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Southern Europe
Christian Political Movement gains a foothold in Spain
From now on, the European Christian Political Movement (ECPM) will also represent a Spanish political party. Recently, the Movement was presented in Spain. The ECPM represents about 20 political parties in the European Parliament. Recently, a new Spanish political party joined the Movement. It is named Contigo+ (With You More),…
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Western Europe
France's highest court upholds burkini ban
France’s top administrative court has ruled against the city of Grenoble’s decision to allow burkinis in municipal swimming pools. Home Affairs Minister Gerald Darmanin called the decision a “victory for secularism”. An unprecedented ruling, writes the French daily Le Monde. This is the first time that the court has had…
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Central Europe
Anti-Semitic artwork removed from German exhibition after public outcry
The controversial work of the Indonesian artist collective named “Taring Padi” has been removed from its exhibition “Documenta” in the German town of Kassel. The work caused upheaval, because it was said to contain anti-Semitic elements. In addition to national voices speaking out against the work, the state of Israel…
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Southern Europe
Italy unable to give all women access to abortion
Even though abortion is legal in Italy, women often experience problems when trying to find someone who will perform the procedure. Statistics show that most gynaecologists are still opposed to terminating pregnancies. That is reported by Il Giornale based on the latest statistics on abortions in Italy. The data, based…
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Western Europe
Dutch Senate agrees to abolish consideration period for abortion
From January on, women in the Netherlands who want an abortion will no longer have to wait five days before terminating the pregnancy. The Senate confirmed a bill on Tuesday. The Lower House had voted for this in January. It was a private member's bill from the PvdA (Social Democrats),…
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Northern Europe
Norway reviews abortion legislation
The Norwegian government has set up a committee that will assess the abortion law in the country. Not everyone is fond of the people on the committee. The ruling Labor Party has called for the abolition of abortion committees and the extension of the right to self-determined abortion until the…
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Central Europe
Right-wing activists disrupt Pride service in church
In the Swiss city of Zuerich, a group of activists disrupted a special church service for LGBT people. That was reported by the newspaper Tagesanzeiger and the Protestant platform Ref.ch. According to the Tagesanzeiger, the disturbers had a cross with the text “No Pride Month.” The service was on Sunday…
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Northern Europe
Swedish Liberals want a total ban on denominational schools
The Swedish Liberal party wants to ban denominational independent schools. “There are excellent Sunday schools.” For several years, the Liberals have been pushing for a ban on establishing denominational independent schools, often referred to as religious independent schools. Now the party wants to go one step further and see a…
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Western Europe
More and more donor children want to know their donor father
In the Netherlands, more and more donor-conceived people want to know their biological father. Or who was the sperm donor that is the father of their child. That is reported by the Dutch press agency ANP and the Christian daily Reformatorisch Dagblad. The organisation that deals with this phenomenon, Foundation…
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Eastern Europe
Ukrainian churches fear gender agenda after vote about Istanbul Convention
The Ukrainian Parliament ratified the Istanbul Convention on Monday. This human rights treaty aims to prevent domestic violence and introduces gender as a concept of self-identification. The parliament supported the ratification of the Istanbul Convention with 259 votes in favour and eight votes against the ratification. Ukrainian churches were opposed…
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