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1 day ago
Hardly touched upon in the Draghi report, not mentioned by Ursula von der Leyen in her State of the Union address, and Wopke Hoekstra's 'mission letter' as climate commissioner only talks of implementation — whatever happened to carbon pricing?
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3 hours ago
Croatian commissioner Dubravka Šuica made numerous trips over the past five years to Zagreb and her hometown of Dubrovnik to participate in events — now the frequency and nature of these ‘official missions’ have drawn criticism, ahead of her new post as inaugural commissioner for the Mediterranean.
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2 hours ago
One can no longer seriously take the European Commission's claims to defend human rights on migration.
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Agenda

Plenary debate on Foreign interference and hybrid attacks in the EU

Plenary debate on managing migration in an effective and holistic way through fostering returns

Plenary debate on continuous war crimes committed by the Russian Federation, notably killing Ukrainian prisoners of war

Vote on the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025

Plenary debate about boosting competitive and sustainable European steel and maintaining quality jobs

Annual meeting of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Found in Washington DC

Plenary debate on EU sanctions against the Russian shadow fleets

Annual meeting of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Found in Washington DC

Plenary debate on abuse of new technologies to radicalise young people

Plenary debate on the persistent threats to marine protected areas in the EU

President von der Leye meets with the Albanian president Bajram Begaj

Vote on the situation in Azerbaijan and relations with Armenia

G20 Anti-Corruption Ministerial Meeting in Natal, Brazil

President von der Leyen visits flood-affected areas in Bosnia and Herzegovina

President von der Leyen meets with the North Macedonian president Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova

Plenary debate about the ways to support people in the digital and green transitions o ensure inclusive growth and competitiveness in line with the Draghi report

Annual meeting of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Found in Washington DC

President von der Leyen meets Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić

Annual meeting of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Found in Washington DC

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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

14 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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