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Article 42.7 は、Donald Trump が Nato への米国の関与に疑問を投げかけ始めるまで、何十年もの間忘れ去られていた。 • Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up here ほとんどの人は Nato の article 5 について聞いたことがあるだろう。この「一人は皆のために、皆は一人のために」という条項は、加盟国一カ国に対する武力攻撃は全加盟国に対する攻撃とみなされるべきであり、加盟国には「武力の行使」を含めて被害国を援助することが義務付けられていると規定している。今週まで、EU 独自の相互防衛条項である article 42.7 (pdf) について聞いたことがある人はそれほど多くなかった。この条項は、もし加盟国が武力攻撃を受けた場合、他の加盟国は「その持てるあらゆる手段を尽くして援助および支援を行う義務を負う」と定めている。それはおそらく、最近まで欧州の人々が article 42.7 を参照する必要性がほとんどなかったからだろう。EU（および UK）全域に展開する40以上の米軍基地と 85,000 人の兵士は、旧大陸に対する Washington の防衛への関与を証明していた。 続きを読む...

• ウルズラ・フォン・デア・ライエン欧州委員長は、改革と引き換えにEU資金の凍結解除を求めるハンガリーの新リーダーと後ほど会談する予定です。 • フォン・デア・ライエン氏は、「加盟国ごとにエネルギーミックスが異なる」ため、EU全体に適用できる一律の解決策は機能しないと述べています。 • しかし彼女は、共同調達だけでなく、燃料備蓄、特に「市場が逼迫しているジェット燃料とディーゼル」におけるさらなる連携を呼びかけています。

Eight EU members continue to include force or violence in their definitions in national criminal codesThe European parliament has called on the EU to draw up a standardised consent-based definition of rape, in what legislators described as a crucial step towards addressing the patchwork of laws, some of them insufficient, that currently exist across the bloc.On Tuesday, 447 of the parliament’s 720 MEPs voted to approve a report calling for a common definition of rape, centred on “only yes means yes,” prompting a loud round of applause in the chamber in Strasbourg. Continue reading...

High fuel prices and passenger delays caused by EU’s EES entry-exit system causing problems, says trade bodyBusiness live – latest updatesEurope’s smaller airports may not survive if jet fuel shortages triggered by the Middle East crisis lead to widespread route cancellations, the industry’s trade body has warned.Although airlines insist that there are currently no supply issues within the normal four- to six-week horizon, the US-Israel war on Iran and the effective closure of the strait of Hormuz have doubled the price of jet fuel, prompting some carriers to cancel flights. Continue reading...

France’s president, who is also co-prince of the micro-state, expected to speak frankly about issue in country with some of strictest abortion laws in EuropeMeanwhile, Macron is visiting the Andorran primary school in Santa Coloma and absolutely loving spending his time with kids, happily posing to pictures with the Andorran flags.Last week, he suggested he would quit politics at the end of his term in May next year, and so we should expect to see more of this sort of legacy-building trips and interventions as he enters the final year in office. Continue reading...

Resolution Foundation report says ‘crisis’ stems from rising ill-health and a failing system of benefits and job supportBritain has the third-highest rate of young people not in work or education among Europe’s richest countries because of rising ill-health and a failing system of benefits and job support, a report has warned.The Resolution Foundation thinktank said the UK was facing a “crisis” in youth jobs amid a dramatic rise in the number of 16- to 24-year-olds who are not in education, employment or training (Neets) to almost 1 million – the highest level in more than a decade. Continue reading...