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10 hours ago
This week, the EU Commission is expected to unveil its new 'Competitiveness Compass’ — and a new partnership with Jordan.
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Three boys from Egypt died in the woods in Bulgaria last December after crossing in from Turkey. Activists say they would have survived had the Bulgarian border police not obstructed and prevented their rescue — a charge denied by the authorities.
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Green and leftwing MEPs call on the Luxembourg-based European Investment Bank to focus on affordable housing and ensuring better working conditions in the sector.
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Agenda

Plenary debate on Polish priorities in the area of the EU security and defence

Plenary debate on the Finnish law ‘temporary measures to combat instrumentalised migration’ and the instrumentalisation of migrants by Russia at the EU borders

Plenary debate on Hungary’s backsliding on democracy and the rule of law

Plenary debate on statutes of limitation in the EU for crimes of child sexual abuse

Plenary debate on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children

Foreign Affairs Council

Agriculture and Fisheries Council

Plenary debate with Volker Türk, UN high commissioner for human rights

Plenary debate on the human rights situation in Nicaragua

President Metsola participates in the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz Ceremony

Plenary debate on the EU response to the human rights and humanitarian crisis in Gaza

Plenary debate on the human rights situation in Mozambique in the post-electoral context

Plenary debate on the situation of Ukrainian prisoners of war in Russia

Plenary debate on the attacks on LGBTIQ+ people’s rights around the world and the EU response

Plenary debate on Syria

Plenary debate on climate policies that achieved major emission reductions

Plenary debate on the future of cohesion policy with executive vice-president Raffaelle Fitto

Plenary debate on the need to establish the profession of police officers as a high risk profession

Plenary debate about addressing public health emergencies in the Global South

General Affairs Council

Plenary debate on social media compliance with Digital Services Act (DSA) in the context of recent developments

President Metsola receives His Majesty King Abdulla II of Jordan

Informal meeting of justice and home affairs ministers

Informal meeting of justice and home affairs ministers

European Council meeting

European Council meeting

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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

4 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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