Equality in danger: EU fights against the right of the right!

Equality in danger: EU fights against the right of the right!

Laimgrubengasse 10, 1060 Wien, Österreich - In the European Parliament in Strasbourg, International Women's Day was celebrated today. The SPÖ European Member Elisabeth Grossmann critically commented on a new timetable for women's rights of the EU, which takes up some social democratic demands, but remains behind the expectations in central aspects, such as OTS . Grossmann criticized the lack of concrete obligations, especially in relation to the right to physical self-determination, the classification of gender-specific violence as an EU-wide crime and the intersectional equality policy. In addition, she criticized the withdrawal of the European anti -discrimination directive because there was no alternative proposal.

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"Equality is not a sure -fire success, it has to be enforced politically and legally," emphasized Grossmann. Wage transparency also remains a hotly discussed topic, because women often earn less than men for the same work. The EU must introduce binding income reports in order to close the income scissors and to facilitate women the compatibility of work and family, she continues. According to the historical response to the equality policy of the European Union, which was recorded in Article 119 of the EEC Treaty, the equal treatment of men and women has become a core demand and started the Roman contracts in 1958. Through the development of the European Court of Justice, which formed laws on gender equality, many fundamental guidelines for equality were developed and consolidated, as wikipedia

Grossmann also warned of the growing shift to the right in Europe, which must be regarded as a danger to equality policy. It calls for a clear stronger legal basis for the commission for the equality strategy after 2025 so that women's policy does not fall victim to the right of rights. The engagement of the social democratic faction for women's rights in Europe remains crucial in order to actually achieve progress in equality and to overcome existing standstill.