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3 days ago
A plea by over 200 civil society groups for EU lawmakers to reject plans by the EU Commission to delay the bloc’s anti-deforestation law is set to fall on deaf ears.  
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5 hours ago
Off the back of an EU summit dominated by disputes over migration control and the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, MEPs decamp to Strasbourg for a European Parliament plenary session where the EU’s budget, single market, and migration (again) will top the agenda. 
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1 hour ago
Economic partnerships with Kyrgyzstan send a clear message: despite the increasing attacks on civil society and the repressive laws being passed, Germany and the EU more broadly are ready to continue business as usual and prioritise their own strategic economic interests over human rights.
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Capital Markets Union will not foot Europe’s climate bill, says report

3 months ago
In an effort to save money, the EU hopes private financiers will foot "most" of the climate bill. But a new report dispels these hopes, calling them "wishful thinking."
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Rule 241: the EU’s hidden ‘bombshell’ against anti-democratic forces

12 days 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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A 'silent pandemic' the EU is not prepared for

2 years ago
"Mental health is the silent pandemic," Irish centre-right MEP Maria Walsh, who spearheads several parliament initiatives on mental health, said, arguing that the EU needs to have a strategy implemented in "weeks, not years".
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