EUROPEAN COUNCIL

Ending poverty for European children needs a whole-society approach

The Commission's initiatives on a European child guarantee and an EU Strategy on the rights of the child call on European and national policy-makers...

Gender-based violence should be classified as a crime under EU law, MEPs say

The Civil Liberties and Women’s Rights committees call for online and offline gender-based violence to be included as a new area of crime listed...

MEPs reach deal to ensure access to environmental justice for EU citizens

An informal agreement was reached with the Council to bring the EU in line with its international obligations under the Aarhus Convention. On Monday evening,...

European Parliament vehemently opposed to Hungarian anti-LGBTIQ law

Parliament “condemns in the strongest possible terms” the recent anti-LGBTIQ legislation and denounces the dismantling of democracy and the rule of law in Hungary. In...

Nicaragua: MEPs demand the repeal of punitive laws against the opposition

MEPs condemn restrictive laws devised to criminalise political opponents in Nicaragua and call for all arbitrarily detained political prisoners to be immediately released. In a...

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