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1 day ago
As we enter 2025, what we took for granted — democracy, human rights, the rule of law, a certain basic respect for international law — is under attack from many sides and crumbling before our eyes.
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11 hours ago
The government of French prime minister Michel Barnier, one of the shortest-living in recent history, collapsed on Wednesday after a successful no-confidence vote in the parliament.
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A notorious Libyan militia intercepted refugee boats at least eight times in 2023 and another earlier this year following initial sightings by the EU's border agency Frontex.
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Plenary debate on the crackdown on the civil society and independent media in Azerbaijan

President Metsola meets with the Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk

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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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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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