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Poland, Hungary push against gender equality at EU social summit
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Lobbying by Poland and Hungary has led to the removal of the phrase gender equality from a draft declaration on advancing social cohesion that the EU is due to publish on Friday, according to diplomats and documents seen by Reuters.
Poland s nationalist ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) and its eurosceptic ally, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, promote what they call traditional social values at home and have repeatedly clashed with their more liberal Western peers over the rights of women, gay people and migrants.
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Wednesday, the European Commission appointed a special envoy to promote freedom of religion and belief, which is being attacked in many parts of the world.
This position was created in 2016 by former Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, but his successor, Ursula von der Leyen, did not renew it in 2019.
The appointed special envoy is the 62-year-old Cypriot Christos Stylianides, who was a former European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and a former member of the European Parliament (a right-wing pro-European). He is associated with the Vice President of the Commission in charge of promoting the European way of life, Margaretis Chinas.