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1 day ago
MEPs on Wednesday signed off on a one-year delay to the EU’s deforestation law — after backing down on demands to introduce major exemptions to the law’s due diligence rules. 
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The EU, Germany, the Netherlands, and fossil fuel giants are driving a green hydrogen boom in South Africa — but, if the fever subsides, it will be the people of South Africa left footing the bill.
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The EU is on the brink of signing a trade deal with the Mercosur bloc of five South American countries, after its senior leaders touched down in Uruguay. 
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Plenary debate on the crackdown on the civil society and independent media in Azerbaijan

President Metsola meets with the Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk

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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

13 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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