View The EU should learn from its role in Libya’s chaos before getting too involved in Belarus ǀ View
View There is hope again in Belarus - even as Lukashenko muddies the election waters ǀ View While the results of the presidential election in Belarus can be already be anticipated, the EU must be ready to be called on to mediate between the opposition and incumbent President Lukashenko, "Europe's last dictator." 06/08/2020
View As it battles COVID-19, Europe is being stalked by a shadow pandemic: domestic violence ǀ View Plans for Poland to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention have brought to light the spiralling pandemic no one is talking about - the surge in domestic violence and dilution of women's rights. 31/07/2020
View Nurses are in the COVID-19 pandemic front lines. They should be first in line for a pay rise ǀ View The news that UK nurses will not be benefiting from a pay rise has angered many across the profession, one which has lost members to coronavirus and continues to fight the pandemic on the frontlines. 31/07/2020
View Turkey's decision to remove Hagia Sophia's universal status is a new provocation of Europe ǀ View The controversial decision to strip the Hagia Sophia of its status as a symbol of interfaith and intercultural co-operation is yet another hammer blow to EU-Turkish relations. 23/07/2020
View Zoltán Kovács: Look who’s talking about the “spread of disinformation” ǀ View International spokesman for the office of Hungarian prime minister, Zoltán Kovács responds to a Euronews opinion piece penned by contributors Sohini Chatterjee and Péter Krekó. 20/07/2020
View Forget tying rule of law to the EU budget. It's better to add strings to EU funding later ǀ View Angela Merkel is right to be concerned about fuelling support for populist authoritarians by tying EU budget funds to the rule of law. But that doesn't mean the EU can't punish such regimes financially further down the line. 17/07/2020
View Hossein Dehghani: The collapse of the Iran Nuclear Deal 5 years on would be a failure of EU values The Iranian ambassador to the EU and Belgium reflects on the state of play for Europe's foreign policy aspirations on the fifth anniversary of the Iran Nuclear Deal. 14/07/2020
View Denying and glorifying the Srebrenica genocide is inspiring extremists around the world ǀ View 25 years on from the massacre at Srebrenica, revisionism and glorification of the ethnic cleansing committed during the Bosnian War are giving impetus to extremists around the world to act with impunity. 11/07/2020
View 25 years after Srebrenica, genocide denial is pervasive. It can no longer go unchallenged ǀ View As the world begins to grapple with the legacy of its darkest episodes, the way in which the history of what happened in Bosnia and Herzegovina over 20 years ago is told is should now be challenged before it poisons another generation. 11/07/2020
Green Opinion It's time to dismantle fast fashion and its exploitative practices Frankie Leach argues that "there is no redemption for fast fashion" in the wake of the Boohoo slavery scandal. 10/07/2020
View LGBT+ civil rights hang in the balance in Poland’s knife-edge presidential election ǀ View With polls too close to call, Poland's presidential runoff election could seal the fate of the country's LGBT+ community and their civil rights. 09/07/2020
View Coronavirus and Brexit talks are putting Scottish independence firmly back on the agenda ǀ View Rather than calming the debate, the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing Brexit negotiations between the UK and EU have only served to refocus the Scottish independence debate ahead of next year's Scottish Parliament elections. 08/07/2020
View State-sponsored disinformation in Western democracies is the elephant in the room ǀ View State-sponsored disinformation campaigns were once the preserve of authoritarian regimes. Without noticing, the same tactics have crept into public discourse in Western democracies. 06/07/2020
View As human rights activists know all too well, you speak the truth at your peril in Turkey ǀ View In the wake of the attempted coup in 2016, Turkish authorities have been relentless in suppressing what they see as potential threats - including human rights activists now on trial for terrorism-related charges. 03/07/2020
View Trump’s ICC attack shows his contempt for the rule of law ǀ View In the face of a blatant attempt at interference by Donald Trump, the ICC should guard its independence and push on with its probes into alleged war crimes committed by the US in Afghanistan and Israeli forces in Palestine. 02/07/2020
View New technology and political will can give tourism the post-COVID-19 lift needed to save jobs ǀ View Shrinking away from the challenges posed by international crises like the coronavirus pandemic will not save the millions of jobs set to be lost in the tourism sector. 02/07/2020
View Merkel’s EU presidency is a critical test for EU solidarity ǀ View With the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, Brexit and the impact of climate change, all eyes will be on Angela Merkel as she takes on her second crisis presidency of the EU. 01/07/2020
View Belarus is no longer scared of Lukashenko | View Europe's last dictator lost his final shred of support in his response to the coronavirus pandemic. With protests at home and isolation abroad, is this the end of the road? 25/06/2020
View The EU must be prepared to be critical of China. It can start with Hong Kong’s security law ǀ View China’s action toward's Hong Kong is part of a pattern of increasingly confrontational behaviour that Europe needs to be much more forthright in calling out and responding to. 24/06/2020
View The COVID-19 pandemic has a lesson for the EU: it can no longer be business as usual ǀ View The COVID-19 pandemic has destroyed all vestiges of the old neoliberal system. To ensure democracy survives in Europe in tact, the EU must not fall back to business as usual. 20/06/2020
View COVID-19 shows a vaccine to stop fraud of EU finances is needed ǀ View The Cohesion Fund was the first financial instrument mobilised to redirect EU money to combat the impact of COVID-19. But as evidence shows, it is vulnerable to abuse. 17/06/2020
View The legacy of colonialism could be a catalyst for new relationships with those it oppressed ǀ View The legacy of the British Empire can be a source of awkwardness or embarrassment for Britain, but it could also prove to be a source of strength in the future. 17/06/2020
View EU values are the remedy to COVID-19 disinformation campaigns ǀ View Russia and China have been identified as the main actors behind a widespread disinformation campaign during the COVID-19 crisis. The EU now has an opportunity to counteract fake news by promoting its freedoms and principles. 16/06/2020
View Assita Kanko: Leopold II is part of the uncomfortable truth of who we are. We can’t erase him ǀ View As calls to remove statues of Belgium's controversial monarch, Leopold II, grow louder, Assita Kanko warns of the dangers of having a curated and sanitised version of history. 11/06/2020
View How to keep global superpowers China and the US from riding roughshod over human rights ǀ View Despite their differences, China's Xi Jinping and US president, Donald Trump have in common their dislike of any global effort to hold them accountable for their behaviour, including on human rights. 10/06/2020
View We have an opportunity to tackle human rights challenges post-COVID-19. We need to take it ǀ View COVID-19 has brought with it a health emergency of global proportions. This has presented a huge challenge to national leaders, to health systems worldwide, and to citizens. It also became an excuse for human rights violations that are showing few signs of diminishing. 10/06/2020
