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19 hours ago
With the latest foreign interference scandal hitting the European Parliament, Belgian and Czech prime ministers suggest strengthening EU prosecuting agencies. But pro-transparency groups say more prevention is needed.
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51 minutes ago
Migration is always a major theme at EU elections — not least because the far-right and nationalist parties help make it so, campaigning on little else, despite the cost-of-living crisis and Ukraine war. Here EUobserver takes a deep dive into the recent deals Brussels has done to ‘offshore’ the issue beyond the EU’s borders.
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As different Spitzenkandidaten now compete for different kinds of things, the process is most likely to cause confusion among the voters. Worse, it may even be seen as another failed promise of EU democratisation.
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Informal meeting of consumer protection ministers

Foreign Affairs Council

Foreign Affairs Council

Informal meeting of health ministers

Informal meeting of health ministers

Informal meeting of health ministers

Informal meeting of health ministers

Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council

Agriculture and Fisheries Council

Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council

Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council

Lithuanian presidential elections

EU elections

EU elections

EU elections

EU elections

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Migration pact hailed as 'huge' EU win, amid human-rights fears

8 days ago
MEPs have given their final approval to the EU's long-delayed immigration and asylum pact, which EU Commission president von der Leyen heralded as a "huge achievement for Europe".
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2 days ago
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EU rules seen as insufficient to fix nutrient pollution

1 day ago
From rivers and lakes to lagoons and seas, numerous aquatic environments across Europe are grappling with a silent yet ubiquitous threat – an excess of nutrients that disrupt their ecological balance and imperil their very existence. And experts say current policies are not going to fix the problem.
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