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How credible are EU member states, portraying themselves as climate champions, while letting their financial industry generate profits from its deadliest investments? (Photo: Mika Baumeister) In a few weeks’ time, the EU will decide on the content of its Corporate…
The president of the UN General Assembly is elected each year and rotates among the world's regions. Why not also rotate the gender of the president every other year? (Photo: Tim Mossholder) The news that Werner Hoyer will be stepping…
An aerial view of a LNG tanker. While the EU has seen a significant decline in imported pipeline gas from Russia, the inflow of Russian Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) cargo at European ports has been increasing (Photo: Venti Views) The…
Stokes McMillan Antúnez Martinez-Lejarza P.A. (SMPA) stands as a paragon of excellence in the realm of wills, estates, and probate law firms in Miami, Florida. With a dedicated team of hardworking and honest lawyers, they have earned their reputation as…
Even amid the horror in Gaza, some EU member states have been busy doing business with Israel approving lucrative arms deliveries, in the full knowledge that they will be used against a civilian population under siege (Photo: UNRWA) As the…
Inadequate housing conditions negatively affect people’s physical and mental health, quality of life and dignity, as well as their access to employment and essential services (Photo: European Parliament) The right to affordable housing was raised by many of the young…
A protestor outside Downing Street in London. ‘Expression that persuades, encourages or demands action on the part of a government is not a crime, no matter how offensive to some’ (Photo: Alisdare Hickson) Speaking out against injustice or joining a…
With the EU elections just around the corner, decision-makers would do wisely to deliver on their green commitments (Photo: Coline Balfroid) Brussels and the EU institutions with which it has become synonymous is often dismissed as a bureaucratic blackhole. But…
EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, dressed in the yellow and blue of Ukraine. If there is one sector in which Ukraine's immediate integration with the EU would be strategically crucial, it is the defence industry (Photo: European Parliament)…
Josep Borrell, the EU’s foreign policy chief, created some excitement last year by scolding his diplomats for not being assertive enough in ‘communicating the EU’s narrative' (Photo: European External Action Service) Josep Borrell, the EU’s foreign policy chief, created some…
When explosive weapons are used in populated areas, up to 90 per cent of victims are civilians (Photo: UNRWA) Since 7 October, when Hamas forces entered Israeli territory, killing an estimated 1,400 people — the vast majority of whom were…
The ECJ seems to regard the transparency of judiciary as a costly, time-consuming and resource-intensive administrative burden — rather than an issue of open justice (Photo: Unsplash) A lot of attention has been paid in recent years to how the…