Written question to the European Commission The content of and actions financed by the future Erasmus+ programme are currently being discussed as part of the ongoing interinstitutional negotiations. The Erasmus+ budget breakdown is strongly linked to the future agreement on the 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework. However, the Commission already announced its aim to create 50 […]
Written question to the European Commission Greek authorities are prosecuting 35 persons working for NGOs for the facilitation of trafficking in human beings. Some of them are foreign nationals, and the NGOs are primarily European search and rescue organisations, The authorities are claiming they disguise their activities as humanitarian operations. In the light of Greek policies […]
Written question to the European Commission In 2011, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities became an integral part of EU law. By the time of the 2019 European Parliament elections, most Member States had amended legislation accordingly, or their highest courts had enabled persons with disabilities to vote. However, in Slovenia, 2 035 […]
Written question to the European Commission Since 2019, more than 100 Polish regional or local authorities have declared themselves ‘LGBT-free zones’ or adopted regional charters of family values pledging not to take any action to encourage tolerance towards LGBTI people nor provide financial assistance to NGOs promoting equality. These resolutions are contrary to the spirit […]
Written question to the European Commission After more than 100 Polish municipalities declared themselves ‘LGBTI-free zones’, after an outrageous homophobic presidential campaign by President Duda, after the Polish Minister Janusz Kowalski said the whole of Poland should be an ’LGBT-free zone’, the authorities carried out a mass arrest of 48 LGBTI activists on 8 August […]
Written question to the European Commission In July 2020, the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina decided that the country would not take part in the 2021 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) testing round. In 2018, Bosnia and Herzegovina took part in the PISA study for the first time, mostly thanks to the active engagement […]
Written question to the European Commission The lack of data on the creative and cultural sectors (CCS) has been highlighted by representatives of international organisations, Member States and civil society organisations as one of the main obstacles to immediately supporting the CCS, which have been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This lack of data […]
Written question to the European Commission Numerous reports have emerged of human rights violations and atrocities allegedly committed by the Croatian police against migrants on the EU border, as well as various disturbing reports from NGOs and in the media that the Commission has yet to make progress with the announced monitoring mechanism intended to […]
Written question to the European Commission There are currently 12 Bahraini citizens on death row who have exhausted all legal remedies and are now awaiting only the King’s ratification of their execution. The trials of these individuals did not guarantee their right to due process and clear evidence of coerced confessions and torture were ignored. […]
Written question to the European Commission Following the 30 August 2020 parliamentary elections in Montenegro, there was civil unrest and a worrying set of events where people – primarily from the Muslim community – were attacked verbally and physically, hate graffiti appeared and mosques were attacked. The situation was especially worrying in the town of […]