March 2020
In connection with the corona crisis, Poland has introduced a 14-day quarantine period for citizens returning to the country. This also has an impact on the state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, where many Polish commuters work. Poland must now implement the European Commission's new guidelines on the free movement of labour during COVID-19!
The European Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy today adopted the priorities of an EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy for the period 2020-2024. Commenting on the action plan, Margarete Bause, spokesperson for human rights.
The coronavirus has the world firmly in its grip - and with it the European Parliament. After the week of plenary sessions scheduled for 9-12 March was initially moved from Strasbourg to Brussels, the session was later shortened to one day. This then also affected one of my main projects this month - a resolution on the forthcoming IRENE mission to help enforce the arms embargo on Libya.
Just two weeks ago, the EU Parliament was running at full speed with thousands of people on board, hundreds of events and committee meetings. Now the floors and offices have been cleared, events cancelled and all work is being done from home. It feels as if someone has pulled the plug.
On our local radio station LOHRO I spoke with Tim Fischer about my work in the European Parliament and my ideas for a feminist foreign policy. The main question that came up was about what a more feminist foreign policy actually mean in practice.
She has fought for an end to male guardianship and courageously resisted the ban on driving for women: Saudi women's rights activist Lujain al-Hathloul. In March 2018 she was kidnapped in the United Arab Emirates and put in prison in Saudi Arabia, where she was also tortured.
3.8 billion. This many women and girls there are in the world. And how many countries will achieve equality by 2030? Not one.
