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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13748
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FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES / Women’s rights

Women’s political representation – Roberta Metsola says European Union collectively needs to show “more courage”

On Wednesday 5 November, MEPs from the European Parliament’s Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) held a public hearing on the “Women’s Leadership in Politics”, to mark Gender Equality Week (3 to 9 November).

As a preamble to the discussions, the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola (EPP, Maltese), said that “the European Union needed more courage, a collective courage”, to combat and remove the obstacles to women’s political...

Contents

BEACONS
Op-ed: Ursula von der Leyen snubs Latin American and Caribbean partners
EXTERNAL ACTION
LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN: EU and CELAC countries facing “imperative” of deepening bilateral partnership
MERCOSUR: Emmanuel Macron deems EU/Mercosur agreement “acceptable”, provided it is accompanied by strengthened safeguard clause
MOLDOVA: European Parliament inaugurates a permanent presence in country
UNITED STATES: Howard Lutnick invited to attend EU trade ministers meeting on 24 November
MEDITERRANEAN: Pact for Mediterranean is a “living” document that can be added to, Dubravka Šuica assures ARLEM session
Russian invasion of Ukraine
HOME AFFAIRS: EU tightens visa rules for Russian nationals
SECTORAL POLICIES
HOME AFFAIRS: online criminal child sexual abuse content – Danish Council Presidency removes all references to mandatory detection
HEALTH: Member States to attempt to reach agreement on Wednesday 12 November on EU’s position ahead of COP11 on tobacco control
CONSUMERS: European Commission achieves its aim to combat airline industry’s misleading environmental claims
ENVIRONMENT/CLIMATE: LIFE programme - EU grants €358 million in support to 132 biodiversity and climate projects
CLIMATE: COP30 – European Union has approved leaders’ declaration on carbon markets drawn up with Brazil
ENERGY: Ursula von der Leyen calls for more to be done to develop networks and storage infrastructures in favour of renewables
ENERGY: North Sea countries take stock of progress towards making region an “offshore interconnection hub”
ENERGY: European Commission consults on its future strategy for development of small modular reactors
TRANSPORT: MEPs are concerned for EU’s competitiveness following failure of vote on regulation on greenhouse gas emissions at IMO
DIGITAL: DMA starting to show its effects but still needs to shift up a gear, says European Consumer Organisation
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: Danish Presidency notes overlap between European Parliament’s requests and EU Council’s discussions on EU’s post-2027 budget
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: women’s political representation – Roberta Metsola says European Union collectively needs to show “more courage”
GENDER EQUALITY: MEPs examine intensification of radical movements in ‘manosphere’ and their impact on democracy
GENDER EQUALITY: Bruegel demonstrates persistent wealth disparities in EU, especially among most affluent
EDUCATION - YOUTH - CULTURE - SPORT
EDUCATION: learning to be an entrepreneur - Eurydice calls for still-overlooked “key competence” to be further integrated into EU competitiveness
NEWS BRIEFS
BANKS: European Commission consults on prudential framework that will govern market activities after January 2027
TAXATION: European Commission launches call for proposals for EU action grants under ‘Fiscalis’ programme
RESEARCH: European Innovation Council’s 2026 work programme provides €1.4 billion for cutting-edge technological innovation