Compulsory military service back in Europe?
Jan 2, 2025 · Spain abolished compulsory military service in 2001, France in 1996, Germany in 2011, Belgium in 1994 and the UK all the way back in 1963. Iceland has no national army, …
Tackling violence against women: the elusive concept of consent
Jan 2, 2025 · On 6 February 2024, the European Union's Parliament and Council reached an agreement on the Directive on violence against women which had been tabled in March 2022. …
Migration in Europe: Planning for tomorrow's crises
Dec 3, 2024 · More conflict, more movement. 59 armed conflicts in 34 countries: 2023 was one of the most violent years ever, according to a study by the Oslo Peace Research Institute. War in …
How many people die in police custody or operations in Europe?
Oct 30, 2024 · The UN recommended in 1991 that countries provide public information on all police-related deaths. Portugal began publishing theirs in 1997, Denmark in 2012, and France …
Understanding Georgia’s protests
Dec 12, 2024 · The scenario of a Russian intervention typically results from a reductive Russia versus the West prism. The regional situation is geopolitically more advantageous for Georgia: …
How many guns are in circulation in Europe?
Aug 26, 2024 · "Getting a gun legally in Europe may be hard, but terrorists have little trouble," read a Washington Post headline back in February 2015, after the attacks on a Copenhagen …
COP29: missing $1 trillion for climate - voxeurop.eu
Nov 29, 2024 · The list comes from a series of publications by Carbon Brief’s Josh Gabbatiss, together with Vera Deleja-Hotko, Gustav Elfving, Lyse Mauvais, and Sevilay Nur Saraçlar, …
How environmentally responsible investors are unwittingly …
Dec 5, 2024 · This supposedly “responsible” lucrative profit was created from damage to public health which has an equally high monetary value. The comparison stems from the latest …
The three horsemen of social media: brain rot, anxiety and foreign ...
Dec 10, 2024 · On a similar front, for France Inter, Victor Dhollande reports that depression rates have risen sharply among young people in France since the first Covid lockdowns. "41% of …
Cas Mudde: In 2025, Europe must learn to stand on its own two feet
Jan 2, 2025 · Germany will hold crucial elections in February 2025, but while the polls show a clear winner, the Christian Democratic CDU-CSU, coalition formation will be difficult given the …