Thousands of Christians lost their lives because the European Union keeps silent about freedom of religion. That is what Reformed MEP Bert-Jan Ruissen said on Monday when he opened a conference and an exposition about persecuted Christians in the building of the European Parliament in Brussels.

A clear majority of the Members of the European Parliament call for cross-border measures to combat the dark world of prostitution. However, introducing the full Nordic model seems to be a bridge too far.

She is a mother of seven, but EC President Ursula von der Leyen is not sure whether her three grandchildren will have “a spring, a summer, a fall and a winter like we had when we were children.” In the European Parliament debate about the State of the Union on Wednesday, she shared her worries about the climate. The question is, what is a bigger threat for Europe: the climate or the demography?

On 13 September 2023, the European Commission presented its annual State of the Union Address.

Europe must make clear to the extremely divided Americans that it fears for the union of their states.

Western Europe is secularising. But a new study shows that young people increasingly believe in the supernatural despite this.

Victor Madrigal-Borloz's (53) term as the UN's LGBT rights watchdog is over. He recently submitted his latest report to the UN Human Rights Council. In it, the Costa Rican lawyer clashes with the fundamental rights of freedom of conscience and religion.

In large parts of Europe, the birth rate is falling. But that is only the beginning, experts say. The continent must prepare for a new reality.

Even though the EU guidelines for freedom of religion have existed for ten years, they have been barely applied, MEP Bert-Jan Ruissen says. The Dutch Reformed politician pleads for more action from the European Union.

Spain starts its EU Presidency with the promotion of gender self-identification in the Union. In total, 16 countries in Europe have promised to promote transgender policies.