Hervé Kempf is a journalist and founder of Reporterre, an independent French media outlet covering climate and environmental issues. He explains his editorial success in this interview, in which he also discusses the role of independent media in national and European democratic life, and his latest book.

Jan 28, 2025 · Progress has been made in some industries. The American Association of Voice Actors, for example, has called for actors' consent to be obtained when their image or voice is used for AI, with limits on the duration of use and the ancillary income. The researchers at Data & Society point out that “major asymmetries of power and information between industries and workers remain typical” and ...

Dec 11, 2024 · Traditional fishing in the Mediterranean is disappearing, and with it, the people who keep it going. The decline of traditional fishing in the Mediterranean reflects European policies that prioritise industrial fishing, resulting in the destruction of small boats, cultural loss and challenges for fishing families, despite the potential for sustainability and conservation efforts.

Founded in 1995 by The Economist, European Voice is a Brussels-based weekly covering European affairs and EU institutions. It considers itself an independent paper whose "mission is to promote informed debate, openness and progress in the EU" and which, it says, "has become essential reading for the EU regulatory and political affairs communities – Europe's most important decision-makers".

Jan 2, 2025 · On 6 February 2024, the European Union's Parliament and Council reached an agreement on the Directive on violence against women which had been tabled in March 2022. This text will harmonise national legislation on sexual harassment, female genital mutilation, sterilisation, forced marriage and "revenge porn" (the leaking of sexual images with the aim of harming someone).

Sep 4, 2024 · Russia's 2022 all-out invasion of Ukraine sparked Europe's largest post-WWII exodus. Two years on, 10 million Ukrainians remain displaced, with 6 million refugees in Europe, according to UNHCR estimates.The long-dormant Temporary Protection Directive, activated for the first time, granted Ukrainian refugees swift access to residence permits, labour markets, housing and social safety nets ...

Dec 24, 2024 · The war in Ukraine and Gaza, the protests in Georgia, the elections in Europe and elsewhere: it's a real challenge to sum up 2024 with a selection of press cartoons, as we do every year.Which is why, this year, we gave the task to our subscribers. We gave them the opportunity to make themselves heard and choose the best press cartoon published by Voxeurop each month – and they answered the call.

Oct 30, 2024 · The UN recommended in 1991 that countries provide public information on all police-related deaths. Portugal began publishing theirs in 1997, Denmark in 2012, and France only in 2018. The Netherlands only reports cases investigated by the Public Prosecutor's Office, Ireland only reports cases investigated by the Ombudsman and Sweden’s Agency of Forensic Medicine reports deaths it attributes ...

Jan 2, 2025 · Spain abolished compulsory military service in 2001, France in 1996, Germany in 2011, Belgium in 1994 and the UK all the way back in 1963. Iceland has no national army, while Ireland has never had compulsory military service. Now, however, the picture is beginning to change. Considering conscription. In July, debate engulfed Germany on the reintroduction of military service, as well as the ...

Dec 18, 2024 · In contrast to the pro-European protests in Georgia and Maia Sandu’s hard-fought victory in Moldova, Romania gave the pro-EU politicians in power the cold shoulder. They did so by voting in shockingly high numbers (22,94%) for the ultra-nationalist candidate Călin Georgescu in the first round of the presidential election held on 24 November. . Unfortunately for the dark horse who was the ...