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The Nazi flag on the uniform angered the fans of the German team

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The strongest team in the region has put its reputation at risk.

There is a pause in European football now. The leagues are over, the Nations League matches have been played, so all that is left for clubs to attract the attention of fans is talk of transfers and the presentation of new kits. Classic off season.

Holstein Kiel from the second German Bundesliga followed the same path. However, an ordinary announcement in the club’s social networks suddenly turned into an information bomb. The fans saw on the new T-shirts of the “storks” … the Nazi flag.

Management urgently had to make excuses to the fans!

Pride of the region

Holstein Kiel have been playing in the German second division for the last five seasons. The team has not yet been able to break into the elite, although recently it was really close to this. In the 2020/21 season, the “storks” finished in third place, but lost in the “junctions” for a place in the first Bundesliga to “Cologne”. In the last campaign, the club experienced a slight decline (9th place), but does not plan to give up its goal.

Despite modest results, “storks” are considered the pride of their region. In ancient times, Kiel was the strongest club in the entire north of Germany and even regularly took trophies. The team still remains the strongest in Schleswig-Holstein, although in the modern era it has never made it to the first Bundesliga.

In preparation for the next season, the team introduced a new kit. And if in the away version, which is very similar to the colors of Stuttgart from the time of Pavel Pogrebnyak, the fans did not find anything remarkable, then the home kit surprised everyone.

The blue T-shirt on the upper part of the front side is decorated with a tricolor: a dark blue color, followed by a white and red stripe. At first glance, a fairly popular coloring for sports equipment, but the German fans saw something different in it.

Third Reich

On the same day, the social networks of the club instantly flooded with messages like this:

– Do you really think that the Reich flag on a home jersey is appropriate?

The home jersey is definitely not to be worn. Can I somehow add a small warning that it can be confused with a flag?

The audience did not understand everything the way they wanted in the club. The thing is that the image on the home kit of the club from Schleswig-Holstein is very much like the tricolor of the Third Reich. The intimidating flag contained black, white and red colors.

If you do not peer into the Holstein Kiel jersey, then the dark blue shade can really seem black, and in combination with the subsequent two colors, it really resembles the infamous flag.

An accident that can cost a reputation

Some fans still remain on the side of the club and urge their compatriots not to build stupid speculations:

The comments here are German clichés. People are just trying to see something negative everywhere. Even if you intentionally interpret dark blue as black. Anyone who sees the Reich war flag here must get out of their bubble.

There are also extremely positive assessments:

Cool T-shirt – decided by the user @christi79364674.

God, how gorgeous,” wrote @michiksv.

But such subscribers are in the minority. The Germans reacted extremely sharply to this situation, so the club even had to urgently come up with explanations:

“At this stage, we would like to make it clear that we distance ourselves from any form of racism or right-wing ideas. The colors of our T-shirt are blue, white and red: the colors of Schleswig-Holstein. This is also clearly visible in the original, ”the official message on the team’s social network says.

Of course, few can doubt that the club simply wanted to emphasize its belonging to its native region. However, due diligence, unfortunately, the designers and their bosses did not show. So now the team from the north of Germany will have to seriously think about the next steps: if the discussion does not subside, then they will probably have to change their home kit. Otherwise, the reputation of the club may suffer greatly.

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U.S. runs out of stock of Russian RD-181 rocket engines used on Antares missiles

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Flights of the American cargo ships Cygnus to the ISS may be interrupted for an indefinite period due to the US running out of stocks of Russian RD-181 rocket engines. These engines are used on Antares rockets, which are the regular carriers of Cygnus cargo ships.

According to the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin, the United States has only four RD-181 engines left, enough for two launches of Antares rockets. What they intend to do next in the United States is unknown; deliveries of Russian rocket engines to the Americans have been stopped as part of retaliatory sanctions. This was announced at the beginning of March this year. In addition to stopping deliveries, Russia also stopped servicing engines already delivered. We are talking about the RD-180 used on the American Atlas-5 and RD-181 missiles used in the first stage of the Antares missiles.

As a result of our retaliatory sanctions, the United States has only 4 RD-181 engines left. They are enough for two Cygnus launches, Rogozin said.

