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3 days ago
Moldova is facing a severe energy crisis after Ukraine declined to extend a gas transit agreement with Russia on 1 January. 
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6 hours ago
The “Kickl-prevention strategy” has failed. Months have been wasted in talks that culminated in the failure of the three negotiating parties to prevent a far-right Austrian government, providing fertile ground for increased feelings of justified distrust in the competencies of the political establishment.
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4 hours ago
While the share of renewables in power production has continued to increase over the past few years, fossil-fuels hit their lowest percentage ever in 2024, according to new figures from the European electricity federation.
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Rule 241: the EU’s hidden ‘bombshell’ against anti-democratic forces

2 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

10 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?

13 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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