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3 days ago
Japan has become the first country in the Indo-Pacific to strike a security and defence partnership with the European Union. Japan is now on course to become the third-largest military spender globally in 2027, following the US and China. What does that entail?
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2 hours ago
Austria will remain a “reliable and strong partner” in the EU, the country’s new chancellor told EU Council president Antonio Costa on Monday — amid concerns that his far-right coalition partner could turn Vienna into another EU miscreant on the rule of law and democracy. 
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7 hours ago
Six EU countries have called on the European Commission to reduce the $60 price cap on Russian oil.
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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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EUobserver's Top 10 stories of 2024

17 days 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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2024 belonged to the far-right — what signs of optimism for 2025?

20 days ago
A recent study in France found atypical working hours and physical hardship are associated with far-right voters. The battle against far-right populism can be won with secure jobs, full employment, decent pay, functioning public services, equality and strong workers’ rights based on collective bargaining.
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