Tackling violence against women: the elusive concept of consent
5 days ago · On 6 February 2024, the European Union's Parliament and Council reached an agreement on the Directive on violence against women which had been tabled in March 2022. This text will harmonise national legislation on sexual harassment, female genital mutilation, sterilisation, forced marriage and "revenge porn" (the leaking of sexual images with the aim of harming someone).
Migration in Europe: Planning for tomorrow's crises
Dec 3, 2024 · More conflict, more movement. 59 armed conflicts in 34 countries: 2023 was one of the most violent years ever, according to a study by the Oslo Peace Research Institute. War in Ukraine, in Gaza, in Sudan: the more conflicts there are and the more they get bogged down, the greater the chances of new waves of migrants heading for Europe.And that's without counting global warming, which will ...
COP29: missing $1 trillion for climate - voxeurop.eu
Nov 29, 2024 · The list comes from a series of publications by Carbon Brief’s Josh Gabbatiss, together with Vera Deleja-Hotko, Gustav Elfving, Lyse Mauvais, and Sevilay Nur Saraçlar, probably the best starting point for whoever wants to understand what the world’s leaders did – or tried to do – for two weeks in Baku.. From 11 to 24 November, negotiators at the so-called “climate COP” mainly ...
Islamophobia, a European problem
Dec 20, 2024 · “The issue of Islamophobia is a global problem, which has been amplified everywhere since 11 September 2001,” says Julien Talpin, a French sociologist at the CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), who specialises in questions related to integration and discrimination.. The FRA report is based on a sample of 9,604 people in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany ...
2024 in Europe, as seen by press cartoonists around the world
Oct 10, 2024 · Created in 2019 by the European Press Prize and Studio Europa Maastricht following the New York Times announcement that they would stop publishing press cartoons, the European Cartoon Award is designed to reward "courage and quality in the field of cartooning and foster conversation on the topic of Europe". These are two objectives that are at the heart of Voxeurop's mission.
Europe in Italy, a home game
Mar 28, 2024 · The European elections next June are seen in Italy as little more than a political home game, an opportunity to redefine the balance of national political power, based on the result obtained in Europe. This is despite the fact that the last national elections took place only recently, in the fall of 2022, when the right were handed an apparently solid majority.
Climate change, despair and misinformation: the fight goes on
May 30, 2024 · Can fear prevent us from fighting climate change? In The Guardian, Damian Carrington asked 380 top scientists from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) how they felt about the future: the results revealed that they were terrified, but determined to keep fighting. “Sometimes it is almost impossible not to feel hopeless and broken,” said the climate scientist Ruth Cerezo-Mota.
2024, year of migration – for better or for worse - Voxeurop
Jan 16, 2024 · A dread of the far right seems to be hardening at the summit of Europe. "Following [Geert Wilders]’s shock election win in the Netherlands, European elites are nervously scanning the political landscape for signs of what’s to come — including further surprise wins from far-right candidates”, confirm Clea Caulcutt and Nicholas Vinocur for Politico.
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The EU faces a turbulent 2025 as internal divisions, weakened leadership in France and Germany, and Trump’s return strain its unity. Without US support, the EU must act alone on global crises, believes far-right expert Cas Mudde.
Media concentration in Europe, a growing threat to democracy
Jan 4, 2024 · Media concentration refers to the phenomenon of media ownership gradually falling into the hands of a small number of investors. In recent years the issue has become one of crucial importance: the current trend is for media companies to merge in order to consolidate their brands, as highlighted in the 2022 Media Pluralism Monitor (MPM) report, produced by the Centre for Media Pluralism and ...