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Commission plays down row over Rwanda minerals pact

Fri, 03/01/2024 - 15:08
The European Commission has played down a diplomatic row over its recent minerals agreement with Rwanda, after Congolese president Felix Tshishekedi, who accuses Rwanda of plundering his country's natural resources, described the deal as a "provocation in very bad taste".
Categories: European Union

EU socialists set to anoint placeholder candidate

Fri, 03/01/2024 - 14:38
This weekend, Europe's top socialists will officially nominate Nicolas Schmit as their candidate in the upcoming European elections in June.
Categories: European Union

[Opinion] Why are the banking lobby afraid of a digital euro?

Fri, 03/01/2024 - 12:16
Europeans deserve a digital euro that transcends the narrow interests of the banking lobby and embodies the promise of a fairer and more competitive monetary and financial landscape.
Categories: European Union

[Investigation] Deepfake dystopia — Russia's disinformation in Spain and Italy

Fri, 03/01/2024 - 07:00
Since the beginning of the war between Russia and Ukraine, deep fakes have been weaponised, infiltrating every corner of social media in Italy and Spain.
Categories: European Union

Putin's nuclear riposte to Macron fails to impress EU diplomats

Thu, 02/29/2024 - 18:09
Putin's latest nuclear threat was meant to maximise Western division over French remarks on Nato, but contained little new, Kremlin-watchers say.
Categories: European Union

EU won't yet commit funding UN agency in Gaza amid hunger

Thu, 02/29/2024 - 15:34
The European Commission is still discussing on whether to release EU funds to a UN aid agency in Gaza despite a looming famine.
Categories: European Union

EU Commission clears Poland's access to up to €137bn EU funds

Thu, 02/29/2024 - 15:31
The European Commission has legally paved the way for Poland to access up to €137bn EU funds, following Donald Tusk's government's efforts to strengthen the independence of their judiciary and restore the rule of law in the country.
Categories: European Union

[Letter] Right of Reply: The EU-ACP Samoa agreement

Thu, 02/29/2024 - 12:44
Portuguese S&D MEP Carlos Zorrinho, chair of the delegation to the OACPS-EU joint parliamentary assembly, responds to EUobserver's piece Energy and minerals disputes overshadow new EU-ACP pact.
Categories: European Union

[Opinion] The macabre saga of Navalny's corpse

Thu, 02/29/2024 - 11:51
With Alexei Navalny's funeral in Moscow on Friday, Vladimir Putin's regime haven't just insulted his mother and widow with their treatment of his corpse — they've breached international treaties and conventions.
Categories: European Union

Belgium braces for Flemish far-right gains, deadlock looms

Thu, 02/29/2024 - 07:00
Recent polling puts the Flemish nationalist parties, the right-wing N-VA and far-right Vlaams Belang at a combined majority in the Flemish parliament, leading to fears about a far-right government take-over — even sparking worries about the future of Belgium itself.
Categories: European Union

[Podcast] Podcast: Hyperlocal meets supranational

Wed, 02/28/2024 - 19:31
In this week's Euroscopic podcast; antisemitism and confusion in France and Germany, Sweden joins NATO, Novaya Gazeta Europe editor Mikhail Komin on Ukraine and EU and a chat with DiEM25, an EP election hopeful campaigning in Berlin.
Categories: European Union

Von der Leyen appeals for 'new EU defence mindset'

Wed, 02/28/2024 - 18:14
EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen urged "a new European defence mindset" to strengthen the bloc's defence capabilities. But will her latest proposal, to use Russian assets for Ukraine's military needs, stir up controversy?
Categories: European Union

EU supply chain law fails, with 14 states failing to back it

Wed, 02/28/2024 - 16:56
Member states failed on Wednesday to agree to the EU's long-awaited Corporate Sustainable Due Diligence Directive, after 13 EU ambassadors declared abstention and one, Sweden, expressed opposition (there was no formal vote), EUobserver has learned.
Categories: European Union

[Opinion] Joined-up EU defence procurement on the horizon?

Wed, 02/28/2024 - 12:12
Disputes between member states, notably Germany, highlight the lack of coordination among national industrial capabilities for a European Defence Industrial Strategy — which may include the EU's first ever defence commissioner.
Categories: European Union

[Analysis] Macron on Western boots in Ukraine: What he really meant

Tue, 02/27/2024 - 21:42
Macron's tabu-shattering words on Western troops in Ukraine likely meant more special forces on the ground, but were also a new alarm-call on Russia's growing threat.
Categories: European Union

Amazon lobbyists banned from EU Parliament

Tue, 02/27/2024 - 21:41
Amazon lobbyists will officially be banned from the European Parliament until further notice after an internal body decided to withdraw their badges.
Categories: European Union

MEPs adopt new transparency rules for political ads

Tue, 02/27/2024 - 17:25
MEPs have adopted new rules on transparency and targeting of political advertising, but they won't kick in before the EU elections.
Categories: European Union

EU nature restoration law approved after massive backlash

Tue, 02/27/2024 - 17:24
Hailed with loud applause by the 329 MEPs that approved the text, the final compromise approved on Tuesday is actually much weaker than the original EU Commission proposal first tabled in 2022.
Categories: European Union

[Column] Memo from Munich — EU needs to reinvent democracy support

Tue, 02/27/2024 - 15:49
If we pretend that states are democratic because they are in the EU's geopolitical tent, we betray democracy. Conversely, functioning democracies can make geopolitical choices that the EU does not like.
Categories: European Union

[Opinion] For Ukraine's sake, pass the EU due diligence directive

Tue, 02/27/2024 - 11:03
The EU Commission's 2022 CSDDD proposal did not include provisions incorporating "conflict due diligence", they were added, after the Russian invasion, by the European Parliament and Council into the final directive text — for Ukraine's sake, vote for it.
Categories: European Union

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