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3 days ago
Unlike Washington, Brussels has historically maintained a more nuanced relationship with BRICS nations, balancing economic interests with geopolitical considerations. In this new world order, the EU is facing a dilemma: engage with BRICS+ or align with the US and risk being sidelined in a shifting multipolar world?
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33 minutes ago
As the main violator of the Budapest Memorandum, Russia has undermined the entire rationale of nuclear disarmament. Given the current international and geopolitical climate, Europe must reassess its stance on nuclear weapons, writes Anton Shekhovtsov.
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38 minutes ago
Although European Investment Bank president Nadia Calviño has stated that the institution takes accountability very seriously, we have seen that the EIB has major accountability issues. The EIB simply cannot be the global development leader it aspires to be unless things change. 
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Rule 241: the EU’s hidden ‘bombshell’ against anti-democratic forces

5 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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As Trump sells out Europe’s security, ‘war is not over’ in Ukraine

1 month ago
The US and Russia have agreed to start negotiations “immediately" to end the war in Ukraine. But experts keep warning about the moral and strategic consequences of a bad deal — especially for Europe. Meanwhile, it is clear that Ukrainians have no trust in any peace deal with Moscow without strong security guarantees.
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'Our fight won't be a short one', warns Serbian student protestor

15 days ago
Over 200,000 people gathered in the rural town of Niš, in southern Serbia, on Saturday to keep pressing for transparency and accountability over the collapse of a railway station roof in Novi Sad last year, which killed 15 people.
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