Bulgaria: No need to sign anything, it’s already done. Everyone has the equal right to marry the opposite sex, and nobody can change (de facto) their legal gender. Everyone is already accepting of the LGBT people, as long as they don’t show it publicly.
Jokes aside, outside of Sofia the public opinion is that there are matters much more important than that. Homophobia is also widespread so it’s a political suicide to ratify something like this. The Istanbul convention was a huge “scandal” for just mentioning that it applies to trans women as well. There was a huge disinformation campaign and it worked. We ratified it anyways because it was integrated into an EU directive so yay?
it’s funny that the first state to resign the Istanbul convention is Istanbul’s 🤷
and it’s not funny at all :/
Surprising Poland win
Thats what a new Tusk government will do to a country
Sign a document for PR and not actually implement any changes?
given that the UK, norway, and switzerland are grey, i’m going to assume this is actually talking about the EU.
why why why why is it so hard for people to remember that Europe and The EU are not the same thing???
Read the first word of the post title, my dude
and yet the actual content of the post clearly says europe, not EU
“…in Europe” is the title of the declaration, complain to the Belgian presidency for that
Ironically EU shorthand for Europe and European Union
Romania is a messy country for LGBTIQ people. Generally speaking, LGBQ are accepted (trans people absolutely not), but the government tried to pass a constitutional amendment a few years back to solidify marriage as strictly between a man and a woman. Thankfully, it failed because the general population shunned the referendum so that it couldn’t get the required 50% turnout for it to be valid.
Positive steps are few and far between, but thankfully it isn’t backsliding.
Good to see Estonia is acting Nordic.
Iceland?
Explanations for Iceland’s non-membership of the European Union
- The importance of the fishing industry to Iceland’s economy and the perception that EU membership (and its Common Fisheries Policy) will have an adverse effect on the fishing industry.
- The perception that EU membership will have an adverse effect on Iceland’s agricultural sector.
- Iceland’s strong ties with the United States, which included significant economic, diplomatic and military assistance, decreased Iceland’s dependence on European countries.
- The victories in the Cod Wars may have strengthened Icelandic nationalism and boosted the perception that Iceland can succeed through unilateral or bilateral means rather than compromise in multilateral frameworks.
- The Icelandic electoral system favors rural areas, which are more eurosceptic.
- The tendency for Icelandic elites to pursue education in the United States or eurosceptic European countries (such as the United Kingdom or the Nordic countries), and to cooperate more closely with political elites from those countries.
- Icelandic nationalism and the legacy of Iceland’s past as a colonial entity.
- The impact of the Icesave dispute with the Netherlands and the UK.
Good ol’ Estonia
When you want into nordics… Or nordics into you
Swiss is working on it.
Swiss isn’t EU
Yes?
good thing the image says europe, not EU
or do you think they’re the same thing?
Post title says EU
