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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 ...

La Médiatrice européenne a présenté son rapport annuel 2022 au Parlement européen en avril 2023. Les principaux thèmes abordés concernent des questions éthiques, la transparence et la responsabilité. Le rapport fournit également une vue d’ensemble du traitement des plaintes et des enquêtes, ainsi qu’une évaluation des autres réalisations de la Médiatrice en 2022. La commission des pétitions a examiné le rapport et l’a approuvé; son rapport doit être mis aux voix au cours de la période de session ...

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 ...

La présente étude, commandée par le département thématique des droits des citoyens et des affaires constitutionnelles du Parlement européen, à la demande de la commission AFCO, examine le statut des grèves politiques dans l’Union européenne. Alors que les grèves des travailleurs visent généralement à faire pression sur l’employeur, les «grèves politiques» sont dirigées contre le gouvernement. Même si elles sont souvent organisées dans le but de défendre et de protéger les intérêts des travailleurs ...

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 ...

Le respect des libertés fondamentales et des droits humains est une des valeurs clés de l’Union, que celle-ci promeut dans son action politique. Le prix Sakharov du Parlement européen distingue les travaux de ceux qui se battent pour ces libertés et ces droits. La paix et les droits humains sont de plus en plus menacés, ce qui confirme la pertinence actuelle du prix. Cette année, il a été décerné à Jina Mahsa Amini, qui est décédée, et au mouvement «Femme, vie, liberté» en Iran. La cérémonie de remise ...