Jana Toom’s week: The UN is more alive than dead Last week was an ‘American’ and ‘women’s’ week for me – from Monday to Thursday I was on a mission for the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equa... 16/03/2026 Jana Toom's week: the gender pay gap – no end in sight Last Monday began once again with the programme ‘10 Minutes with Yana Toom’ on Radio Maximum (in Russian, listen here). This time, the topic was the w... 09/03/2026 Jana Toom's week: employees' right to disconnect is back Monday morning began with the launch of the programme ‘10 Minutes with Jana Toom’ on Radio Maximum (in Russian). The topic of the first episode was el... 02/03/2026 Jana Toom's week: what are we fighting piracy for? I spent most of this week on a business trip to Madrid. The trip was organised by the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) and focu... 22/02/2026 Jana Toom's week: ahead of the “spring cleaning” This week, the European Parliament met in Strasbourg from Monday to Thursday. Bills, discussions, debates, amendments, and votes followed one after an... 15/02/2026 Jana Toom's week: from EU budget to Tallinn budget This week, like the previous one, was devoted to working in the EP committees and to preparing for the next week: on 9 February, the European Parliame... 09/02/2026 Jana Toom's week: EU budget, digital euro, women's rights This week was a ‘committee week’. In other words, it was filled with meetings and discussions that pave the way for the improvement of European legisl... 31/01/2026 Jana Toom's week: MEPs run amok I spent this busy and sometimes unpleasant week in Strasbourg, where the European Parliament's plenary session was held from Monday to Thursday.1On Tu... 25/01/2026 « 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 »