by Adriana D'Auria | Sep 26, 2022 | Analysis
The overturn of Roe v. Wade was met by the international community with dissent and condemnation, including European leaders. But can Europe really declare itself safe from such major overturns? The U.S. Supreme Court decision is nothing else but the triumphal result...
by Beatriz Cardoso Matafora | Sep 12, 2022 | Analysis
The council recommendation of 22 May 2018 on promoting inclusive education (2018/C 195/01) declares that the Member States of the EU should provide inclusive education by giving all learners quality education and providing them with the necessary support according to...
by Melanie Banerjee | Sep 12, 2022 | Analysis
Promise or Tokenism? Assessing the EU’s Pay Transparency Directive in bridging the gender pay gap Introduction According to recent EuroStat research, the median wage gap in the European Union has remained persistent at 14.1 per cent. Moreover, the situation edges...
by Roman Kyslenko | Aug 19, 2022 | Analysis
Since Russia’s full-scale military invasion of Ukraine, the question of how to classify modern Russia has begun to be discussed in political science discourse. Are the modern day dirigeants of Russia the heirs of Bolshevism, Stalinism or fascism? In order to...
by Joao Tiago De Sousa | Aug 18, 2022 | Event reports
Russia’s war in Ukraine has fundamentally shaken Europe’s sense of security. European governments are urgently reviewing their defense plans and ramping up military spending while the EU itself wants to get much more serious about defense. After years when European...
by Adriana D'Auria | Aug 3, 2022 | Analysis
Russia’ invasion of Ukraine marks the beginning of a new geopolitical order that is bound to stay and change the way main global players interact with each other and act within this order. The invasion led to the displacement of an extraordinary number of Ukrainian...
by Lena Pilarowska | Aug 1, 2022 | Analysis
There are various existing human rights treaties which broadly outline universally accepted norms in contemporary life. They cover issues such as every living person being entitled to the rights of freedom; equality; standards of health; freedom from torture; as well...
by Eleonora Peca | Jul 28, 2022 | Analysis
In the first Strasbourg plenary session of June, the time has come to implement the European Climate Law and discuss eight of the thirteen proposals of the Fit for 55 Package the Commission officially presented almost a year ago. This set of legislative proposals is...
by Selcen Pınar Akgül | Jul 19, 2022 | Analysis
Although the progress made in the “EU Common Foreign and Security Policy” addresses some issues in terms of regional security, developments in the outside world raise critical security and geopolitical issues that directly affect the EU. With the Ukraine crisis, two...
by Wei Li | Jul 18, 2022 | Analysis
The European Commission is proceeding with proposals to develop a standardized labeling system that indicates consumer products’ environmental footprints. By offering detailed information on the environmental impact of products, the labeling system aims to make...
