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The activities of European political foundations fall under European regulations; these regulations refer to the legal framework, internal functioning and funding, as well as the financing, judicial control, transparency and accountability of European political foundations.
The rules of funding are laid down by a regulation adopted by the Council and the Parliament, pursuant to Article 10 paragraph 4 of the Treaty on European Union and Article 224 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. The implementing procedures are adopted by the Bureau of the European Parliament.
The following rules apply from the procedure concerning funding of financial year 2018 onwards:
Adopted by the General Assembly on 16 June 2026
New Direction adopts these Internal Rules Regarding Gender Balance (“Rules”) in compliance with Regulation 2025/2445 of the European Parliament and of the Council of November 26, 2025 “Regulation”). Article 6(1)(j) imposes on European political foundations, such as New Direction, the obligation to adopt and put “internal mechanisms in place promoting gender balance and encouraging active participation of women in all of their activities.”
“Gender Balance” is not defined in the Regulation, nor are there any specifics provided for how “gender balance” or the “active participation of women in all activities” of political foundations are to be achieved.
New Direction is a conservative political foundation funded in part by the European Parliament. It adheres to long-standing and time-honored conservative principles on the equality between women and men in the workplace, andwhich treat men and women as having equal worth in all areas of societal interactions.
New Direction believes in and promotes the inherent dignity of all human beings regardless of gender, in the workplace and beyond.
New Direction adheres to and promotes a culture of gender equality and mutual respect in the work place.
New Direction believes in and promotes the equality of men and women in the workplace.
New Direction adheres to the time honored and tested principle of meritocracy, by which all decisions related to employees and employment are taken strictly based on their merit and qualifications for the job and regardless of the employees’ gender.
New Direction is an equal employment opportunity foundation where all decisions related to applications for employment, hiring, recruitment, promotion, retention or attrition of personnel are made on the basis of objective qualifications for the job, and regardless of the gender of the job applicant or employee. All employment decisionsare and must be gender neutral. A corollary of this principle is that, in alignment with its conservative principles and commitment to meritocracy, New Direction rejects affirmative action.
New Direction is committed to equal pay for equal work in comparable or nearly identical positions held by women and men with similar tenure.
New Direction adheres to all applicable laws related to the equal treatment of women and men in the workplace.
To attain a gender balanced and inclusive work force and activities for both men and women, New Direction adopts the following protocols.
Whenever possible and appropriate, New Direction commits to advertise its available positions and opportunities for employment with New Direction. If necessary, job advertisements will also be placed in venues and publications whichare known to have a high frequency of women visitors or potential job applicants.
In its job advertisements New Direction commits to state that it is an “Equal Employment Opportunity Employer” and to encourage qualified women to apply for the advertised positions.
In job descriptions created by New Direction for both active and vacant positions, New Direction will aim to convey that its employment practices are gender neutral and that no preference will be given to one gender over the other.
When evaluating job applicants, New Direction commits to evaluate them in a fair, unbiased, and balanced mannerwith the aim of ensuring that qualified women are given an equal change of being hired as qualified male applicants.
Whenever appropriate and feasible, New Direction commits to include women in its hiring committees or othercommittees designed to select employees for promotions, or to make other employment related decisions where a selection process is put in place.
In its social media postings and on its website, New Direction will endeavor to use, whenever appropriate and feasible, materials which prominently display the presence of women of different ages in the workplace.
In conferences and public activities which New Direction organizes or sponsors, New Direction will seek to include relevant women to speak, moderate discussions, or represent New Direction.
When organizing conferences and public events and activities, New Direction will endeavor, as appropriate, to promote themes and subjects from a conservative perspective which, even though of general public interest, may be of greater interest to women. This may include conferences extolling the contribution of women to conservatism.
In procurement and acquisitions of services and goods, New Direction commits to seek services and goods from a broad spectrum of representative businesses, including from businesses which traditionally employ a large percentage of women.
The governing bodies of New Direction will aim to enhance their gender parity and will continue to monitor on a permanent basis the gender balance of the Foundation toward even greater parity.
The foregoing principles and enabling protocols are not empty words at New Direction. They are not mere declaratory aspirations but objectively reflect the state of mind of its members and governing officials. New Direction will continue to strive to expand its reputation as a political foundation which respects women, where women can feel at home and appreciated, and will continue to actively seek out their input and contribution to proactively promote and strengthen conservatism in Europe.
This Protocol was approved and adopted for New Direction by its General Assembly during its meeting of 16 June 2026, and comes into effect on the same date.
Adopted by the General Assembly on 16 June 2026
In compliance with the rules and regulations propounded by the European Parliament and the European Union, New Direction – Foundation for European Conservatism adopts this Sexual Harassment and Non-Discrimination Policy (in short “Policy”). It is the policy of New Direction to ensure and maintain a working environment free of harassment, intimidation, and coercion based on sex, as well as discrimination on the basis of gender.
New Direction has a Zero tolerance for sexual harassment and gender discrimination. Sexual harassment is a formof gender-based discrimination. Both are strictly forbidden at New Direction. This Policy, therefore, applies to both sexual harassment and gender-based discrimination. The policies below apply with equal force to both sexual harassment and gender harassment, and in particular those related to complaints and investigations of complaints of both.
Sexual harassment, regardless of form or intensity and however subtle, is demeaning, constitutes an improper and unlawful exercise of power and domination, and is incompatible with the high moral standards New Direction expects of its members and staff. It is also subversive of the conservative values New Direction embraces and promotes. Furthermore, it can have a harmful impact on the emotional or psychological state and wellbeing of employees and stall or impede productivity.
