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1 day ago
EU leaders are gathering in a new format 'retreat' on Monday to discuss defence and relations with Washington, while the European Commission's official visit to Gdańsk in Poland for the start of the country's EU presidency is on Thursday and Friday.
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2 hours ago
One might have hoped that the capture of Goma would be the shock that would push the EU to change course. However, despite certain member state efforts to sanction Rwanda, they were once again blocked by France: national interests prevailed.
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2 hours ago
After the US election, a new characterisation of transatlantic differences is popping up: Americans are supposedly thinking ‘astrologically’, while Europeans are thinking more ‘astronomically’ — ie while identity politics and sentiment prevail in America, facts and reason tend to dominate policy-making in Europe.
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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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Why EU leaders should get off Musk's X

5 months ago
Leaders should ask themselves - is X really what I want my brand to be associated with?
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EUobserver's Top 10 stories of 2024

1 month 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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