The press service of Roscosmos clarified that the United States has a way out of this situation, they just need to adapt the Cygnus cargo ship to another carrier. After a few years and large financial costs, this issue will be resolved. Another option is to try to negotiate with Russia on the supply of engines.

Earlier it was reported that the United States was unable to correct the height of the ISS orbit using the engines of the Cygnus cargo ship docked to the station. NASA has not yet given a reason. The correction of the ISS orbit, carried out by the US cargo ship Cygnus on Monday, June 20, was interrupted for an unspecified reason. Whether attempts to raise the station will continue is still unknown, the American “truck” should leave the ISS on Thursday, June 23.

An unprecedented discovery by astronomers of what is in our galaxy

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An astronomical team has discovered a strange object in the center of the Milky Way, resembling a miniature spiral galaxy orbiting a massive star, ScienceAlert reports, citing a publication in the journal Nature Astronomy.

The discovery was made with the help of the ALMA microwave telescope (ALMA – Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array) in the Chilean Atacama Desert.

The star is 26,000 light-years from Earth and is about 32 times more massive than the Sun. It is located in a huge disk of rotating gas, called a “protostar disk”. The disk is about 4,000 astronomical units wide (1 astronomical unit equals the distance between the Earth and the Sun).

Such discs are widespread in the universe. They “feed” the stars by helping young luminaries gain mass.

However, the object observed in the Milky Way is quite unusual. It looks like “a tiny galaxy that orbits dangerously close to the center of our galaxy,” astronomers said.

Observations show that the movement of the disk hardly gave it its natural spiral shape. According to researchers, he rather survived a collision with another space object.

Scientists have made computer simulations and found that this cataclysm probably occurred about 12,000 years ago. The large object has changed the shape of the dust cloud to such an extent that clearly visible spiral “sleeves” have appeared in it.

“Because there are millions of times more stars in the center of the Milky Way than in our part of the galaxy, such events probably occur there quite regularly,” said Lu Xing, co-author of the study at the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory in China.

A terrible earthquake struck overnight in Afghanistan

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A terrible earthquake struck this morning the south-east of Afghanistan
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The 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck overnight in Paktika and Khost provinces on the border with Pakistan in southeastern Afghanistan. More than a thousand people were killed and 1500 others injured.

The earthquake was felt in several provinces in the region, and also in the Afghan capital, Kabul, located about 200 km north of the epicenter of the earthquake. It was also felt in neighboring Pakistan, but no damage or casualties have been reported yet.

The quake is arrived at night when many people were asleep. Families could be still believed to be trapped under the rubble. we can fear that the toll could rise further.

“People are digging grave after grave,” said the head of the Information and Culture Department of Paktika province, Mohammad Amin Huzaifa, in a message to the press. “It is also raining and all the houses are destroyed. There are no tents or food. People are still trapped under the rubble (…) We need immediate help,” he added.

More than 2,000 houses were reportedly destroyed.
In the villages, unfortunately, people don’t always have the income, the ressources and the ability to build proper housing that’s why as many houses were destroyed, if no more have already been destroyed.

This is the first natural disaster since the Taliban takeover. The government is trying to send helicopters to aid people but the issue is that the aid economic here has been devastated. They are trying to rely as much on local aid agencies, but those are the ones that have felt the greatest impact from the sanctions, from the cutback.
In this poor and difficult to access rural areaGetting aid to people in need has always been extremely difficult and they will very struggle to deal with this issue until international aid agencies cans pump money in more support because at the moment they’re really under resources and founded.

Afghanistan is plunged into a serious financial and humanitarian crisis caused by the freezing of billions of assets held abroad and the sudden halt of international aid which had been carrying the country at arm’s length for 20 years and which is now returning in dribs and drabs.

Frequent earthquakes

Afghanistan is frequently hit by earthquakes, especially in the Hindu Kush mountain range, which lies at the junction of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates. These disasters can be particularly destructive because of the low resistance of rural Afghan houses.

The deadliest earthquake in Afghanistan’s recent history (5,000 deaths) occurred in May 1998 in the northeastern provinces of Takhar and Badakhshan.

