Tag: European Parliament election 2024
Belgium’s trans-friendly reputation faces far-right rise – POLITICO
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BRUSSELS — Belgium has built a reputation as among the most progressive EU countries on trans rights.
For the past five years, people there can legally change their gender and name without medical certification. Its current government includes a transgender politician in a leading position.
And, just recently, the city of Ghent in Belgium’s northern Flanders region polished those progressive credentials by granting city officials a month of leave
European Parliament set to grow by 15 MEPs in 2024 – POLITICO
BRUSSELS — An extra 15 MEPs will take up their seats in the European Parliament following next year’s EU elections, after governments struck a preliminary agreement on the size and shape of its composition.
The biggest winners are France, Spain and the Netherlands, as each of these countries will gain two MEPs, while the countries that will add one more are Austria, Belgium, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Latvia, Ireland and Denmark, according to a document from the Council of the