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1 day ago
The objections to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of anti-semitism are that some of the examples conflate anti-semitism with harsh, but non-racist, criticism of Israel.
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3 hours ago
Despite winning a landslide in terms of seats, Labour’s UK election win is much weaker than it looks. As landslide wins go, Keir Starmer's looks particularly fragile.
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2 hours ago
Fellow EU leaders ridiculed Viktor Orbán for meeting Russia's president on Friday, in one of his first acts since taking over the EU Council rotating presidency five days ago.
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What if we are fighting inflation all wrong?

11 days ago
In a new paper, two economists argue that the EU needs a system of price controls and buffer stocks to prevent future inflation and shouldn't just leave it to the ECB to fight price rises through interest rates after the fact.
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How QAnon pushed climate-denialism into European mainstream

4 days ago
Climate-change deniers and anti-vaxxers are converging online in far-right conspiracy groups, according to an investigation by the nonprofit investigative newsroom Lighthouse Reports and EUobserver, taking in everything from 15-minute cities to net zero.
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EU Migration ‘schizophrenia’: Need workers, close borders?

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With the need for one million foreign workers annually, the EU introduced Talent Partnerships to bring in non-EU citizens to fill gaps in the labour market. Pilot projects only led to a small number of recruitments so far, with partner countries required to cooperate on border protection and returns.
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