Eurobarometer survey: In face of Ukraine war, Citizens close ranks in support of EU

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EU-Wide Survey: In face of Ukraine war, Citizens close ranks in support of EU
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Eurobarometer surveys are the official polling instrument used by the European Parliament, the European Commission and other EU institutions and agencies to regularly monitor the state of public opinion in Europe on issues related to the European Union, as well as attitudes on subjects of political or social nature. 

Russia’s war against Ukraine has strengthened public support for the EU, the EP Spring Eurobarometer survey published today finds.

Almost two thirds (65%) of Europeans see EU membership as a good thing. This is the highest result since 2007, when it was at 58%. EU membership is seen as ‘a good thing’ by a relative majority of citizens in all countries except Greece and Slovakia, where more respondents view it as ‘neither a good nor a bad thing’. Compared to Parliament’s last Parlemeter survey conducted at the end of 2021, results have increased significantly in most countries, particularly in Lithuania (+20 pp), Malta (+12 pp) and Estonia (+9 pp).

52% of Europeans today have a positive image of the EU, against 12% negative. This result is an increase of 3 points for positive image since November-December 2021 and, at the same time equals the best result measured by European Parliament’s surveys since 2007. National results for a positive EU image range from 76% in Ireland to 32% in Greece.

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola, welcoming the results of the survey, said: “With war returning to our continent, Europeans feel reassured to be part of the European Union. European citizens are deeply attached to freedom, are ready to defend our values, and are increasingly realising that democracy can no longer be taken for granted.”

Recent events have also shaped the image Europeans have of other major actors on the international scene. Russia is seen positively only by 10% of respondents, down from 30% in 2018 when this question was last asked. China returns the second lowest ranking with 22% (-14 pp). By contrast, Europeans have a more positive image of the UK (65%, +1 pp) followed by the USA with 58% (+13 pp).

Most citizens perceive the war in Ukraine as fundamental change: 61% of Europeans are not confident that their life will continue unchanged. Only around a third of respondents (37%) believe it would. A survey published last week by the European Commission shows eight in ten respondents (80%) agreeing with imposing economic sanctions on the Russian government as well as Russian companies and individuals. A majority of citizens in 22 Member States is satisfied with the EU’s response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Inflation and the cost of living were already rising since long before Russia invaded Ukraine, further magnifying the problem, and now four in ten Europeans say they are already experiencing an impact on their standard of living (40%). As clear sign of European resilience and unity, 59% of Europeans see the defence of common European values such as freedom and democracy as a priority – even if that were to affect prices and the cost of living.

The increasing economic worries are also reflected in the political priorities citizens want the European Parliament to focus on: The fight against poverty and social exclusion is mentioned first (38%), followed by public health (35%), which has dropped significantly by 7 pp over the past six months, and democracy and rule of law (32%), which in turn was subject to a significant increase by 7 pp.

The perception of the war and what it means for the European Union becomes also visible in the citizens’ core values they want the European Parliament to defend as a matter of priority: Democracy again tops the list, with an increase of six points compared to autumn 2021 (38%, +6pp). The protection of human rights in the EU and worldwide as well as the freedom of speech and thought both follow on 27%.

Background

The European Parliament’s spring 2022 Eurobarometer was carried out between 19 April and 16 May 2022 among 26.578 respondents in the 27 EU Member States. The survey was conducted face-to-face and completed with online interviews where necessary. EU results were weighted according to the size of the population in each country.

Theologies and practices of religious pluralism

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Theologies and practices of religious pluralism

Theologies and practices of religious pluralism was a theme in a panel at the Fifth Annual Conference of the European Academy of Religion held in Bologna, on 21 June.

The overarching topic of the Conference was Religion and Diversity.

CEC Executive Secretary Katerina Pekridou spoke about self-understanding of the Orthodox Church in relation to ecclesial plurality based on a series of consultations held from 2002-2008 between CEC and the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe (CPCE).

These consultations initiated a dialogue about a possible church model of “unity in reconciled diversity” as founded on the Leuenberg Agreement.

The panel was part of a larger project “The Theologies and Practices of Religious Pluralism” organised by Reset Dialogues on Civilizations, Milano, the University of Birmingham, the Berkley Center at Georgetown University, and the Foundation for Religious Sciences, Bologna.

