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4 days ago
Environmental NGOs — understaffed, underpaid and undervalued — are the only actors fighting back to accelerate the green transition. A bonfire of their budgets, led by the same politicians that parrot industry talking points about red tape, administrative burden and competitiveness, would only help to cynically railroad the Green Deal.
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24 minutes ago
Economists warned the European Parliament that Trump’s aggressive trade tariffs could spiral into broader financial and monetary conflict — urging the EU to prepare for a potential ‘trade armageddon.’
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1 hour ago
The European Union is seeking to wean itself off most external raw materials dependency by 2030.
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Rule 241: the EU’s hidden ‘bombshell’ against anti-democratic forces

5 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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Dekonspiratsiya: Meet 20 of Putin's EU spies

14 days ago
Russian spies are still active in the EU capital and have a "higher risk appetite" than before the Ukraine war — despite Belgium's efforts to push back against their plots.
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As Trump sells out Europe’s security, ‘war is not over’ in Ukraine

1 month ago
The US and Russia have agreed to start negotiations “immediately" to end the war in Ukraine. But experts keep warning about the moral and strategic consequences of a bad deal — especially for Europe. Meanwhile, it is clear that Ukrainians have no trust in any peace deal with Moscow without strong security guarantees.
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