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3 days ago
The European Commission is discussing with Viktor Orbán's Hungarian government finding some form of solution, after Budapest unilaterally decided to halt support for some Ukrainian refugees this summer.
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54 minutes ago
Nato is helping find out if Russia or China deliberately cut Baltic allies' telecoms cables, in order to cause fear of how a new world war might begin.
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4 hours ago
MEPs are set to approve Ursula von der Leyen's new European Commission following infighting between the EPP and S&D — and criticism from other political groups. The Strasbourg session also includes debates on Ukraine, Middle East conflicts, and the EU budget for 2025. Poland's upcoming EU presidency programme will also be revealed.
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President Metsola meets with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen

President Metsola presides over the opening of the plenary session

debate about the outcome of the UN biodiversity conference 2024 in Cali, Colombia

Plenary debate about the international day for the elimination of violence against women

Plenary debate about the outcome of the G20 leaders' summit

Plenary debate about the illegal unilateral declaration of independence of the secessionist entity in Cyprus 41 after

Plenary debate about prison conditions in the EU

Plenary debate about the full accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen area

Plenary debate about the challenges in implementing cohesion policy 2021-2027

Plenary debate about the continued escalation in the Middle East, the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the west bank, UNRWA’s essential role in the region and the need to release all hostages

Plenary debate about the autumn 2024 economic forecast

Plenary debate about the urgent need to tackle the gender pay gap

Plenary debate about reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and Russia

Plenary debate about the political and humanitarian situation in Mozambique

Plenary debate about critical infrastructure vulnerability and hybrid threats in the Baltic Sea

Plenary debate about promoting a favourable framework for venture capital financing and safe foreign direct investments in the EU

Plenary debate about the shrinking space for civil society in Cambodia

Plenary debate abut the recent legislation targeting LGBTGI persons and the need for protecting the rule of law and a discrimination-free union

Plenary debate about the outcome of COP29 and challenges for international climate policy

Plenary debate about the recruitment of minors for criminal acts

Plenary debate about cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law

Vote about the election of the Commission

Plenary debate about the rise of energy prices and fighting energy poverty

Plenary debate about Hong Kong breaches of human rights, the cases of Jimmy Lai and the 45 activists recently convicted under the national security law

Plenary debate about recommendation on smoke- and aerosol-free environments

Plenary debate about the increasing and systematic repression of women in Iran

Presentation by the Commission president-elect of the college of commissioners and its programme

Plenary debate about strengthening children's right in the EU

Plenary debate about the need to adopt an ambitious international legally binding agreement on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment

Plenary debate about foreign interference and espionage by third country actors in European universities

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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

26 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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