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19 hours ago
The EU — which is relying heavily on certification in its recent laws on mining and minerals — should be wary of the new standard, which has serious flaws. 
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9 hours ago
Russia's historic Tass news agency is to go offline in the EU and people who run Russia’s oil-tanker ‘shadow fleet’ will be blacklisted in future under new sanctions.
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13 hours ago
The EU is complicit with major human rights abuses against African migrants, a group of MEPs argued on Wednesday, pointing to the sale and expulsion of people by Tunisia and Libya, two close EU allies on migration control. 
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Informal meeting of justice and home affairs ministers

Informal meeting of justice and home affairs ministers

European Council meeting

European Council meeting

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Rule 241: the EU’s hidden ‘bombshell’ against anti-democratic forces

3 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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Why EU leaders should get off Musk's X

4 months ago
Leaders should ask themselves - is X really what I want my brand to be associated with?
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EUobserver's Top 10 stories of 2024

1 month ago
Allow us at EUobserver to blow our own trumpet as 2024 draws to a close, with a look back at the best of the journalistic path we follow — less frothy personality-driven politics, more policy, research and investigations.
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