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4 days ago
EU diplomats are set to consider further sanctions against Rwanda next Monday (3 March) — with sanctions against nine individuals and one entity on the table.
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22 seconds ago
With president Volodymyr Zelensky expected to attend Thursday's EU special summit on Ukraine and defence, the stakes couldn't be higher. And there is immense pressure on Europeans to show that they are actually serious about living up to their mantra of standing with Ukraine "for as long as it takes". 
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1 hour ago
Preliminary public polls suggest most French and Germans want to either maintain or reduce defence spending. Others also want an increase in social welfare spending, posing tricky questions for policy makers.
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Rule 241: the EU’s hidden ‘bombshell’ against anti-democratic forces

4 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

6 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

2 months 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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