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Disregard for the rights of asylum seekers is the canary in the coal mine for international law
Disregard for the rights of asylum seekers is the canary in the coal mine for international law
After nearly three years of war in Ukraine, protests by Polish farmers are opening up social and political fractures in a once-unshakeable alliance.
The Commission president is pushing a sweeping, rapid and centralized agenda to โsimplifyโ EU rules โ and not everyone in Brussels is thrilled.
The French president’s anti-regulation push has thrown his environmental legacy into doubt and angered many in his own party.
We call on the EUโs member countries and institutions to be the voice of human dignity globally, and to mobilize, defend and support the court.
โOne phone call does not make peace,โ the secretary of State said.
Tehran has issued heavy sentences against the activists without actual evidence, all to suppress civil society and ethnic minorities, according to HRW.
Kyiv wants security guarantees to be tied to any natural resources deal
The vice president met with the leaders of all four major German political parties โ including Alice Weidel, leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany.
US vice-president told litany of tales of Europeโs rights infringements in speech to leaders at defence gatheringJD Vance stuns Munich conference with blistering attack on Europeโs leadersIn JD Vanceโs confrontational and pugnacious speech at the Munic…
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Riga wants to reduce the risks of human rights violations of Latvian citizens in those countries, and prevent their recruitment as spies.
SNEAK PEEK โ Criminals use AI chatbots to commit fraud, Europolโs chief AI officer warns. โ The U.K. switches from โAI safety to โAI security.โ โ The Munich Security Conference is working hard to make killer AI cool. Good morning and welcome to Morning Tech. This is Pieter. #TGIF (unless youโre in Munich, then the [โฆ]
Brussels has strengthened its trade toolkit since Donald Trumpโs first term. But it would need the broad support of EU countries to strike back hard.
Moscow never would have invaded Ukraine if it still had a seat at the table, the president insisted.
The United States Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a 52-48 vote Thursday to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. He will be sworn in later today.
Judgment against Justyna Wydrzyลska overturned in symbolic moment for abortion rights movementA Polish court has ordered a retrial in the case of an activist found guilty of helping a woman to terminate her pregnancy in a symbolic moment for Polandโs a…
New judgement sets a precedent for greater transparency in future cases
On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted human rights resolutions on Tรผrkiye, Nicaragua and Nigeria.Subcommittee on Human Rights Source : ยฉ European Union, 2025 – EP
SNEAK PEEK โย The government is giving the CMA a โresetโ. The CMA will try to show itโs got the message. โย Peter Kyle explains the U.K.โs AI summit statement snub. โย MPs pick up where peers left off on copyright. Good morning and happy Thursday, This is Tom, back home. You can get in touch with [โฆ]
Gun rights advocates reject suppressor limits as unjustified.
“Letโs not mince words about what this represents: a surrender of Ukraineโs interests and our own, even before negotiations begin,โ says U.S. Senator Adam Schiff.
The president says he and the Russian leader spoke and are eager to work together.
Prime Minister Micheรกl Martin accuses opposition chief of telling lies โ but his use of โbrรฉagaโ draws a blank from the Sinn Fรฉin leader. It highlights a parliament struggling with the national language.
Germany’s election will be a gauge of how far the world’s third biggest economy has swung to the right.
Member of Congress said the U.S. will “proudly welcome” Greenlanders to “join the freest nation to ever exist.”
Today, the Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights will hold a press conference in Strasbourg, after President Trump issued an executive order imposing sanctions on the ICC.Subcommittee on Human Rights Source : ยฉ European Union, 2025 – EP
Italy-based David Yambio, a critic of Meloni government, helps ICC find evidence of abuse of detainees in LibyaAn Italy-based human rights activist whose work supports the international criminal court in providing evidence about cases of abuse suffered…
SNEAK PEEK โ JD Vance lands in Paris as the U.K. tries to get on message.ย โย Peter Kyle says an AI bill will avoid upsetting voluntary agreement with AI labs. โย The U.K.โs own mini-summit kicks off in London. Good morning and happy Tuesday, This is Tom, coming to you from a cold press room in [โฆ]
โAfter that, I would say, all hell is going to break out,โ he threatened.
How should one handle the 47th U.S. president? Kiss the ring, resist, offer deals and wait for exhaustion to set in.
The presidentโs allies want foreign aid repurposed to encourage more oil and gas development around the world.
Academics can be as influential as tech bros in swaying policymakers to both invest in and set guardrails for the powerful technology.
SNEAK PEEK โ As the AI Action Summit kicks off, the U.K. is tempted against signing its main declaration. โ Peter Kyle takes his investment pitch to Paris. โ Back at home, thereโs a backlash against the Home Office over encryption. Good Monday morning, This is Tom in Paris. You can get in touch with [โฆ]
European countries are pushing for new powers to squeeze Moscowโs shadow fleet after a spate of incidents in the Baltic Sea.
His ruling party fell short of a majority and will need to find a coalition partner if it hopes to continue in power.
Center-right and center-left chancellor candidates clashed in a fiery debate, exposing deep divisions just weeks ahead of a national election.
With a cease-fire holding in Gaza, Israel shifts its war to the West Bank.
It represents another major effort to expand presidential authority.
Numerous federal district judges around the country have blocked major portions of Trumpโs early agenda โ but Supreme Court showdowns loom.
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Navi Pillay, head of UN Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, also said she would support a charge of apartheid against Israel at the ICC.
โOur friend Trump, the Trump tornado, has changed the world in just a couple of weeks,โ Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbรกn tells far-right rally in Madrid.
