Franziska Brantner is an MEP in the Greens-EFA Grouping, and is a member of the Foreign affairs and relations with Isreal committees. She took part in the negotiations on the formation of the European External Action Service on behalf of…

By: Valeria Venturini Nowadays seems to be fair enough that words such as freedom, democracy, development, have become bare containers full of rhetoric with no meaning. Too often we hear examples of good or bad governance based more on economical concepts instead…

On Tuesday 23 November, the European Parliament in Strasbourg has approved a report on “Civil, commercial, family and private international law” which confirms the necessity for any civil contract (including all forms of marriages and civil unions) to be fully…