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Call for a European Child Guarantee  Protect migrant children, particularly unaccompanied ones  EU member states must invest more in education, healthcare, housing, family support and childcare, making sure that these services reach all children.  “A child is first and foremost a child, regardless of ethnic origin, gender, nationality or social and economic background, ability, migration or residence status”, stated Parliament on Thursday in a resolution passed with 545 to 24 and 119 abstentions. The text highlights the huge toll that the COVID-19 crisis is having on children, ...

Broader context of increased discrimination and attacks on the LGBTIQ community  Commission should use all tools in its power to address violations of fundamental rights of LGBTIQ people  The European Parliament adopted a resolution declaring the EU an ‘‘LGBTIQ Freedom Zone’’. © John Thys/AFP   In response to the backsliding of LGBTIQ rights in some EU countries, notably Poland and Hungary, MEPs declared the EU an “LGBTIQ Freedom Zone” on Thursday. Two years after the first Polish local authority decla...

On Wednesday, MEPs called for democratic oversight of tech giants to safeguard freedom of expression. In a debate with Secretary of State for European Affairs Ana Paula Zacarias from the Portuguese Presidency of the Council, and Commission Vice-President Věra Jourová, almost all speakers criticised the vast power of social media platforms and their worrying impact on politics and freedom of speech. Citing various decisions taken by the platforms to censor content or accounts, a large majority in the chamber highlighted the lack of clear rules governing such decisions and the lack of transp...

The use of sexual services provided by trafficking victims must be criminalised and harder measures to tackle its proliferation are needed, Parliament says.