Written question to the European Commission Before the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 84 million people were affected by mental illness in the EU, a number which has undoubtedly increased since. The pandemic and subsequent economic crisis have placed a great burden on individuals and their mental well-being, as evidenced by the higher rates of stress, […]
Written question to the European Commission Volunteers from non-EU countries participating in the European Solidarity Corps (ESC) programme are allowed to enter the EU in order to work on projects funded by the programme. The COVID‑19 pandemic has made this kind of mobility difficult but not impossible. Volunteers and participants of the ESC programme from […]
Written question to the European Commission During the debate on government attempts to silence free media in Poland, Hungary and Slovenia, Commission Vice-President Věra Jourová said that the Commission is ‘considering coming up with new measures and new tools’ to address these issues and that competition policy ‘is so important in my view to change […]
Written question to the European Commission NextGenerationEU is a unique opportunity for Europe to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic while also transforming our economies through strategic investments. As the Commission reviews national recovery plans, there are growing concerns over the potential lack of transparency and fairness in the allocation of these funds. In Poland, for […]
Written question to the European Council The European public and the people of the Western Balkans have been perturbed by the recent publication of a so-called ‘non-paper’ which apparently included the idea of a peaceful break-up of Bosnia-Herzegovina and other border changes, recalling the crazed nationalist ideologies of the 1990s. According to media reports, the […]
Written question to the European Commission Over the last two years, almost 100 Polish municipalities, regions and voivodeships have adopted anti-LGBTI resolutions either declaring themselves free from so-called LGBT ideology or adopting the ‘Regional Charters of Family Rights’. These resolutions have already been declared unlawful by four administrative courts in Poland, which ruled that they […]
Written question to the European Commission According to the agreement reached in August 2020 with the EU, AstraZeneca had been set to deliver about 80 million doses to the 27 EU Member States by March 2021. In January 2021, AstraZeneca declared that because of production problems and the resulting supply constraints, the number of initial […]
Written question to the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy In light of the European Parliament’s consent in 2017 to the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement with the Republic of Cuba, we ask: 1. What progress exactly has been made in the Republic of Cuba on […]
Written question to the European Commission The cultural sector has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. Some governments have no clear plan as to when and how to reopen the sector. While there have been roadmaps for reopening other sectors, the cultural and creative sectors seem to be left aside. The economic consequences for […]
Written question to the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kuwait has a large stateless population that has faced widespread, systematic repression since the establishment of the State of Kuwait. This population, known in Arabic as bidoon jinsiya, meaning ‘without nationality’ (hereafter ‘the Bidoon’), is a […]
