Spain has two law-making levels: the State and the Autonomous Communities. Spain recognises certain legislative autonomy in its Autonomous Communities for the execution of legislation but anti-discrimination legislation is an exclusive task of the State. According to Article 81 of the Spanish Co...
history is that of a federal unit within a federal state – the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY). After the dissolution of the SFRY in the 1990s, it was again structured as a federal state with two federal units, and known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY). From 2003 to 2...
The gender pay gap uncovers the different realities women and men face in their professional and personal lives. The statistics speak for themselves. Across the EU, women earn on average 16% less than men. This is a result of many already identified factors: women are concentrated in lower level...
Denmark is a constitutional monarchy, consisting of Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are not members of the EU. The Danish judicial system is based on the traditions of civil law as in continental Europe and is more or less divided into private law and pu...
Developments in Bulgarian legislation and practice in the field of anti-discrimination, equal treatment and equal opportunities were made possible thanks to the process of the full integration of Bulgaria into the EU. The National Assembly is the legislative body which adopts legislation, also i...
The Supreme law of the land is the Constitution of 1964 as amended. Malta is an independent republic with a parliamentary system of government. Parliament makes laws subject to respect for Malta’s international obligations including membership of the European Union. The European Union Act of 200...
Improving gender equality has many positive impacts on individuals and also on society at large. A more gender‑equal EU would have strong, positive GDP impacts growing over time, a higher level of employment and productivity and could respond to challenges related to the ageing population in the...
The ruling FIDESZ-KDNP right-wing permanent party alliance (Fiatal Demokraták Szövetsége – Kereszténydemokrata Néppárt: Alliance of Young Democrats – Christian Democratic People’s Party) has structurally reorganised the Hungarian state organisation and fundamentally modified the Hungarian legal ...
