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Future-proofing the EU's global health strategy
The new EU global health strategy, adopted by the European Commission on 30 November 2022, has been positioned as a crucial element of EU external policy, geopolitical influence and strategic autonomy. However, maintaining the long term commitment necessary for achieving global health ambitions in turbulent times remains challenging. Against this backdrop, in 2023 the Policy Foresight Unit of the European Parliamentary Research Service conducted a foresight exercise involving external experts to ...
Parental Child Abductions to Third Countries
Cross-border parental child abductions in the EU are governed by The 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and (except for Denmark) the Brussels II-ter Regulation. Countries outside of the EU may or may not be Contracting States to ‘the Convention’, but will not be bound by Brussels II-ter. Research has found that the often negative, long-lasting impact of abduction may continue throughout the lifecycle of those who have been abducted. It may also affect future ...
Policy Departments’ Monthly Highlights March 2024
Alexei Navalny: Anti-corruption campaigner, opposition leader and Kremlin victim
The sudden death of political activist and Sakharov Prize laureate Alexei Navalny on 16 February 2024, in a maximum-security Russian penal colony where he was serving a draconian jail sentence, has met with widespread international condemnation and a wave of mourning both inside and outside the Russian Federation. Yulia Navalnaya – Navalny's widow – is due to address the European Parliament during the February II plenary session, and MEPs will subsequently debate and vote on a resolution on Navalny's ...
Diritti umani e democrazia nel mondo: valutazione dell'azione dell'UE nel 2022
L'ultima revisione annuale dell'azione esterna dell'UE volta a promuovere i diritti umani e la democrazia, relativa al 2022, evidenzia un contesto in peggioramento, caratterizzato dalla guerra della Russia contro l'Ucraina, da molteplici conflitti e da sfide emergenti. Durante la tornata di febbraio II, il Parlamento europeo dovrebbe votare la propria relazione annuale sui diritti umani e la democrazia nel mondo, che risponde alla relazione annuale dell'alto rappresentante dell'Unione per gli affari ...
Dieci settori in cui l'Europa potrebbe fare di più per te
Le sfide globali, come i cambiamenti climatici, i conflitti geopolitici, l'erosione dei principi democratici e le disuguaglianze sociali, incidono sulla vita quotidiana e sulle prospettive delle persone. Una risposta collettiva europea nei prossimi dieci anni potrebbe contribuire ad affrontare queste sfide, generando benefici per un valore fino a 3 000 miliardi di EUR all'anno per l’intera UE. Tale cifra rappresenta circa il 18 % del prodotto interno lordo (PIL) dell'UE, ed equivarrebbe a 6 700 EUR ...
Enhancing the protection of human rights defenders (HRDs): Facilitating access to the EU and supporting HRDs from third countries
This study provides a comprehensive exploration of measures aimed at facilitating access to and expanding support for human rights defenders (HRDs) in the European Union (EU). Its introduction deals with the fundamental issue of defining HRDs which, in turn, will enable visa, borders and migration officers to apply the various recommendations here proposed. The subsequent section delves into the EU’s Visa Code and Handbook, proposing substantial changes to accommodate the needs of HRDs seeking entry ...
Ce document s’intègre dans une série d’études qui, avec une perspective de droit comparé, visent à faire une présentation de la liberté d’entreprise dans différents ordres juridiques. Après avoir expliqué le droit positif et la jurisprudence d’application, le contenu, les limites et la possible évolution de cette liberté sont examinés. La présente étude a pour objet le cas de l’Union européenne. La liberté d’entreprise a toujours eu des effets en droit de l’Union européenne car les Communautés européennes ...
Combating child sexual abuse
This briefing provides a pre-legislative synthesis of the positions of national, regional and local governmental organisations on the European Commission's forthcoming proposal on the revision of the Combating Child Sexual Abuse Directive. It forms part of an EPRS series offering a summary of the pre-legislative state of play and advance consultation on a range of key Commission priorities during its five-year term in office. It seeks to present the current state of affairs, to examine how existing ...
Politica di asilo
L'obiettivo della politica dell'UE in materia di asilo è offrire uno status appropriato a qualsiasi cittadino di un paese terzo che necessita di protezione internazionale in uno degli Stati membri e garantire il rispetto del principio di non respingimento[1]. A tal fine, l'UE sta cercando di sviluppare un sistema europeo comune di asilo.