From a064b6b5df2bc39f1602bb34e483c874e86650e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Yo Robot Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 22:18:21 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] auto-update week 4 --- africa/uv.json | 2 +- europe/ee.json | 28 ++++++++++++++-------------- europe/mn.json | 2 +- europe/no.json | 20 ++++++++++---------- 4 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-) diff --git a/africa/uv.json b/africa/uv.json index 8b9c58bc..3aa31cac 100644 --- a/africa/uv.json +++ b/africa/uv.json @@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ "text": "1.98 (2024 est.)" }, "Contraceptive prevalence rate": { - "text": "35.3% (2020/21)" + "text": "35.3% (2020/21 est.)" }, "Drinking water source": { "improved: urban": { diff --git a/europe/ee.json b/europe/ee.json index 5f108cdb..82dc805b 100644 --- a/europe/ee.json +++ b/europe/ee.json @@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ }, "Capital": { "name": { - "text": "Brussels (Belgium), Strasbourg (France), Luxembourg, Frankfurt (Germany); note - the European Council, a gathering of member-state heads of state and/or government, and the Council of the European Union, a gathering of member-state cabinet ministers, meet in Brussels, Belgium, except for Council of the EU meetings held in Luxembourg in April, June, and October; the European Parliament meets in Brussels and Strasbourg, France, and has administrative offices in Luxembourg; the Court of Justice of the European Union is located in Luxembourg; and the European Central Bank is located in Frankfurt, Germany" + "text": "Brussels (Belgium), Strasbourg (France), Luxembourg, Frankfurt (Germany)" }, "geographic coordinates": { "text": "(Brussels) 50 50 N, 4 20 E" @@ -285,11 +285,12 @@ "text": "UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)" }, "daylight saving time": { - "text": "+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October" + "text": "+1 hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October" }, "time zone note": { - "text": "the 27 European Union member states spread across three time zones; a proposal has been put forward to do away with daylight savings time in all EU member states" - } + "text": "the 27 European Union member states are spread across three time zones" + }, + "note": "note:  the European Council and the Council of the European Union meet in Brussels, Belgium, except for Council of the EU meetings held in Luxembourg in April, June, and October; the European Parliament meets in Brussels and Strasbourg, France, and has administrative offices in Luxembourg; the Court of Justice of the European Union is located in Luxembourg; and the European Central Bank is located in Frankfurt, Germany" }, "Member states": { "text": "

27 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden; note - 9 candidate countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine

there are 13 overseas countries and territories (OCTs) (1 with Denmark [Greenland], 6 with France [French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, New Caledonia, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Wallis and Futuna], and 6 with the Netherlands [Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten]), all are part of the Overseas Countries and Territories Association (OCTA)

