Katrin Hugendubel

Nov 21, 2024 | theparliamentmagazine.eu | Eloise Hardy |Katrin Hugendubel

The case against Hungary's Child Protection Act goes to the heart of EU treaty values. How the ECJ rules may determine Hungary's EU future — and how strictly member state violations are policed. Stigmatising LGBTQ+ people, drawing a false equivalence between same-sex relations and paedophilia, and violating EU treaty-bound values – these are just some of the criticisms that have been levied against Hungary's controversial Child Protection Act.

Aug 29, 2024 | theparliamentmagazine.eu | Roos Döll |Katrin Hugendubel

On August 15, Sweden reported a case of a new strain of mpox known as clade 1b. It marked the first time the more deadly strain of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, was found in Europe and outside of the African continent. According to Sweden’s public health agency, the person who contracted the virus had just returned from a trip to an unidentified African nation where there has been a major outbreak of the new mpox strain.

Jul 7, 2024 | huffingtonpost.es | Katrin Hugendubel |Carmen Rengel

Un fantasma recorre Europa. Es el de la ultraderecha, que escala sobre las espaldas del descontento social, el desgaste de los partidos clásicos y la desilusión con las alternativas. Las elecciones europeas del pasado 9 de junio acabaron con las formaciones ultras llevándose uno de cada cuatro escaños, por más que ahora se estén matando entre ellas para formar grupos en el Parlamento comunitario. No son sólo las instituciones europeas.

Mar 6, 2024 | theparliamentmagazine.eu | Katrin Hugendubel

Over the past five years, there has been a consistent rise in the instrumentalisation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) people and their rights in an effort to distort and manipulate political debates. An alarming review we compiled on the human rights situation of LGBTI people in Europe documents instances of hate speech by politicians in 32 countries over the course of 2023, 19 of them EU member states.

Mar 1, 2023 | theparliamentmagazine.eu | Susi Dennison |Katrin Hugendubel

After the initial shock over the breadth of the proposed act, European capitals have been divided on the extent to which the EU should emulate this green protectionism and support the competitiveness of their own businesses as they decarbonise, or take a stance in defence of a global free trade system and refuse to follow Washington’s lead.