The project will further investigate current debates and issues on pluralism within and across religious traditions and how some of these debates are reshaping the status of religion in different public spaces.

Violence, rhetoric, hate speech, drive atrocity crimes in Ukraine and beyond, Security Council hears

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Violence, rhetoric, hate speech, drive atrocity crimes in Ukraine and beyond, Security Council hears
The UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide briefed the Security Council on Tuesday, reinforcing concerns already voiced by other senior UN officials in the chamber, over “the heightened risks” of sexual violence, and trafficking, which are “significantly impacting women and children”, following the Russian invasion of 24 February.
Beginning her briefing with a wider perspective, Wairimu Nderitu said that hateful and contentious narratives that form in the wake of growing hostility, violence and discrimination, could have a “devastating impact” on societies at large.

“We saw it in the lead up to the Holocaust, in Rwanda in 1994” and also in the ethnically-charged Bosnia conflict between Muslims, Serbs and Croats in the mid-1990s, she said, reminding that “ending wars require sustained actions”, including countering acrimonious rhetoric, hate speech online and offline, and rights violations that impact lives and livelihoods.

Countering hate

The senior UN official recounted that the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, which in 1948, “emerged out of the shadows of the Holocaust,” identifies as punishable offences, conspiracy to commit genocide, direct and public incitement to commit genocide, attempt to commit genocide and complicity in genocide.

“This is done in full respect to the essential right of freedom of expression as provided under international human rights law,” she said.  

Ukraine in focus

Turning specially to Ukraine, Ms. Nderitu highlighted the important role regional and international in addressing the ongoing humanitarian crisis and stressed the importance for all States to adhere to international human rights and international humanitarian law and principles.

The special Adviser recalled the Secretary-General’s visit to the region, his call for a cessation of hostilities and her office’s work in supporting inter-communal dialogue efforts with the UN Country Team there.

Meanwhile, “the continued deterioration of the situation,” has prompted the Special Adviser to urge all in a position of influence to “redouble their efforts to contribute to the restoration of peace”.

She called on religious leaders to use their influence to support efforts to solve the ongoing conflict, not to inflame it further and reminded that advocacy of national, racial, or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence, is prohibited under international law.

Solution is possible with commitment on the part of everyone – UN Special Adviser

‘We must work harder’

In terms of allegations that could constitute the possible commission of genocide and war crimes in Ukraine, she said that could only be decided “by a court of competent jurisdiction”, adding that her office “does not carry out criminal investigations on specific incidents, present or past”.

While the Special Adviser role is for prevention, not adjudication, she again called for “an end to this war, to ensure the protection of civilians and to accelerate diplomatic efforts to make both possible”.

“Prevention focuses on the future, and on the past too, and the outpouring of hostility in response to this war means we must work harder to protect everyone,” she said.

She urged the Council and concerned parties to “articulate an inclusive vision, propose a roadmap…that is not indifferent to injustice”.  

While a “solution is possible with commitment on the part of everyone,” she reminded however, that with every continued delay “the escalation of human suffering continues”.  

Dehumanizing Ukrainians

Liubov Tsybulska, Head of the Centre for Strategic Communication and Information Security, a Ukrainian Government-established think-tank, said that “thousands” of pieces of evidence were now pointing to Russian war crimes.

She also cited “genocidal rhetoric” gleaned from Russian media that refers to Ukraine as a “fake nation” that does not “deserve to exist”.

Recalling Soviet-era tactics to starve the enemy, she accused Russia of “bringing famine”, and said that some Russian troops were expressing “pride and approval” over abuses being committed.

Ms. Tsybulska highlighted what she said were efforts to destroy Ukrainian culture and wondered: “Why do the Russians hate us?”.

Cyber front

Jared Cohen, CEO of Jigsaw and Adjunct Senior Fellow at the US Council of Foreign Relations, spoke in depth about cyber warfare and how it has been waged during the Ukraine war.

“Like air, land and sea, the internet has become a critical domain to occupy during war,” he said, describing what Ukraine has experienced thus far, as “a crystal ball of what is likely to come” in the future.

He zeroed in on “vectors of attack,” including on critical infrastructure, via “traditional hacking”; distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, or malicious attempts to disrupt normal website traffic; and midsized and large attacks – or “microfloods” – that can significantly ramp-up the complexity of attacks.