", @@ -297,28 +298,28 @@ }, "Independence": { "text": "7 February 1992 (Maastricht Treaty signed establishing the European Union); 1 November 1993 (Maastricht Treaty entered into force)", - "note": "note: the Treaties of Rome, signed on 25 March 1957 and subsequently entered into force on 1 January 1958, created the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community; a series of subsequent treaties have been adopted to increase efficiency and transparency, to prepare for new member states, and to introduce new areas of cooperation - such as a single currency; the Treaty of Lisbon, signed on 13 December 2007 and entered into force on 1 December 2009 is the most recent of these treaties and is intended to make the EU more democratic, more efficient, and better able to address global problems with one voice" + "note": "note: the Treaties of Rome, signed on 25 March 1957 and entered into force on 1 January 1958, created the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community; a series of subsequent treaties have been adopted to increase efficiency and transparency, to prepare for new member states, and to introduce new areas of cooperation such as a single currency; the Treaty of Lisbon, signed on 13 December 2007 and entered into force on 1 December 2009 is the most recent of these treaties " }, "National holiday": { "text": "Europe Day (also known as Schuman Day), 9 May (1950); note - the day in 1950 that Robert SCHUMAN proposed the creation of what became the European Coal and Steel Community, the progenitor of today's European Union, with the aim of achieving a united Europe" }, "Legal system": { - "text": "unique supranational system of laws in which, according to an interpretive declaration of member-state governments appended to the Treaty of Lisbon, \"the Treaties and the law adopted by the Union on the basis of the Treaties have primacy over the law of Member States\" under conditions laid down in the case law of the Court of Justice; key principles of EU jurisprudence include universal rights as guaranteed by the Charter of Fundamental Rights and as resulting from constitutional traditions common to the EU's 27 member states; EU law is divided into 'primary' and 'secondary' legislation; primary legislation is derived from the consolidated versions of the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and are the basis for all EU action; secondary legislation - which includes directives, regulations, and decisions - is derived from the principles and objectives set out in the treaties" + "text": "unique supranational system of laws in which, according to the Treaty of Lisbon, \"the Treaties and the law adopted by the Union on the basis of the Treaties have primacy over the law of Member States\" under conditions laid down in the case law of the Court of Justice; key principles of EU jurisprudence include universal rights as guaranteed by the Charter of Fundamental Rights and resulting from constitutional traditions common to the EU's 27 member states; EU law is divided into 'primary' and 'secondary' legislation; primary legislation is derived from the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and are the basis for all EU action; secondary legislation -- which includes directives, regulations, and decisions -- is derived from the principles and objectives set out in the treaties" }, "Constitution": { "history": { - "text": "none; note - the EU legal order relies primarily on two consolidated texts encompassing all provisions as amended from a series of past treaties: the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU); The TEU as modified by the 2009 Lisbon Treaty states in Article 1 that \"the HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES establish among themselves a EUROPEAN UNION ... on which the Member States confer competences to attain objectives they have in common\"; Article 1 of the TEU states further that the EU is \"founded on the present Treaty and on the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (hereinafter referred to as 'the Treaties'),\" both possessing the same legal value; Article 6 of the TEU provides that a separately adopted Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union \"shall have the same legal value as the Treaties\"" + "text": "none; the EU legal order relies primarily on the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU)" }, "amendments": { - "text": "European Union treaties can be amended in several ways: 1) Ordinary Revision Procedure (for key amendments to the treaties); initiated by an EU member state, by the European Parliament, or by the European Commission; following adoption of the proposal by the European Council, a convention is formed of national government representatives to review the proposal and a conference of government representatives  subsequently reviews the proposal; passage requires ratification by all EU member states; 2) Simplified Revision Procedure (for amendment of EU internal policies and actions); passage of a proposal requires unanimous European Council vote following European Council consultation with the European Commission, the European Parliament, and the European Central Bank (if the amendment concerns monetary matters) and requires ratification by all EU member states; 3) Passerelle Clause (allows the alteration of a legislative procedure without a formal amendment of the treaties); 4) Flexibility Clause (permits the EU to decide in subject areas where EU competences have not been explicitly granted in the Treaties but are necessary to the attainment of the objectives set out in the Treaty); note - the Treaty of Lisbon (signed in December 2007 and effective in December 2009) amended the two treaties that formed the EU - the Maastricht Treaty (1992), also known as the TEU,  and the Treaty of Rome (1957), known in updated form as the TFEU" + "text": "European Union treaties can be amended in several ways: 1) Ordinary Revision Procedure (for key amendments to the treaties); initiated by an EU member state, by the European Parliament, or by the European Commission; following adoption of the proposal by the European Council, a convention is formed of national government representatives to review the proposal and a conference of government representatives then reviews the proposal; passage requires ratification by all EU member states; 2) Simplified Revision Procedure (for amendment of EU internal policies and actions); passage of a proposal requires unanimous European Council vote after European Council consultation with the European Commission, the European Parliament, and the European Central Bank (if the amendment concerns monetary matters) and requires ratification by all EU member states; 3) Passerelle Clause (allows the alteration of a legislative procedure without a formal amendment of the treaties); 4) Flexibility Clause (permits the EU to decide in subject areas where EU competences have not been explicitly granted in the Treaties but are necessary to the attainment of the objectives set out in the Treaty)" } }, "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age (16 years in Austria); universal; voting for the European Parliament is permitted in each member state" }, "Executive branch": { - "text": "
under the EU treaties there are three distinct institutions, each of which conducts functions that may be regarded as executive in nature:

European Council - brings together member-state heads of state or government, along with the president of the European Commission, and meets at least four times a year; its aim is to provide the impetus for the development of the Union and to issue general policy guidance; the Treaty of Lisbon established the position of \"permanent\" (full-time) president of the European Council; leaders of the EU member states appoint the president for a 2 1/2 year term, renewable once; the president's responsibilities include chairing European Council meetings and providing policy and organizational continuity; the current president is Charles MICHEL (Belgium), since 1 December 2019, who succeeded Donald TUSK (Poland; 2014 - 2019)

