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19 hours ago
Italy's dovish central bank chief, Fabio Panetta, called on the European Central Bank to take its foot off the brake and reduce interest rates faster to kickstart investment and boost Europe's economy.
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28 minutes ago
What ought to have been a robust democratic exercise turned into political theatre with a predetermined script. The parliament’s mainstream groups — European People's Party (EPP), Socialists & Democrats (S&D), and Renew Europe — outdid themselves, reducing this process to a farce with backroom deals, feeble questions, and a historic compromise with the far-right.
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5 hours ago
Leaked files shed light on how private-sector Russian drone firms, Russian academia, and Chinese components are helping to create Putin's fearsome drone air-force.
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Agenda

Mr Josep Borrell in Jordan

Public hearing on public health challenges in view of children and young people's wellbeing

EU delegation to COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan

EU delegation to COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan

Debate about operational activities carried out by the European border and coast guard agency in the Republic of Serbia

President Metsola's meet with the Prime Minister of France, Michel Barnier

vote about amending short stay visas regulation

Debate about the implementation and enforcement of the Artificial Intelligence Act

vote on mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Germany and Italy relating to floods occurred in 2024

Debate about the Termination of Housing Rights for Ukrainian Refugees in Hungary

Mr Josep Borrell in Jordan

EU delegation to COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan

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Drainpipe of shame: How Orbán hypocrisy became a gay icon in Brussels

1 month 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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Handshake of death: EU embrace of Kagame helping silence dissidents in Belgium

21 days ago
Every time EU leaders shake hands with Rwanda's president Paul Kagame, they embolden him to commit crimes against dissidents in Belgium, making themselves morally liable.
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Rule 241: the EU’s hidden ‘bombshell’ against anti-democratic forces

1 month 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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