Heart disease, cancer, menopause and endometriosis: millions of European women are paying the price of late diagnoses, underfunded research and medicines never properly tested on their bodies.
As member states scramble to transpose the Pay Transparency Directive, the biggest drivers of women’s lower earnings such as part-time work, motherhood penalties and male-dominated sectors, remain stubbornly untouched.
Why AI-turbocharged misogyny and porn are threats to EU democracyWhile speaking with friends and relatives, I often encounter the (sorry) naïve views that the ‘manosphere’ is just some sad boys posting ‘locker-room banter’.
This WEEK: MEPs decide on next EU budget, as ECB responds to Iran war MEPs vote on their position on the 2028–2034 EU budget. The ECB and Federal Reserve are likely to hold rates steady amid rising inflation. Key debates in the EU Parliament include a common legal definition of rape and the impacts of the war in the Middle East, alongside a fossil-fuel transition summit in Colombia.
Despite changes in both national and EU laws, and years of public awareness campaigns, violence against women is still a serious problem across Europe. In some countries, it is even getting worse. A new EU law has been adopted, with full implementation in 2027. So how are different national governments trying to deal with the problem?
Abortion bans pushed Polish women to seek risky or costly alternatives. Now the EU faces a showdown: can a new solidarity fund guarantee safe access across borders, or will politics block women’s rights again?