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3 days ago
Azerbaijan has been further emboldened to crack down on opposition since hosting the UN climate summit COP29, says the son of a dissident now under house arrest.
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Hours before the climate summit in Baku was supposed to conclude on Friday evening, the COP29 presidency tabled a series of new draft negotiating texts — with a top-line figure of $1.3 trillion in climate finance investment. 
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With a snap Belarus presidential election in January, six-term strongman Aleksandr Lukashenko must have realised that continuing isolation by the West and excessive dependence on Moscow have become a threat to his power inside Belarus.
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President Metsola meets with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen

President Metsola presides over the opening of the plenary session

debate about the outcome of the UN biodiversity conference 2024 in Cali, Colombia

Plenary debate about the international day for the elimination of violence against women

Plenary debate about the outcome of the G20 leaders' summit

Plenary debate about the illegal unilateral declaration of independence of the secessionist entity in Cyprus 41 after

Plenary debate about prison conditions in the EU

Plenary debate about the full accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen area

Plenary debate about the challenges in implementing cohesion policy 2021-2027

Plenary debate about the continued escalation in the Middle East, the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the west bank, UNRWA’s essential role in the region and the need to release all hostages

Plenary debate about the autumn 2024 economic forecast

Plenary debate about the urgent need to tackle the gender pay gap

Plenary debate about reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and Russia

Plenary debate about the political and humanitarian situation in Mozambique

Plenary debate about critical infrastructure vulnerability and hybrid threats in the Baltic Sea

Plenary debate about the outcome of COP29 and challenges for international climate policy

Plenary debate about the recruitment of minors for criminal acts

Vote about the election of the Commission

Plenary debate about the rise of energy prices and fighting energy poverty

Presentation by the Commission president-elect of the college of commissioners and its programme

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Drainpipe of shame: How Orbán hypocrisy became a gay icon in Brussels

2 months ago
The drainpipe in Brussels where a far-right MEP fled a gay orgy still attracts tourists, who take pics to remember what Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán really represents.
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Handshake of death: EU embrace of Kagame helping silence dissidents in Belgium

25 days ago
Every time EU leaders shake hands with Rwanda's president Paul Kagame, they embolden him to commit crimes against dissidents in Belgium, making themselves morally liable.
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Rule 241: the EU’s hidden ‘bombshell’ against anti-democratic forces

1 month ago
Legal scholars have dubbed it a "sleeping beauty" — a potent yet practically unused EU Parliament instrument akin to the EU's own Article 7, designed to safeguard the rule of law and the integrity of its institutions.
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