Guest post by Lisa Goldman When Donald Trump declared his candidacy for the Republican Party’s nomination in July, policy analysts and media outlets treated the news as a joke. One major digital news site, the Huffington Post, announced it would cover Trump’s campaign in the entertainment section. Six months later, Trump is the leading Republican […]
Guest post by Shauna Aminath On December 17, 2015, 563 Members of the European Parliament passed a harshly worded resolution calling for sanctions against officials of the government of Maldives. The resolution calls on the European Union and its member states to “Introduce restrictive measures in the form of targeted sanctions to freeze the assets […]
In recent weeks, there has been discussion of EU efforts to increase the proportion of women in Europe’s boardrooms. The EU Commission proposal will oblige publicly listed companies to ensure that 40 percent of their boards are female. Under the plans being discussed in Brussels, companies would need to set a target of making 40 percent of […]
Guest post by Marlene Mizzi, Member of the European Parliament November 25, is designated as the International Day for the Elimination of violence against women. The origin of this day started in 1960 when three Dominican sisters were cruelly assassinated for opposing the Trujillo dictatorship. Since then, 25 of November has become the International Day […]
Guest post by Frank Talbot Forty years ago in Helsinki, international leaders signed an agreement on mutual security and cooperation in Europe. With the involvement of the superpowers of the day, one can assume that arriving at an agreement was no easy task. However, the superpowers were not the only prominent voices in the room. […]
Guest Post by Roberta Metsola, Member of the European Parliament The terrorist attacks in Paris shocked us all. Less than a week later we know that grief and anger must give way to a grim determination to counter this terrorist threat and to address both the immediate danger of more attacks and the causes of […]
The Valletta Summit – a stepping stone towards more solidarity Guest post by Miriam Dalli, Member of the European Parliament Malta has, throughout its history, been at the crossroads between Europe and African. Millions of years ago, Malta was indeed a land bridge between the landmasses we today recognise as two of the world’s continents. […]