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23 hours ago
Expanding wind and solar is the easy part. Decommissioning the vast fossil fuel infrastructure has proven far more difficult due to a combination of lobbying and poor policies.
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17 seconds ago
As the EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen pledged to reform EU public procurement rules, workers took to the streets, demanding stronger collective bargaining rights and better working conditions.
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2 hours ago
Austria's victorious far-right party leader Herbert Kickl, a pro-Russian conspiracy theorist who has vowed to become a ‘Volkskanzler’ [People's Chancellor] like Hitler once was, happily noted: “We are the middle now.” So what does the centre have as a reply, asks Caroline de Gruyter?
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Western Balkans Ministerial Meeting

Meeting of the College of Commissioners

EP President Roberta Metsola meets the UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer

G7 Minister’s meeting on Interior

Vice-President Suica attends the College meeting

President Metsola presides over the Conference of Presidents meeting

Draft Report on the Activities of the European Ombudsman - Annual Report 2023

G7 Minister’s meeting on Interior

G7 Minister’s meeting on Interior

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Accused of crimes, Greek coastguard hides from EU cameras

3 months ago
Cited as a "new observation" by Frontex's in-house rights monitors, the latest revelation poses additional accountability questions for a Greek coast guard accused of illegal collective pushbacks of people seeking asylum.
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Why EU leaders should get off Musk's X

27 days ago
Leaders should ask themselves - is X really what I want my brand to be associated with?
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Drainpipe of shame: How Orbán hypocrisy became a gay icon in Brussels

6 days 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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