Consequently, sexual harassment at New Direction is strictly forbidden, not tolerated, and not to be tolerated. NewDirection shares the view that the work place must be free of sexual harassment and, to an even greater extent, of anysexual banter, sexual innuendos, sexual language, mannerism and related manifestations.
New Direction has acquired its well-deserved prestige and high reputation through the hard work and high moral quality of the persons associated with it. However, sexual harassment can stigmatize its reputation and good-will. Consequently, each member of the New Direction community is expected to not only abide by this Policy, but to also enforce it through an attitude of respect toward colleagues and appropriate intervention and prompt reporting of sexual harassment as discussed below.
This Policy applies to all persons associated with New Direction, in whatever capacity, such as employees, members, members of the governing bodies, and it covers behavior and interactions during working hours as well as outside of regular and formal working hours, at the office or outside of the office, to the extent that activities outside of the office are connected with work or with the core vision and mission of New Direction.
New Direction is committed to providing a respectful working environment for all employees, volunteers, boardmembers, interns, consultants, and any other persons performing work for or on behalf of the organization. The organization maintains a zero-tolerance policy toward sexual harassment and gender discrimination and will takeappropriate action to prevent, investigate, and address such conduct or practices.
This Policy applies to:
The Policy applies to conduct occurring:
Sexual harassment consists of any form of unsolicited, unwelcomed or unwanted verbal, non-verbal, visual, written, or physical conduct or contact, however insignificant it may seem to the perpetrator, of a sexual nature. This mere conduct amounts to sexual harassment. This conduct is presumed to violate a person's dignity because of that person’s sex, and to create an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating, or offensive work environment based on sex.
Sexual harassment may include, but is not limited to the following examples:
However, this list is illustrative and not exhaustive. All persons and personnel covered by this Policy are expectedto use their common sense to avoid even the appearance of impropriety. When in doubt as to a course of action or conduct, staff is encouraged to approach management.
All persons covered by this Policy have the following fundamental responsibilities:
Any person who experiences sexual harassment or gender discrimination must oppose it by telling the offender toimmediately cease and desist. Otherwise, the failure to oppose the harassment may convey to the offender that the harassment is welcomed and may even encourage the offender to intensify it.
Any person who experiences or witnesses sexual harassment is required to report it as soon as possible. The reporting is mandatory to ensure the harassment is immediately eliminated.
Reports may be made through one or more of the following channels: (a) directly to the Executive Director of theFoundation; (b) directly to any member of the governing bodies of New Direction;
(c) where the harassment is perpetrated by a member of the governing bodies, the harassment must be reported to another member of the governing bodies or to the Executive Director.
Reporting the sexual harassment or the gender discrimination to the Executive Director may be made by phone at + (32) 485 170 988, or by email at: witold.dechevilly@newdirection.online.
Where the harassment or discrimination is perpetrated by the Executive Director, the complaint may be lodged with the President of the Foundation or any member of the Board of Directors of the Foundation.
The person receiving the sexual harassment complaint must immediately take action to stop the harassment, prevent further harassment, and prevent retaliation by the offender or anyone else in the organization against the complainant.
New Direction designates its Executive Director as the principal official to receive and investigate sexual harassmentcomplaints. The Executive Director may designate a different person or persons to act in his stead and investigate the complaint.
Harassment reports must be made orally or in writing. However, any oral harassment reporting must also befollowed up by a written, dated, and signed complaint. The complaint must be factual, identify the offender, andprovide a timeline and sufficient details to enable the Executive Director or his designee to investigate the complaint. By submitting the complaint, the complainant is deemed to confirm to New Direction that the information in thecomplaint is accurate and truthful.
All harassment or discrimination reports will be handled confidentially, to the extent permitted by law. However, where allegations of sexual harassment violate or appear to violate the national laws of Belgium, they will bereferred to the appropriate authorities. One such instance would be, for instance, sexual assault. Additionally, where complaints contain factual details which are required by law to be disclosed to law enforcement, New Direction will disclose them.
Within New Direction, information about the complainant, the offender, and the facts underlying the complaint willbe shared only with those who need to know and are in a position to address the complaint.
Retaliation against any person who reports sexual harassment or discrimination, participates in an investigation, orsupports a complainant is strictly prohibited and may result in disciplinary action.
Upon receiving a report under this Policy:
This Policy does not limit an individual's right to seek external remedies, including:
External complaints may be made directly by phone to Sebastien Gonfalone at (+32) 02 549 7126, at Mensura, New Direction’s Wellbeing of Partner.
Romantic relationships among members of the staff, governing bodies, and other covered persons are matters of common sense, personal, and, therefore, not subject to this Policy. However, they may not be solicited or pursued inthe work place. Therefore, New Direction expects and requires its staff and all concerned to maintain their romantic relationships personal, outside of the office, and not to allow them to interfere with their work, duties, and responsibilities to New Direction. Romantic relationships may not be used to confer preferential treatment infavor of the persons
involved, and the persons involved must treat one another at arm’s length in the office and in all New Direction work assignments and activities, whether inside the office or off-site.
New Direction will periodically conduct sexual harassment training to all persons covered by this Policy. A copy ofthis Policy will be disseminated to all persons covered by this Policy and a copy will also be provided to all new hires upon hiring.
This Policy will be reviewed periodically to ensure compliance with applicable laws and directives from the EuropeanParliament or institutions of the European Union. An official copy of this Policy will be kept at New Direction’s Secretariat where it will also be stored and remain available for inspection and review upon request.
This Policy was approved and adopted for New Direction by its General Assembly during its meeting of 16 June, 2026, and comes into effect on the same date.
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