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7 days ago
A total of 720 MEPs represent the more than 440 million citizens in the EU — but it is really within the 20 committees and four subcommittees where the first steps of the political and legislative work of the European Parliament truly take place.
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9 hours ago
It may be years before elections can take place in Syria, posing questions on the possible lifting of international and EU sanctions.
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Changing our food system is more urgent than ever considering the current scale of the farmed animal welfare crisis.
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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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Gaza's children paying 'high price' for war, UN envoy says

13 days ago
Without shelter from bombs, access to water, food, hygiene, healthcare, or education, Gaza's children are paying “a high price” in the war, UNICEF’s envoy for Palestine told EUobserver.
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Drainpipe of shame: How Orbán hypocrisy became a gay icon in Brussels

3 months ago
The drainpipe in Brussels where a far-right MEP fled a gay orgy still attracts tourists, who take pics to remember what Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán really represents.
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