1.6 million farmers receive almost 85 percent of the EU’s agricultural subsidies

A large part of the EU's budget is devoted to supporting agriculture. Yet farmers receive a given amount per hectare – so large farms receive way more money than the small ones, to the extent that 25 percent of all EU farmers receive only 1.3 percent of the available funds.

By |2023-07-26T08:46:33+01:00May 24th, 2019|Tags: , |Comments Off on 1.6 million farmers receive almost 85 percent of the EU’s agricultural subsidies

In parliaments across Europe women face alarming levels of sexism, harassment and violence

Even a century after women started to become eligible to vote and stand for election in European countries, only 36.4 percent of MEPs in the outgoing legislature (2014-19) were women. Meanwhile, gender-based violence and harassment against women in European parliaments is rampant. What can be done to change this situation in the new assembly?

By |2023-07-26T10:37:34+01:00May 22nd, 2019|Tags: |Comments Off on In parliaments across Europe women face alarming levels of sexism, harassment and violence
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