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22 hours ago
As we enter 2025, what we took for granted — democracy, human rights, the rule of law, a certain basic respect for international law — is under attack from many sides and crumbling before our eyes.
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49 minutes ago
A notorious Libyan militia intercepted refugee boats at least nine times last year, following initial sightings by the EU's border agency Frontex.
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47 minutes ago
MEPs on Wednesday signed off on a one-year delay to the EU’s deforestation law — after backing down on demands to introduce major exemptions to the law’s due diligence rules. 
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Plenary debate on the challenges faced by women with disabilities in healthcare, employment, societal participation

Plenary debate on Ukrainian women veterans

Plenary debate on addressing the humanitarian crisis for women in Afghanistan

President Metsola receives the President of Kosovo Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu

Plenary debate on the humanitarian situation in Gaza

Plenary debate on food and nutrition security in fragile contexts

Plenary debate on monitoring framework for resilient European forests

Plenary debate on existing barriers in the field of transport for people with disabilities

Plenary debate on the crackdown on the civil society and independent media in Azerbaijan

President Metsola meets with the Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk

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Drainpipe of shame: How Orbán hypocrisy became a gay icon in Brussels

2 months 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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Handshake of death: EU embrace of Kagame helping silence dissidents in Belgium

1 month ago
Every time EU leaders shake hands with Rwanda's president Paul Kagame, they embolden him to commit crimes against dissidents in Belgium, making themselves morally liable.
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Rule 241: the EU’s hidden ‘bombshell’ against anti-democratic forces

1 month 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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