Council of the European Union - consists of gatherings of member-state officials, ranging from working-level diplomats to cabinet ministers in a given policy field, such as foreign affairs, agriculture, or economy; it conducts policymaking and coordinating functions as well as legislative functions; representatives from one member state chair meetings of the Council of the EU, based on a 6-month rotating presidency except for the meetings of EU Foreign Ministers in the Foreign Affairs Council that are chaired by the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

European Commission - headed by a College of Commissioners comprised of 27 members (one from each member state) including the president; each commissioner is responsible for one or more policy areas; the Commission has the sole right to initiate EU legislation (except for foreign and security/defense policy), and is also responsible for promoting the general interest of the EU, acting as \"guardian of the Treaties\" by monitoring the application of EU law, implementing/executing the EU budget, managing programs, negotiating on the EU's behalf in policy areas where the member states have conferred sole competency, such as trade, and ensuring the Union's external representation in some policy areas; its current president is Ursula VON DER LEYEN (Germany) elected on 16 July 2019 (took office on 1 December 2019); the president of the European Commission is nominated by the European Council and confirmed by the European Parliament; the Commission president allocates specific responsibilities among the members of the College (appointed by common accord of the member-state governments in consultation with the president-elect); the European Parliament confirms the entire Commission for a 5-year term.", - "note": "note: for external representation and foreign policy making, member-state leaders appointed Joseph BORRELL (Spain) as the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; BORRELL took office on 1 December 2019, succeeding Federica MOGHERINI (Italy (2014 - 2019); the High Representative's concurrent appointment as Vice President of the European Commission was meant to bring more coherence to the EU’s foreign policy (including policies managed by the Commission that are particularly relevant for EU external relations, such as trade, humanitarian aid and crisis management, neighborhood policy and enlargement, as well as between member-state capitals and the EU); the High Representative helps develop and implement the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy and Common Security and Defense Policy components, chairs the Council of the EU's meetings of member-state foreign ministers, called the Foreign Affairs Council, represents and acts for the Union in many international contexts, and oversees the European External Action Service, the diplomatic corps of the EU, established on 1 December 2010" + "text": "
under the EU treaties, three EU institutions have functions that may be regarded as executive in nature:

European Council - composed of member-state heads of state or government, along with the president of the European Commission, and meets at least four times a year to issue general policy guidance; the president of the European Council is appointed by leaders of the EU member states for a 2 1/2 year term, renewable once; the president's responsibilities include chairing European Council meetings

Council of the European Union - consists of member-state officials, ranging from working-level diplomats to cabinet ministers in specific policy fields such as foreign affairs, agriculture, or economy; it conducts policymaking and coordinating functions as well as legislative functions; representatives from each member state in turn hold a six-month rotating presidency that chairs meetings

European Commission - headed by a College of Commissioners that is composed of 27 members (one from each member state), including the president; each commissioner is responsible for one or more policy areas; the Commission has the sole right to initiate EU legislation, except for foreign and security/defense policy, and is also responsible for  monitoring the application of EU law, implementing/executing the EU budget, negotiating on the EU's behalf in policy areas where the member states have conferred sole competency, and ensuring the Union's external representation in some policy areas; the president of the European Commission is nominated by the European Council and confirmed by the European Parliament; the Commission president allocates specific responsibilities among the members of the College (appointed by common accord of the member-state governments in consultation with the president-elect); the European Parliament confirms the Commission for a 5-year term.", + "note": "note: for external representation and foreign policy making, member-state leaders appoint a High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; the High Representative's concurrent appointment as Vice President of the European Commission is meant to bring more coherence to the EU’s foreign policy; the High Representative helps develop and implement the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy and Common Security and Defense Policy components, chairs the Council of the EU's meetings of member-state foreign ministers, represents and acts for the Union in many international contexts, and oversees the European External Action Service, the diplomatic corps of the EU" }, "Legislative branch": { "legislature name": { @@ -348,16 +349,15 @@ "expected date of next election": { "text": "EP - June 2029" }, - "note": "note 1: the European Parliament (EP) President, Roberta METSOLA, was elected in January 2022 and reelected in July 2024 by a majority of EP members (MEPs) and represents the EP in the EU and internationally 

note 2: the EP and the Council of the EU share responsibilities for adopting the bulk of EU legislation; the European Commission proposes legislation, and the two other bodies have to agree for the proposal to become law -- except in the area of Common Foreign and Security Policy, which is governed by consensus of the EU member-state governments" + "note": "note 1: the European Parliament (EP) President, Roberta METSOLA, was elected in January 2022 and reelected in July 2024 by a majority of EP members (MEPs)

