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Despite the call from Italy, Austria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Greece, Slovenia and Slovakia, normalisation with a criminal regime cannot resolve the flows of refugees to Europe, nor will it bring any relief to Syria’s humanitarian crisis, writes the president of the Syrian Negotiation Commission.
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Morocco’s foreign minister Nasser Bourita laid down the gauntlet to the European Union earlier this week, giving a clear warning that the EU cannot count on its relationship. 
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COP29 in Baku, which finished last week, was crawling with fossil-fuel lobbyists determined to eke out profits for as long as possible. Shockingly, for a second year running, it is European governments that have facilitated access for a huge number of them.
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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

28 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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