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3 days ago
Warning about a potential ‘pushback against women's rights’, the EU equality commissioner Hadja Lahbib has backed the inclusion of abortion rights in the EU charter of fundamental rights.
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1 hour ago
EU leaders will meet in Brussels on Thursday to discuss Ukraine, Syria, security, and EU-UK and transatlantic relations. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky will attend the gathering. New sanctions on Russia and the Middle East will also be on the EU foreign affairs ministers' agenda for Monday.
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2 days ago
Fortifications and 40,000 EU member states' troops or lightly-armed US monitors — what kind of Western force could stop Russia invading Ukraine again?
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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

1 month 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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Why the ICC arrest warrant for Israeli leader puts EU in a dilemma

24 days ago
As the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes, the EU now faces a critical dilemma: balancing its commitment to international law with its longstanding political and economic ties to Israel. Quo vadis? 
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