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Jan 21, 2025
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Trump, Hungary, Davos, and first
2025 EP plenary This WEEK

2 co-observers
1 day ago
This week, Trump returns to the White House, while von der Leyen is expected to address the plenary session in Strasbourg and the World Economic Forum in Davos. Polish PM Tusk will present the priorities of his country's EU council presidency to MEPs on Wednesday.
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Trump silent on Russia, pledges
tariffs in 'golden age' speech

1 co-observer
14 hours ago
Trump said nothing on Russia and little about China, pledged trade tariffs, and voiced rightwing views on migrants, gender, and climate, in a speech full of bombastic rhetoric, including a promise to send Americans to Mars.
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EU finance ministers hold their breath
as they prepare for Trump onslaught

1 co-observer
18 hours ago
EU finance ministers avoided directly responding to incoming president Donald Trump’s tariff threats and Greenland trolling.
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Agenda

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Economic and Financial Affairs Council

20.01

Plenary debate about the need to detect and to counter sabotage by the Russian shadow fleet

20.01

Plenary debate about the need for actions to address the continued oppression and fake elections in Belarus

20.01

Plenary debate about the humanitarian crisis in Sudan

20.01

Plenary debate about Trump administration geopolitical and economic implications for the transatlantic relations

20.01

Informal meeting of education ministers

20.01

Plenary debate about the deterioration of the political situation in Georgia

20.01

Plenary debate about the Hungarian government’s illegal espionage of EU institutions and investigative bodies

20.01

Plenary debate about the situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025

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Plenary debate about the need to enforce the Digital Services Act to protect democracy on social media platforms including against foreign interference and biased algorithms

21.01

Presentation of the programme of activities of the Polish Presidency to the Parliament

21.01

Plenary debate about the failure of the negotiations in Busan for a UN plastic treaty and the urgent need to tackle plastic pollution at international and Union level

21.01

Plenary debate about uniting Europe against actors hostile to the EU

21.01

Plenary debate about the case of Boualem Sansal in Algeria

21.01

Plenary debate about addressing EU demographic challenges: towards the implementation of the 2023 Demography Toolbox

21.01

Plenary debate about the link between organised crime and smuggling of migrants in light of the recent UN reports

21.01

Plenary debate about systematic repression of human rights in Iran

21.01

Plenary debate about the conclusions of the European Council meeting of 19 December 2024

21.01

Plenary debate about stepping up international action to protect whales

22.01

Plenary debate about combating Desertification

22.01

Plenary debate about Cryptocurrencies and the need for global standards

26.01

Foreign Affairs Council

26.01

Agriculture and Fisheries Council

27.01

General Affairs Council

29.01

Informal meeting of justice and home affairs ministers

30.01

Informal meeting of justice and home affairs ministers

20.03

European Council meeting

21.03

European Council meeting

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Rule 241: the EU’s hidden ‘bombshell’ against anti-democratic forces

3 months 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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Why EU leaders should get off Musk's X

4 months ago
Leaders should ask themselves - is X really what I want my brand to be associated with?
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EUobserver's Top 10 stories of 2024

25 days ago
Allow us at EUobserver to blow our own trumpet as 2024 draws to a close, with a look back at the best of the journalistic path we follow — less frothy personality-driven politics, more policy, research and investigations.
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