Assessing the Weekly News
Week 05 [2025/12/13-2025/12/19]
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Every Monday, the CERESE publishes the assessment of the previous week’s news by the Research Trainees:
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The most important event of the week is the passage of the citizens’ initiative ‘My Voice, My Choice’ by the European Parliament on December 17. The plan aims to ensure access to safe abortions throughout the EU by proposing the creation of a funding mechanism within the EU budget so that women from countries with strict restrictions, such as Malta and Poland, can undergo the procedure free of charge in other member-states. Despite the rise of far-right forces opposing the measure, its supporters stress that the initiative will reduce unsafe practices and protect human rights.
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The aforementioned opinions are those of their respective authors and they do not purport to reflect the opinions or views of the Institute of International Relations or its Researchers.
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