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11 hours ago
Almost half of all asylum applications last year were from countries with low recognition-rates, according to figures from the Malta-based European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA).
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1 hour ago
With president Volodymyr Zelensky expected to attend Thursday's EU special summit on Ukraine and defence, the stakes couldn't be higher. And there is immense pressure on Europeans to show that they are actually serious about living up to their mantra of standing with Ukraine "for as long as it takes". 
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5 minutes ago
Hungary is still threatening to block the rollover of the EU’s Russia blacklist — but few believe Budapest will, despite Donald Trump's pivot to Russia.
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Rule 241: the EU’s hidden ‘bombshell’ against anti-democratic forces

4 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

6 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

2 months 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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