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1 day ago
Dutch semiconductor company ASML, Europe's largest, is caught between China and the US — and the EU has so far done little to protect its chip machine champion.
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10 hours ago
With a strategic partnership with Rwanda for critical minerals signed in February 2024, the EU is attempting to step up access of raw materials . However, Rwanda’s invasion of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and a long track record of profiting from smuggled conflict resources from DRC make the EU’s deal very problematic. 
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7 hours ago
While the inflation in the EU remains above the target two percent targeted by the European Central Bank, last year close to half of the EU population experienced difficulties making ends meet. And nearly 30 percent of EU citizens are not able to pay for a week's holiday away from home.
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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

9 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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