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At least 18 European travel companies from France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and the Netherlands currently advertising tours to the Uyghur region (Photo: Wikimedia) The Chinese authorities are currently having their ‘Mission Accomplished’ moment in the Uyghur region. One of…
Georgia Meloni’s Albania migration plan poses tangible threats to the human rights of all people touched by it, both at sea and on land, in violation of EU and international law (Photo: European Union) Just a few weeks ago, the…
The Suez Canal. Between 12 and 15 percent of total world trade goes through this maritime shortcut bottleneck — making it a prime target (Photo: Wikimedia) When I left as an envoy from the European Parliament to Cairo in 2011,…
Many politicians continue to support the largest agribusinesses and frame the crisis as ‘farmers versus nature’. It's a false dichotomy that tragically hurts the vast majority of farmers (Photo: Paula Soler/EUobserver) Farmers across Europe are struggling and are hitting the…
If an EU country were to follow Norway’s example, it would be opening itself up to the possibility of litigation and criminal prosecution (Photo: NN – norden.org) Norway’s recent decision to greenlight deep-sea mining plans in the Arctic has sent…
Not a single government agency, or the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), or anyone, has reviewed let alone vouched for this (Photo: reflets de vert) On Wednesday (7 February) MEPs will vote in the Strasbourg plenary on a proposal that…
China’s Build Your Dreams BYD has been scrutinised for intellectual property infringement, data security, and economic espionage, accused of copying designs from established automobile manufacturers. Now it's coming to Hungary (Photo: American Tobacco Campus) Following concerns that Chinese EVs are…
Since Romania and Bulgaria’s partial Schengen entry doesn’t remove passport controls at the land border — only at sea and air borders — it's highly unlikely that it will boost short-stay or day trips (Photo: wfbakker2) In December, EU member…
Anti-Erdogan poster in Berlin (Photo: strassenstriche.net) Turkey’s local elections have always held significant implications — not just for its domestic political landscape but also for its relationships with international partners, including the European Union. With the 2024 local elections next…
Donald Tusk, leader of Poland’s Civic Platform, visiting Brussels in October after his election success (Photo: European Commission) To the joy of rule-of-law activists around Europe — and the relief of the hundreds of persecution victims in Poland — the…
Europe’s political parties have reason to worry that promising action on bold carbon-cutting targets will be like turkeys voting for Christmas (Photo: electoralcommission.org.uk) Climate-doubters claim top spot in the Netherlands. A boiler ban puts the German government on the back…
The EU’s shocking U-turn on animal welfare is a story that needs to be told (Photo: Compassion in World Farming) It wasn’t long ago when animal advocates celebrated an unprecedented commitment by the European Commission to ban cages for 300…