Protecting our planet for future generations requires strong common global action. The Council recently underlined the opportunities that ambitious climate action brings for the planet, the global economy and the people, and the importance of ensuring a just transition towards sustainable climate resilient economies and societies, leaving no one behind.

Death penalty is still a reality in some parts of the world. Unjustifiable, unfair and incomprehensible, it must come to an end. Fortunately, this is the path that has been taken globally. In 2021 and 2022, more countries joined the group of abolitionists. On the European and World Day against the Death Penalty, the European Union and the Council of Europe reiterate ‘their unequivocal opposition...