Analyses
The Commission has published its Action Plan on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in External Relations 2020–2025 (GAP III)! This is an important step for more women in foreign and security policy. Read more here
Women are still in short supply in foreign and security policy, especially in management positions. In a commentary for the magazine "Internationale Politik" I wrote about the urgency of a feminist EU foreign policy.
Die kurdische Journalistin Nurcan Baysal wurde für ihre Berichte über Menschenrechtsverletzungen verhaftet. In meinem InstaLive habe ich mit ihr über die Pressefreiheit und Corona-Maßnahmen in der Türkei gesprochen.
Together with Lina Khatib, Director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme of London's "Chatham House" and Bente Scheller, Head of the Middle East and North Africa Department of the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Berlin, I discussed the role of the EU in the Middle East.
But where does the EU stand when it comes to gender equality in its Foreign and Security Policy? Where and how can it improve? Together with my colleague Ernest Urtasun, I commissioned a study with the Centre for Feminist Foreign policy on exactly this topic. The result: there is a lot of room for improvement, and:
Libya is demoralised - and the EU is just watching. The refugee crisis continues and the Corona pandemic is exacerbating the dramatic situation. The German government had tried to fill the gaps. And is now facing the shattered remains of its initiative.
Maria Ressa, the editor-in-chief of the online portal "Rappler", is to spend 6 months behind bars for "defamation on the net". I spoke to her on Instagram about press freedom and the state of the demorcracy in the Philippines.
Throughout the world, courageous people stand up for human rights and often risk their freedom, even their life. Human rights defenders should therefore be protected and should find easier refuge in the EU.
Global supply chains are a core part of our European economy. But in times of a pandemic they can make us vulnerable. On euronews I pointed out that we should consider what equipment, tools and industries should be located in Europe in the future.
The new corona normality has completely changed our parliamentary work. How exactly? I'll show you in my video!
Since last year, people in Iraq have been taking to the streets again: they protest against corruption and sectarianism and demand political reforms. Now the corona virus threatens to further destabilize the country. In my webinar I talked about this with three experts*.
