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The European Commission has demonstrated great ambition in ensuring public money supports the green transition. Now, it should use this experience to also make it socially just.

Pro-Palestine MEPs and NGOs in Europe point to the lack of urgency and debate of the 75-year Israeli occupation, in the wake of the weekend's Hamas attack on Israel.

The European Commission isn't stopping aid to Palestine after all, following a day of U-turns and confusion on the Israel war.

So far, the European response to those fleeing the war in Ukraine and seeking housing has relied heavily on civil society solidarity and the use of private accommodation — but a long-term strategy is lacking.

The EU has frozen aid to Palestine following the massacre of at least 700 Israeli civilians, even as Israel cuts off water, electricity and food supplies to Gaza.

Phil Hogan, the Irish former EU commissioner turned lobbyist, made at least €1m from lobbying the European Union.

Israel, understandably, cries out for revenge. But Hamas is a terrorist organisation that makes no distinction between military and civilian casualties. Can a country that calls itself the only democracy in the region afford not to make that distinction either?

Many European airlines have stopped flights to Tel Aviv, as the sudden outbreak of war in Israel registers its first impacts in the neighbouring EU.

Poles will head to the ballot on Sunday in a highly-contested election. This week, EU ministers responsible for employment and social policy will meet in Luxembourg while MEPs will vote on the shortlist of nominees for this year's Sakharov Prize.

Young people's turnout in the 2019 European elections was the lowest of all age groups. Among the reasons: lack of youth representation among MEPs, logistical reasons, and a gap between what they care about and what's on offer.

Police forces around Europe seem hooked on the habit of collecting information on a massive scale and forwarding it to the EU's police agency, Europol. This undermines privacy, fair trial rights and the presumption of innocence.

The EU may extend its naval military operation Irini off Libya to include Tunisia, as a further means to prevent people from fleeing on boats towards Italy.

The number of fatal accidents at work increased in 12 EU countries from 2020 to 2021, and new safety challenges posed by climate change are creating fresh risks.

Campaigners condemn "unholy alliance" with industrial farm lobby, as DeSmog analysis finds meetings with influential MEPs outnumber those with NGOs by eight-to-one.

In its desperate effort to curb migration, the EU has inadvertently bolstered jihadist groups in the Sahel, and now it may be too late. The vast majority of migrants embarking on the Mediterranean have overcome a far more dangerous journey.

A Polish ruling-party MEP has defended his Azerbaijan-friendly vote, even as EU support slips in the wake of its "ethnic cleansing".

Around 10,000 people in Brussels on Thursday took part in a nationwide strike against the 'Van Quickenborne bill' on restricting protesters' freedoms.

Acrimony over an EU Commission bill to detect child sexual abuse continues to mount, as EU officials brush away critical views of rights defenders.

Luxembourg elects a new parliament on Sunday. Whether PM Xavier Bettel remains in office — or be replaced by the country's first female prime minister — is unclear. The central issue in the EU's second-smallest state is the housing crisis.

Migration, terrorism and energy — three 'crisis' topics — have preoccupied European policy and their societies' view of their neighbourhood in northern Africa for a long time.