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Access to housing in the EU has become problematic in recent years. Demography and urbanisation-related structural factors, aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the conflict in Ukraine, soaring energy prices, the cost-of-living crisis and (already high) housing prices that keep rising are preventing many people from accessing decent housing solutions. The lack of affordable housing supply only adds to this situation. These difficulties affect not only low- but now also middle-income households, as ...

This briefing, written by the Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs - Democracy, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights Monitoring Group, examines the situation of Democracy, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights in Estonia and how the values of Article 2 of the TEU are respected and implemented in the country.

The EU's approach to digital transformation is rooted in protecting fundamental rights, sustainability, ethics and fairness. With this human-centric vision of the digital economy and society, the EU seeks to empower citizens and businesses, regardless of their size. In the EU's view, the internet should remain open, fair, inclusive and focused on people. Digital technologies should work for citizens and help them to engage in society. Companies should be able to compete on equal terms, and consumers ...

In the past decade, continuous migration and asylum pressure on European Union Member States has made the external dimension of the EU's approach to migration management all the more important. The need to address challenges relating to external border management has reoriented EU migration policy towards extended and stricter border controls, combined with the externalisation of migration management through cooperation with third countries. In this context, the external processing of asylum claims ...

An effective return policy that removes from the EU third-country nationals who do not have the right to stay on EU territory is key for ensuring the consistency and credibility of the EU's migration policies. Such a return policy requires common rules and procedures in the EU Member States, implemented in accordance with fundamental rights obligations and respecting the principle of non-refoulement, as well as a robust cooperation framework with third countries that are willing to accept returnees ...

Im April 2023 legte der Europäische Bürgerbeauftragte dem Europäischen Parlament seinen Jahresbericht 2022 vor. Die wichtigsten in dem Bericht angesprochenen Fragen betreffen ethische Fragen, Transparenz und Rechenschaftspflicht. Der Bericht bietet auch einen Überblick über die Bearbeitung von Beschwerden und Untersuchungen sowie eine Bewertung der sonstigen Erfolge der Bürgerbeauftragten im Jahr 2022. Der Petitionsausschuss hat den Bericht erörtert und gebilligt; über den Bericht des Ausschusses ...

Consular protection is one of the rights derived from EU citizenship, a fundamental right in the EU legal framework. Directive 2015/637 on the coordination and cooperation measures to facilitate consular protection for unrepresented EU citizens in third countries obliges any Member State to offer unrepresented EU citizens in third countries the same protection as it provides for its own nationals. In practice, unrepresented EU citizens can seek assistance, for instance, an emergency travel document ...

Im Rahmen dieser Studie, die von der Fachabteilung Bürgerrechte und konstitutionelle Angelegenheiten des Europäischen Parlaments auf Ersuchen des Ausschusses für konstitutionelle Fragen (AFCO) in Auftrag gegeben wurde, wird der Status politischer Streiks in der EU bewertet. Während Arbeitnehmerstreiks im Allgemeinen darauf abzielen, einen Arbeitgeber unter Druck zu setzen, sind politische Streiks an die Regierung gerichtet. Zwar werden politische Streiks häufig organisiert, um die Interessen von ...

This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the Committee on Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs (AFCO), explores the regulatory frameworks for citizen-initiated instruments of direct democracy, paying special attention to the citizens' legislative initiative and the citizen-initiated referendum. By carrying out a comparative analysis of the experience of the European Union Member States, as well ...

Die Achtung der Grundfreiheiten und der Menschenrechte ist ein Grundwert der EU, den sie durch ihre Politik fördert. Mit dem Sacharow-Preis des Europäischen Parlaments wird die Tätigkeit der Personen gewürdigt, die sich für die Achtung dieser Freiheiten und Rechte einsetzen. In Zeiten, in denen der Frieden und die Menschenrechte zunehmend bedroht sind, ist die Verleihung dieses Preises wichtiger denn je. Dieses Jahr wurde er posthum Jina Mahsa Amini sowie der Bewegung „Frauen, Leben, Freiheit“ im ...