The lack of affordable housing is affecting more than 80 million people in Europe. The COVID-19 pandemic made the situation even worse, with an increasing number of people struggling to pay their rent or energy bill. But what comes just at the surface has longer structural reasons, rooted in more profound housing inequalities and which risk jeopardise the very essence of our society.Â
Housing is a human right that must be guaranteed to everybody.
For a socially just and sustainable recovery, we need to make sure that every citizen benefits from decent, affordable and sustainable housing.
Progressive cities and regions have already put in place innovative solutions that can inspire further action on the ground. At the same time, we need a proper European framework. Leaving no one behind means first of all leaving no one without a roof over their head.
In Romania, the liberal-conservative right unseats the liberal-conservative left 16 December 2020, Source: pixabay
The coronavirus epidemic is raging across Europe, but has hit Central and Eastern Europe harder. Although some countries, such as Lithuania and Moldavia, have been able to hold elections, the very worrying public health situation in Romania did not inspire optimism ahead of Sunday’s legislative elections, in which Romanians were called upon to elect the 330 seats in the
Camera Deputaţilor (the lower house) and the 136 seats in the
Senatul (the upper house) of the Romanian
Parlamentul.
The Social Democratic Party (PSD) has dominated the Romanian political scene since the fall of the dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu in 1989, having controlled the government for twenty of the last thirty years. For the past years, however, scandals have piled up. Recent events suggest Romanians have had enough of the PSD.
Most Influential 2020: N-R
The N-R section of the list includes MPs, arts and business leaders, two of the region s elected mayors and also a couple of members of the aristocracy
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