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2 days ago
A Hungarian state administrative office ostensibly tasked to protect the country's sovereignty continues to crackdown on government critical civil society and media.
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21 hours ago
France has called on Syrians for a Western-type transition of power, in high stakes EU diplomacy on radical Islam, refugees, and Russia.
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39 seconds ago
MEPs really had to push Kaja Kallas at her grilling to be EU high representative for foreign affairs to address her views on human rights in the EU’s foreign policy. Often her response was human rights are an EU fundamental principle, so “you don’t have to repeat it all the time.” That's not going to be enough.
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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

1 month 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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Why the ICC arrest warrant for Israeli leader puts EU in a dilemma

17 days ago
As the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes, the EU now faces a critical dilemma: balancing its commitment to international law with its longstanding political and economic ties to Israel. Quo vadis? 
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