Commission Strategy on LGBTIQ+ equality
The Commission presents its first-ever strategy on LGBTIQ+ equality in the EU The European Commission presented today the first-ever EU Strategy for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, non-binary, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) equality, as announced by President von der Leyen in her 2020 State of the Union Address. While progress in the EU was [...]
Accession of the EU to ECHR
Accession of the European Union to the European Convention on Human Rights Good news for the European institutions! On 29 September 2020, the EU and the Council of Europe resumed negotiations on the Union's accession to the European Convention on Human Rights. It protects the rights of millions of Europeans [...]
EU law to tackle stress after lockdown
Trade unions are launching a campaign for an EU law to tackle work-related stress amid a mental health crisis worsened by the lockdown. Work-related stress had already become an epidemic before confinement, accounting for more than half of all working days lost in the EU. New Eurostat data shows one in three [...]