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3 days ago
The concept behind 'migrant resource centres' co-run by the Vienna-based institute, the International Centre for Migration Policy (ICMPD), is set to expand.
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17 hours ago
If Trump's second term is anything like his first, transatlantic relations could face trade friction, security challenges, climate concerns, and clashes over global leadership. Will the EU walk the talk in the Trump-Musk era, or will Brussels stay passive?
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2 days ago
The EU is prepared to hit back if Donald Trump imposes trade sanctions against Denmark for refusing to give up Greenland to the United States, officials confirmed on Friday.
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Agenda

Plenary debate about heat record year of 2024

Plenary debate about advancing the fusion industry for energy independence

Plenary debate on the ceasefire in Gaza

Eurogroup meeting

Economic and Financial Affairs Council

Plenary debate about the need to detect and to counter sabotage by the Russian shadow fleet

Plenary debate about the need for actions to address the continued oppression and fake elections in Belarus

Plenary debate about the humanitarian crisis in Sudan

Plenary debate about Trump administration geopolitical and economic implications for the transatlantic relations

Informal meeting of education ministers

Plenary debate about the deterioration of the political situation in Georgia

Plenary debate about the Hungarian government’s illegal espionage of EU institutions and investigative bodies

Plenary debate about the situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025

Plenary debate about the need to enforce the Digital Services Act to protect democracy on social media platforms including against foreign interference and biased algorithms

Presentation of the programme of activities of the Polish Presidency to the Parliament

Plenary debate about the failure of the negotiations in Busan for a UN plastic treaty and the urgent need to tackle plastic pollution at international and Union level

Plenary debate about uniting Europe against actors hostile to the EU

Plenary debate about the case of Boualem Sansal in Algeria

Plenary debate about addressing EU demographic challenges: towards the implementation of the 2023 Demography Toolbox

Plenary debate about the link between organised crime and smuggling of migrants in light of the recent UN reports

Plenary debate about systematic repression of human rights in Iran

Plenary debate about the conclusions of the European Council meeting of 19 December 2024

Plenary debate about stepping up international action to protect whales

Plenary debate about combating Desertification

Plenary debate about Cryptocurrencies and the need for global standards

Foreign Affairs Council

Agriculture and Fisheries Council

General Affairs Council

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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EUobserver's Top 10 stories of 2024

23 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?

26 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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