Tuesday

19th Mar 2024

Ticker

Leading politicians: time for EU to have female leaders

A group of 70 leading EU figures on Thursday published a joint call for a "gender-balanced" leadership of the European Union as voters head to the polls. There has never been a female president of the European Commission or the European Council. The group included former prime ministers, artists, candidates for the job as well as Federica Mogherini, the EU's current foreign commissioner and highest-placed woman.

Read and decide

Join EUobserver today

Get the EU news that really matters

Instant access to all articles — and 20 years of archives. 14-day free trial.

... or subscribe as a group

Borrell: 'Israel provoking famine', urges more aid access

70 percent of northern Gaza is facing famine, new data shows. There is one shower per 5,500 people, and 888 people per toilet. 'How can you live in these conditions?" asked Natalie Boucly of UNRWA at the European Humanitarian Forum.

Opinion

Potential legal avenues to prosecute Navalny's killers

The UN could launch an independent international investigation into Navalny's killing, akin to investigation I conducted on Jamal Khashoggi's assassination, or on Navalny's Novichok poisoning, in my role as special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, writes the secretary-general of Amnesty International.

Join EUobserver

EU news that matters

Join us