fifteenth round of negotiations took place in April 2023. The EU signed an FTA with New Zealand in July 2023.Under the Samoa Agreement the EU has a partnership with the 15 Pacific Island Countries (PICs) that centres on development, fisheries and climate change. It also has partnerships with the three Pacific Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs). Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

Budget expenditure is approved jointly by the Council and Parliament. The annual EU budget must respect the expenditure ceilings agreed under the multiannual financial framework (MFF) for different headings, i.e. categories of expenditure, such as those on the single market, cohesion and natural resources. Thematic and non-thematic special instruments ensure that the EU can react in the event of unexpected needs. The use of budgetary guarantees and financial instruments creates a leverage effect as regards EU spending. In addition to the MFF, the total EU expenditure for 2021-2027 includes the temporary recovery instrument NextGenerationEU, which will help the EU economy to recover from the COVID-19 crisis. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

The integrated maritime policy (IMP) of the EU is a holistic approach to all sea-related EU policies. It is based on the idea that the Union can draw higher returns from its maritime space with less impact on the environment by coordinating its wide range of interlinked activities related to oceans, seas and coasts. Hence, the IMP aims at strengthening the so-called blue economy, encompassing all sea-based economic activities. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

The common market organisation (CMO) in fishery and aquaculture products was the first component of the common fisheries policy (CFP). Overall, the current CMO aims at protecting producers and ensuring the environmental sustainability and economic viability of the market in fishery and aquaculture products. It improves and strengthens key elements of the CMO such as common market standards, consumer information and producer organisations, and introduces new elements, such as market intelligence. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

Parliament plays an important role in shaping European policies by exercising its various powers. Through its participation in the legislative process, its budgetary and control powers, its involvement in treaty revision and its right to intervene before the Court of Justice of the European Union, Parliament helps ensure democratic principles are respected at European level. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

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Have a fear of needles, or hate having a sore arm after getting the flu jab?A new influenza vaccine administered as a nasal spray instead of an injection is now available in Singapore, announced maker AstraZeneca on Tuesday (Nov 18).Called the FluMist Trivalent, the vaccine protects against types A and B of the influenza virus and has been approved by the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) for use in individuals aged two to 49.The FluMist Trivalent is the first and only intranasal and needle-free influenza vaccine available in Singapore. It has also been approved for use in other countries, including the UK and US.Dr Leong Hoe Nam, infectious disease specialist at Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, said in AstraZeneca's statement that having a needle-free vaccine option can be a «game-changer» for public health.«Removing the barrier of needles could significantly increase vaccination uptake across the population,» he surmised.«It is an innovation that has the potential to shift our vaccination rates and strengthen Singapore's resilience against seasonal flu outbreaks.»

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[allAfrica] At least 32 people have been killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) after a bridge at a copper and cobalt mine collapsed due to overcrowding.

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