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1 day ago
How EU economic rules are complied with in Ukraine might help the emergence of a solid middle class — or result in the growth of an exploited working poor.
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3 hours ago
Spain had “repeatedly” urged the EU to reactivate maritime border control missions off the west African coast in recent months, officials said on Friday, as Spain’s Canary Islands continue to struggle with a spike in irregular migration.   
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7 hours ago
The Industrial Carbon Management Forum (ICM Forum) — ending on Friday in Pau, France, that advises the European Commission on carbon capture, is a textbook case of false solutions, corporate capture, and fossil-fuel influence.
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Capital Markets Union will not foot Europe’s climate bill, says report

2 months ago
In an effort to save money, the EU hopes private financiers will foot "most" of the climate bill. But a new report dispels these hopes, calling them "wishful thinking."
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Rule 241: the EU’s hidden ‘bombshell’ against anti-democratic forces

2 days 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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A 'silent pandemic' the EU is not prepared for

1 year ago
"Mental health is the silent pandemic," Irish centre-right MEP Maria Walsh, who spearheads several parliament initiatives on mental health, said, arguing that the EU needs to have a strategy implemented in "weeks, not years".
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