Mr. Cohen pointed to the online effort to undermine Ukraine’s Government and leadership.

As an example, “deep fakes of alleged cocaine addiction were used to cede and feed a harassment campaign against President [Volodymyr] Zelenskyy” to undermine his credibility, in a bid to tip support toward Russia, he said.

A woman walks through a tunnel in a subway station in Kharkiv in Ukraine, where people are sheltering for safety from the conflict above. © UNICEF/Ashley Gilbertson

A woman walks through a tunnel in a subway station in Kharkiv in Ukraine, where people are sheltering for safety from the conflict above.

Ukraine votes to restrict Russian books, music

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Ukraine votes to restrict Russian books, music

Ukraine is closing the book on scores of Russian authors and turning a deaf ear to its foe’s music, too.

The Ukrainian parliament Sunday approved a law that stops the printing of books by Russian citizens unless they give up their Russian passport and become Ukraine citizens. The ban only applies to those authors who held Russian citizenship after the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union.

Books printed in Russia, its ally Belarus and occupied Ukrainian territory also can no longer be imported, and special permission is required for the importation of books in Russian from any other countries.

Another law passed Sunday puts the brakes on music by post-1991 Russian citizens played by media outlets and on public transportation. It also forces television and radio broadcasts to play more Ukrainian-language speech and music content. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to sign laws that would place limits on Russian books and music in Ukraine. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS

“The laws are designed to help Ukrainian authors share quality content with the widest possible audience, which after the Russian invasion do not accept any Russian creative product on a physical level,” Ukraine Culture Minister Oleksandr Tkachenko said.

The laws will go into effect once Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signs them as expected.

The new mandates are the latest push by Ukraine to rid itself of Russia’s influence over the country in a process dubbed “derussification.” One of the laws would ban books from Russia, Belarus or occupied Ukrainian territory from being imported. REUTERS/Stringer

Ukraine argues that the moves are necessary to undo centuries of Russian policies meant to erase Ukraine culture, while Russia has said such measures only oppress the large number of Russian speakers in Ukraine.

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Safe in the sun? UN launches new app to help beat skin cancer

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Safe in the sun? UN launches new app to help beat skin cancer
Scientific evidence shows that overexposure to UV radiation is the major cause of skin cancer. To help people protect themselves adequately, a consortium of UN agencies on Tuesday, launched an innovative new App that can help anyone, anywhere, determine the safe amount of time to stay outdoors, soaking up the rays.

The SunSmart Global UV App, is the collective brainchild of the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Labour Organization (ILO), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).

Five-day forecast

“The SunSmart Global UV App provides five-day UV and weather forecasts at searchable locations”, said Carla Drysdale, spokesperson for WHO.

While speaking today at a briefing at the United Nations in Geneva, Ms. Drysdale added that “it highlights time slots when sun protection is required and aims to help people around the world know when to use sun protection, in an effort to reduce the global burden of skin cancer and UV-related eye damage”.

Developed by Australia’s Cancer Council Victoria and the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency, the app is based on the UV Index, which indicates the level of solar UV radiation at the earth’s surface.

The UV Index uses a scale of 1 (or Low) to 11 and higher (or Extreme). The higher the index value, the greater the potential for damage to the skin and eyes, and the less time it takes for harm to occur.

120,000 lives lost in 2020

“Globally, it’s estimated that over 1.5 million cases of skin cancer, that’s melanoma and non-melanoma combined, were diagnosed globally in 2020”, Ms. Drysdale said.

“During the same period, more than 120,000 people across the world lost their lives to this highly preventable disease”.

Much of UV-related illness and death can be avoided through a set of simple prevention measures such as limiting time in the midday sun, seeking shade when UV rays are most intense, and wearing protective clothing, hats and sunglasses – as well as the use of sunscreen.

Useful for work and play

“This app combines meteorological, environmental and health expertise to help protect people from the sun both at work and in their leisure” said WMO Secretary-General Professor Petteri Tallas. It is unique because it uses data from country-level weather and UV measuring stations to provide accurate and location-specific UV Index readings…It is a great example of science serving society.”

