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‘Democracy in action’: Sidelined EU Parliament unable to stop chat control extension
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‘Democracy in action’: Sidelined EU Parliament unable to stop chat control extension
July 11, 2026

The EP has already rejected the mass surveillance regime once, so the EPP has now forced a second vote, knowing there won’t be enough MEPs on the last day before summer recess to stop it.

From digital Euro to chat control: The risk of function creep
July 8, 2026

Brussels frames the digital euro, age verification, and Chat Control as separate solutions to real issues, but together they highlight who controls the digital infrastructure shaping everyday life in Europe.

From digital Euro to chat control: The risk of function creep
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The illusions of western virtue: Ursula von der Leyen and Europe’s moral bankruptcy
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The illusions of western virtue: Ursula von der Leyen and Europe’s moral bankruptcy
July 1, 2026

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has every right to condition European relations with any other country or bloc on respect for human rights. That, of course, would hold true if she genuinely cared about such values herself.

Hungary’s new rulers are dismantling the conservative movement
June 30, 2026

Balázs Orbán says Péter Magyar’s government is following the same playbook as Donald Tusk in Poland, using state power to weaken conservative institutions while Brussels looks the other way.

Hungary’s new rulers are dismantling the conservative movement
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EU cools Ukraine’s fast-track accession hopes
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EU cools Ukraine’s fast-track accession hopes
June 20, 2026

The message from the member states represents a political setback for Volodymyr Zelensky, who has spent months pressing for an accelerated accession process.

EU migration pact comes into force: Everything you need to know
June 16, 2026

A quick explainer on the EU’s landmark migration management legislation and why the European Right is not happy about it.

EU migration pact comes into force: Everything you need to know
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The EU is turning into a debating club
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The EU is turning into a debating club
June 5, 2026

Ironically, we could ask: “what would have happened if enlargement had not been a priority”. The fact that never in the history of the EU has 13 years passed without enlargement speaks more to the priority this process has been than political declarations about the importance of enlargement as a high strategic priority. If this is the success of enlargement, then we do not know what the failure could be.

La Biennale sputafuoco
May 10, 2026

La 61ª Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte della Biennale di Venezia si è aperta in un clima carico di tensioni politiche, simboliche e culturali.

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