note 2: the EP and the Council of the EU share responsibilities for adopting the bulk of EU legislation; the European Commission proposes legislation, and the two other bodies have to agree for the proposal to become law -- except in the area of Common Foreign and Security Policy, which is governed by consensus of the EU member-state governments" }, "Judicial branch": { "highest court(s)": { - "text": "Court of Justice of the European Union, which includes the Court of Justice (informally known as the European Court of Justice or ECJ) and the General Court (consists of 27 judges, one drawn from each member state); the ECJ includes 11 Advocates General while the General Court can include additional judges; both the ECJ and the General Court may sit in a \"Grand Chamber\" of 15 judges in special cases but usually in chambers of 3 to 5 judges" + "text": "Court of Justice of the European Union, which includes the Court of Justice (informally known as the European Court of Justice or ECJ) and the General Court (consists of 27 judges, one drawn from each member state); the ECJ includes 11 advocates general while the General Court can include additional judges; both the ECJ and the General Court may sit in a \"Grand Chamber\" of 15 judges in special cases but usually in chambers of 3 to 5 judges" }, "judge selection and term of office": { "text": "judges appointed by the common consent of the member states to serve 6-year renewable terms" - }, - "note": "note: the ECJ is the supreme judicial authority of the EU; it ensures that EU law is interpreted and applied uniformly throughout the EU, resolves disputes among EU institutions and member states, and reviews issues and opinions regarding questions of EU law referred by member state courts" + } }, "Political parties": { "text": "The Left or GUE/NGL 
European Conservatives and Reformists or ECR 
Greens/European Free Alliance or Greens/EFA 
European People's Party or EPP 
Europe of Sovereign Nations or ESN 
Patriots for Europe or PfE 
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats or S&D 
Renew Europe or Renew (formerly Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe or ALDE)" diff --git a/europe/mn.json b/europe/mn.json index fb7bc5f9..9117b901 100644 --- a/europe/mn.json +++ b/europe/mn.json @@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ "text": "Prince ALBERT II (since 6 April 2005)" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Minister of State Didier GUILLAUME (since 2 September 2024)" + "text": "Acting Minister of State Isabelle BERRO-AMADEI (since 10 January 2025)" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Council of Government under the authority of the monarch" diff --git a/europe/no.json b/europe/no.json index e85c5ddc..de7b8e7f 100644 --- a/europe/no.json +++ b/europe/no.json @@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": { "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023": { - "text": "$499.528 billion (2023 est.)" + "text": "$499.357 billion (2023 est.)" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022": { "text": "$496.973 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ }, "Real GDP growth rate": { "Real GDP growth rate 2023": { - "text": "0.51% (2023 est.)" + "text": "0.48% (2023 est.)" }, "Real GDP growth rate 2022": { "text": "3.01% (2022 est.)" @@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ "note": "note: data in 2021 dollars" }, "GDP (official exchange rate)": { - "text": "$485.513 billion (2023 est.)", + "text": "$485.311 billion (2023 est.)", "note": "note: data in current dollars at official exchange rate" }, "Inflation rate (consumer prices)": { @@ -766,10 +766,10 @@ "text": "21.9% (2023 est.)" }, "investment in fixed capital": { - "text": "23.4% (2023 est.)" + "text": "23.3% (2023 est.)" }, "investment in inventories": { - "text": "2.4% (2023 est.)" + "text": "2.5% (2023 est.)" }, "exports of goods and services": { "text": "47.2% (2023 est.)" @@ -787,11 +787,11 @@ "text": "petroleum and gas, shipping, fishing, aquaculture, food processing, shipbuilding, pulp and paper products, metals, chemicals, timber, mining, textiles" }, "Industrial production growth rate": { - "text": "0.22% (2023 est.)", + "text": "0.23% (2023 est.)", "note": "note: annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency" }, "Labor force": { - "text": "3.009 million (2023 est.)", + "text": "3.007 million (2023 est.)", "note": "note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work" }, "Unemployment rate": { @@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2023": { - "text": "$86.368 billion (2023 est.)" + "text": "$84.686 billion (2023 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "$177.149 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ }, "Exports": { "Exports 2023": { - "text": "$228.625 billion (2023 est.)" + "text": "$224.336 billion (2023 est.)" }, "Exports 2022": { "text": "$327.706 billion (2022 est.)" @@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ }, "Imports": { "Imports 2023": { - "text": "$157.032 billion (2023 est.)" + "text": "$155.081 billion (2023 est.)" }, "Imports 2022": { "text": "$161.645 billion (2022 est.)"