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1 day ago
In a letter to Ursula von der Leyen, eight EU-funded projects urge a rethink of the bloc's competitiveness agenda: “We’re not opposing productivity, but the focus on sustainability is being lost and that’s very sad to see.”
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EU finance ministers will meet in an upbeat mood on Friday as they mull a response to Donald Trump's 90-day tariff respite. "At the moment, Europe is the most stable of the three big powers", one EU official told EUobserver.
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1 hour ago
A two-year old case of alleged irregularities continues to cast a shadow over the Malta-based European Union Agency for Asylum — after MEPs refused to sign off on its budget.
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Rule 241: the EU’s hidden ‘bombshell’ against anti-democratic forces

6 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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Dekonspiratsiya: Meet 20 of Putin's EU spies

1 month ago
Russian spies are still active in the EU capital and have a "higher risk appetite" than before the Ukraine war — despite Belgium's efforts to push back against their plots.
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As Trump sells out Europe’s security, ‘war is not over’ in Ukraine

1 month ago
The US and Russia have agreed to start negotiations “immediately" to end the war in Ukraine. But experts keep warning about the moral and strategic consequences of a bad deal — especially for Europe. Meanwhile, it is clear that Ukrainians have no trust in any peace deal with Moscow without strong security guarantees.
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