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1 day ago
While the EU is only making slow progress towards gender equality, the most improved status for women since 2010 comes in Portugal, Italy and Malta, according to a new report.
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2 hours ago
EU states can ignore basic asylum rights if they deem people to be a "hybrid threat", the new European Commission has said in a rightwing take on immigration. 
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The EU’s leading conservative faction has stepped up its opposition to the bloc’s planned ban on combustion engines, arguing that it breaks the principle of ‘technological neutrality’ and is “irreconcilable with EU law”. 
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Drainpipe of shame: How Orbán hypocrisy became a gay icon in Brussels

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

1 month 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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Why the ICC arrest warrant for Israeli leader puts EU in a dilemma

20 days ago
As the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes, the EU now faces a critical dilemma: balancing its commitment to international law with its longstanding political and economic ties to Israel. Quo vadis? 
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