‘Equality is not a paper commitment’: the EU’s quiet push to enforce LGBTIQ+ rights

EURACTIV - More than a third of LGBTIQ+ people in the EU report discrimination, and over half face harassment, yet political backlash and budget cuts are threatening to reverse a decade of progress. Juliane Marie Neiiendam, a member of the Civil Society Organisations' Group of the EESC and Vice-President for Equality, tells Euractiv why the bloc's next equality strategy must move from ambition to enforcement. Read more

Juliane Marie Neiiendam, a member of the Civil Society Organisations' Group of the EESC and Vice-President for Equality. [Photo Credit: EESC]