Vera Paquete-Perdigão, Director of the ILO’s Governance and Tripartism, Department, said the app was “a useful tool to assist companies and workers in identifying hazardous work, and planning safety and health measures.”

And speaking for UNEP on launch day, Meg Seki, Executive Secretary of UNEP’s Ozone Secretariat, noted that the highly effective Montreal Protocol, protects the stratospheric ozone layer which, in turn, protects human health and the environment by blocking out most of sun’s harmful ultraviolet radiation.

“Skin cancer can result from overexposure to the sun, so it is imperative for everyone to remain vigilant and ensure they protect themselves adequately with hats and sunscreen. The SunSmart App is a fantastic UV monitoring tool, and I would encourage everyone to use it.”

Northern exposure

According to WMO’s spokesperson Clare Nullis “it’s now the period of the year when UV radiation is at its maximum in Europe, in the northern hemisphere”.

“This is because of the position of the sun in the sky”, she added. “There are other factors that influence the amount of UV, which is the ground, clouds, the ozone layers, etc. So, all of these elements are being added into this app”.

The SunSmart Global UV app is available free of charge at both the Apple App Store and Google Play store for Android.

It provides personalized options so that users can take actions to protect prolonged excessive UV exposure, a major cause of skin cancer and other UV relate diseases.

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EU job-seeking aid worth for dismissed workers in Greece and France

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EU job-seeking aid worth €1.5 million for dismissed workers in Greece and €17.7 million for 1 580 dismissed Air France workers

EU job-seeking aid for Greece

Workers made redundant in six companies producing household appliances in Attica, Greece, should receive €1.5 million in EU aid.

On Tuesday, the Committee on Budgets approved Greece’s request for funding from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF). In their decision, MEPs acknowledge that “expenditure for new household appliances in Greece was strongly impacted first by the economic crisis from 2008 to 2016 and second by the COVID-19 pandemic”.

Reasons for the dismissals include domestic supply shortages of electrical components, high productions costs, difficulties in adapting to the digitalisation and automation of production processes.

The support for the dismissed workers will include advisory services and individual job-seeking assistance, training in digital skills, and tailored vocational training, leading to a certification, where possible, or support in securing higher education qualifications. Participants can also receive advice on how to start their own business coupled with a start-up grant of up to €22,000.

The total estimated cost of these measures is about €1.8 million, of which the EGF will cover 85% (€1.5 million). The Public Investment Programme of the Greek Ministry of Economy and Development will finance the remaining 15%.

The draft report by rapporteur Bogdan Rzońca (ECR, PL) recommending that Parliament approve the aid was passed by 29 votes, 1 against and no abstentions. The vote in plenary will take place on 23 June in Brussels.

EU job-seeking aid for France

1 580 workers from Air France and two of its subsidiaries in 16 regions in France, who lost their jobs because of the COVID-19 pandemic, should receive €17.7 million in EU aid.

On Tuesday, the Committee on Budgets approved France’s request for support from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF). MEPs acknowledge that “Air France was severely impacted by the COVID-19 crisis, which caused a sharp decline in income and traffic”. The region Île-de-France (57% of the layoffs) has been most affected.

The support provided to the dismissed workers includes advisory services, career guidance, job search assistance and the possibility to learn new skills through tailored vocational training. Participants can also receive advice on how to start their own business and a start-up grant of up to €15 000. The support measures also include hiring benefits, salary top-ups and quick reemployment allowances for workers.

The total estimated cost of these measures is about €21 million, of which the EGF will cover 85% (€17.7 million). Air France will finance the remaining 15%.

The draft report by rapporteur Fabienne Keller (RENEW, FR) recommending that Parliament approve the aid was passed by 29 votes, 1 against and no abstentions.

Approval by plenary is expected on 23 June in Brussels.

Background

Under the new 2021-2027 EGF regulation, the Fund will continue to support Europe‘s workers and self-employed people whose work has stopped. The new rules allow support to be given to a larger number of people affected by having their jobs or sector restructured: all types of unexpected major restructuring events are eligible for support, including the economic effects of the COVID-19 crisis, as well as larger economic trends like decarbonisation and automation. Member states can apply for EU funding when at least 200 workers lose their jobs within a specific reference period.

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