Pharmaceutical and food industry payments to national paediatric associations are inaccessible
National paediatric associations in six of eight European countries do not disclose their financial ties with the private sector.
The olive oil wars
Italy convinced the world that it was the king of liquid gold by selling Spanish oil, but now Spain has appropriated 'Made in Italy'.
The challenge of green transition in the national Recovery and Resilience Plans of southern and eastern EU countries
After analysing the NRRP green transition targets in 11 southern and eastern European countries, we found that country-by-country analyses are needed to compensate for information gaps at the European level.
In Greece, more people abstained than those who voted in the European elections
Although abstention from European elections remained essentially stable in the European Union as a whole compared to 2019, in Greece, it increased by 17.3 percentage points from the previous European elections, reaching 58.61% —meaning that for the first time in our country, abstainers outnumbered participants.
European election turnout: mandatory voting, age limits and possibility to choose candidates
Pod črto have analysed the systemic reasons why almost one in two Europeans chooses not to vote.
Brussels shuts the door on diversity: a European Parliament without young people and minorities
At the end of the 2019-2024 parliamentary term, the average MEP is a white male aged 54. Only three are under 30.
Europeans without citizenship: how being stateless means living without rights
At least 381,000 people in the European Union have no official nationality, depriving them of fundamental rights.
Age, income, and education: a portrait of the average non-voter
Non-voters are older, poor and less educated: this is the profile that emerges from an analysis of socio-economic data from Italian municipalities with abstention levels over 60 percent in 2019 and 2022.
To what extent EU lawmaking matters for citizens’ life: facts and figures
‘The European Union dictates most of the legislation of member states’, goes the popular argument that national governments and parties like to make against Bruxelles. But it's worth getting the facts straight.
Male, over 50, with a doctorate: this is the European Parliament today
On 9 June, Europeans will be voting to elect their next European Parliament. Data analysis by SWR Data Lab shows that the European Parliament is not as diverse as it could be.
