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1 day ago
Despite — or because of — being a major hub for tech companies in Europe (including Apple, Google, Meta, and Microsoft, making Irish authorities in charge of some of the largest cases of data protection in Europe), Ireland sanctioned only 0.26 percent of the cases.
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1 hour ago
The EU is complicit with major human rights abuses against African migrants, a group of MEPs argued on Wednesday, pointing to the sale and expulsion of people by Tunisia and Libya, two close EU allies on migration control. 
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The EU must “step up to become a true AI continent,” European tech sovereignty commissioner Henna Virkkunen told MEPs on Wednesday — as campaigners urged the bloc to stand up against US Big Tech.
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President Metsola receives His Majesty King Abdulla II of Jordan

Informal meeting of justice and home affairs ministers

Informal meeting of justice and home affairs ministers

European Council meeting

European Council meeting

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Rule 241: the EU’s hidden ‘bombshell’ against anti-democratic forces

3 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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Why EU leaders should get off Musk's X

4 months ago
Leaders should ask themselves - is X really what I want my brand to be associated with?
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EUobserver's Top 10 stories of 2024

1 month ago
Allow us at EUobserver to blow our own trumpet as 2024 draws to a close, with a look back at the best of the journalistic path we follow — less frothy personality-driven politics, more policy, research and investigations.
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