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1 day ago
Polish prime minister Donald Tusk urged the EU to recover its self-confidence against the threats posed by a Trump presidency — but also became the latest leader to demand a 'campaign of deregulation' to protect the bloc’s competitiveness. 
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54 minutes ago
The UK has played down suggestions that it is planning to join a customs union on ‘rules of origin’ that covers the EU as well as countries from the Middle East and North Africa — just hours after it was mooted by the EU’s trade commissioner. 
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Energy think-tank Ember also calculated that growth of renewables has saved €59bn in fossil-fuel costs since the start of the energy crisis.
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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

27 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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