Tag: European accents
Restrictions on freedoms, rise of populism, democracy abused in Europe?
When we look at criteria such as corruption, the independence of the judiciary or even the media, which are also conditions of democracy, the picture is not very bright on…
The contradictions of the energy transition
The electric car market experienced spectacular growth in Europe last year (2021): 1.2 million 100% electric cars and 1 million plug-in hybrids were sold. But to make electric car batteries,…
Europe commits to advancing farm animal welfare
Will the end of cage farming in Europe soon be over? After a petition signed by nearly a million and a half European citizens, including 400,000 in Germany and 100,000…
What diplomacy for Europe?
While the United States and Russia are meeting to discuss Ukraine’s fate together, but without Europe, the European Union is struggling to impose itself. But above all, it is also…
Europe struggles with the Omicron surge
With contamination records every day, in several European countries sickness absences and dysfunctions are starting to be felt, especially in the health sector. In the United Kingdom, nearly one in…
Europe facing the freedom to choose its gender
Since January 1, Switzerland has joined the list of European countries in which you can change the sex of your marital status on simple declaration when you are over 16…
Faced with identity claims, living together
When the political debate turns into an obsession with identity, how to make society? Mostar, a city emblematic of the ethnic divisions and tensions that plague the Bosnia and herzegovina…
The fight of disadvantaged neighborhoods
Sensitive, popular, priority… they are sometimes called quite simply “neighborhoods”, peripheral urban areas where inequalities are evident. An example with the Covid and this study by Public Health France: In…
Air quality: a good indicator of environmental policies
Despite slight improvements, the air in European countries is still very polluted. This pollution caused 417,000 premature deaths in 2018, according to the European Environment Agency, and the pollutants released…
Young people without jobs, studies or training on the rise in Europe
We call them the invisible, these young people aged 15 to 25 who drop out without having obtained a diploma. For a year, the number of these young adults who…