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1 day ago
The EU’s collective silence on Big Tech’s increasingly brazen interference in Europe’s sovereign affairs — from Elon Musk’s aggressive promotion of the German far-right on X to Mark Zuckerberg urging Trump to protect Meta from European “censorship” — speaks volumes.  
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3 hours ago
As MEPs debate cutting NGOs' funding, fears of an advocacy clampdown are growing. But German centre-right MEP Monika Hohlmeier's attack on NGOs receiving financing from the EU's LIFE programme — despite her side job with a German company benefiting from the same EU funds — raises questions.
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5 hours ago
EU diplomats are on edge to see if Russia sanctions will be renewed, or if Europe will need a snap summit next week to make sure Hungary doesn't veto the rollover, potentially handing Moscow €210bn in frozen funds. 
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Agenda

Presentation of the programme of activities of the Polish Presidency to the Parliament

Plenary debate about the failure of the negotiations in Busan for a UN plastic treaty and the urgent need to tackle plastic pollution at international and Union level

Plenary debate about uniting Europe against actors hostile to the EU

Plenary debate about the case of Boualem Sansal in Algeria

Plenary debate about addressing EU demographic challenges: towards the implementation of the 2023 Demography Toolbox

Plenary debate about the link between organised crime and smuggling of migrants in light of the recent UN reports

Plenary debate about systematic repression of human rights in Iran

Plenary debate about the conclusions of the European Council meeting of 19 December 2024

Plenary debate about stepping up international action to protect whales

Plenary debate about combating Desertification

Plenary debate about Cryptocurrencies and the need for global standards

Foreign Affairs Council

Agriculture and Fisheries Council

General Affairs Council

Informal meeting of justice and home affairs ministers

Informal meeting of justice and home affairs ministers

European Council meeting

European Council meeting

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Rule 241: the EU’s hidden ‘bombshell’ against anti-democratic forces

3 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

4 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

26 days 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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