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1 day ago
Environmental groups are pushing EU leaders to ban destructive fishing practices in marine protected areas: 'To ensure the continuity of our profession, it is essential to protect and promote artisanal fishing', they say.
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After several decades as a ‘darling’ of the West, the EU is forced to confront the reality that Paul Kagame, president of Rwanda, one of the EU’s closest partners in Africa, shares worrying similarities with Vladimir Putin. 
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The European Commission's 2025 draft work programme has been leaked, offering a first look at the EU’s upcoming legislative agenda.
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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

5 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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