3 Questions on the new EU LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy to Rémy Bonny Published: 8 October 2025 3 Questions The European Commission’s new LGBTIQ+ Equality strategy for 2026-2030 puts equality back on the agenda – but for Rémy Bonny, Executive Director at Forbidden Colours, it comes too little, too late. As Europe faces a coordinated anti-gender movement importing authoritarian narratives into the EU, he warns that “a few nice words won’t stop that.” Joan Lanfranco asked him where the EU needs to show real political courage, how it can counter disinformation and violence, and why defending LGBTIQ+ rights has become a test of Europe’s democracy itself. Joan Lanfranco, Rémy Bonny
Geopolitics with European Characteristics Published: 15 March 2016 Europe is neither poor nor weak. The EU and the Member States have the means to ensure their citizens’ security, freedom and prosperity, if only they muster the will and the unity to do so. Prof.Dr Sven Biscop