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Widowed parentโs allowance claims for those not married or in civil partnership can only be backdated from 30 August 2018Two bereaved parents have filed a case at the European court of human rights, claiming that the UK governmentโs treatment of them i…
The fresh restrictions come amid a political crisis over disputed elections and the government’s reversal on its EU membership bid.
Despite a U.S. waiver, food shipments are stalled, funding is uncertain and Europe may have to fill the gap.
โI do not approve of someone in Trumpโs orbit attempting such direct interference in Germanyโs elections,โ says Friedrich Merz.
Labour groups fear consequences for workers’ rights from the EU’s push to slash red tape.
POLITICO has processed 35 years’ worth of election data to find out why this month’s vote is messier than ever โ and what will happen next.
If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it’s probably being shot by Donald Trump Jr.
With member states keen to link quotas to any deal, Antรณnio Costa says defence and fisheries โare different thingsโThe EU will not let the question of fishing rights derail a pact with the UK on security and defence, the president of the European Counc…
The French president also invited al-Sharaa to travel to Paris.
Also in this newsletter: corporate car fleets could be a boon for struggling electric car manufacturers
Labourโs decision to grant the geopolitical archipelago to Mauritius has sparked criticism from all sides.
They cast his idea to own and rebuild the strip as a negotiating ploy Wednesday, while walking back key details.
โI think we all agree that it should require the consent,โ Danny Danon said.
U.S. president is pressing countries to take in Palestinians by threatening to cut aid, but it’s too dangerous for Arab leaders to accept that blackmail.
Several European countries have suspended processing asylum requests from Syrian nationals following the fall of Bashar al-Assadโs regime in Syria.
U.S. president faces outrage from Arab countries and key European capitals over his โdangerousโ proposal that Palestinians should be removed from the coastal enclave.ย
The U.S. president hinted heโll spare Britain from his trade war, while hammering the EU. But as Nigel Farage surges in the polls, Keir Starmer isnโt safe from Brexit yet.
Kyiv isn’t totally against the U.S. president’s idea โ but the German chancellor isn’t impressed.
Bratislava and Kyiv have been at loggerheads since the Slovak leadership cut off weapons flows to Ukraine and embraced Moscow talking points.
The new wealth fund could be used to finance major government projects and fund strategic investments in critical areas like supply chains.
The U.S. president’s tariff attack on Americaโs closest allies is unprecedented. Economists say they wonโt fix the U.S. trade deficit, restore jobs or raise much money. And people will get hurt.
“Many Ukrainian soldiers who surrendered or were in physical custody of the Russian armed forces were shot dead on the spot,” a monitoring mission says.
The actions come one day before Trump is set to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington.
Cyril Ramaphosa defends measures that allow the state to seize land without compensation, after the U.S. president accused South Africa of treating โcertain classes of people VERY BADLY.”
Spanish women’s World Cup winner Jenni Hermoso confronted former soccer federation boss Luis Rubiales at his trial, saying she did not agree to the kiss that triggered a national backlash against sexism in sport. For in-depth analysis and a deeper per…
With the new Trump era likely to pose unprecedented challenges the message from Europeโs fragile democracies is: stay united and safeguard your institutionsEuropeans who witnessed democracy crumble before their eyes have some words of advice for Americ…
While companies cite the need for legal certainty, NGOs have raised potential human rights concerns.
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The EU’s AI Act bans some โunacceptableโ use of the technology but critics say the law is riddled with security exemptions.
Conservative leader’s gambit to weaken the postwar ‘firewall’ may be a boon for the AfD ahead of a national election.
Possible security pact overshadowed by need to settle EU-UK dispute over fishing rightsKeir Starmerโs hopes for a defence and security pact risk being stalled over fishing rights, as he heads to Brussels for the first post-Brexit meeting of its kind on…
Beijing says it will impose countermeasures against the U.S.’s 10 percent levy on Chinese imports.
Calling the project a “clamorous failure,” Elly Schlein, leader of the Democratic Party, said the prime minister should resign.
After repeated false starts and breakdowns in talks, the country gets a Flemish-nationalist led coalition.
In a sign that bodes well for Bayrou, Socialist party leaders welcomedย the agreement.
MEPs had criticized the world football governing body for awarding the 2034 tournament to the Gulf petromonarchy.
Three new routes connecting Chinaโs Xinjiang province to major U.K. airports have opened up since last summer.
Ministers are holding a series of meetings in parliamentary committees to present the priorities of the Polish Presidency of the Council.Committee on Constitutional AffairsCommittee on Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentCommittee on Culture and Education…
The Christian Democrats should abandon their leftist allies, argues Giorgia Meloni’s political family.
The vast amount of toxic waste in the area led to increased rates of cancer, the court found.
Tibo InShape is wading into politics, and the establishment has taken note.
Many mainstream leaders worry a pre-election debate over whether to ban Alternative for Germany will only boost the party ahead of a national election.
Fake accounts attempted to fan discontent as people raged against establishment figures following floods in the Valencia region that killed more than 200 people.
The Greek Health Minister told Euractiv that the government aims to create an environment in which patients can be confident that their care is of high quality and that their rights and values are respected.
The post Greece launching its first quality-…
French schools will introduce mandatory sex education classes covering topics such as consent, gender identity and online pornography from September, despite opposition from conservative groups. FRANCE 24’s Sharon Gaffney, speaks to Kristen Barber, As…
The deal is the latest in a series designed to shore up regional governments and pave the way for deportations.
Kemi Badenoch said the government’s employment plans harmed growth โ but the PM raised economic turmoil under the Tories.
โClearly the situation has changed dramatically since โ85,โ when Greenland left the EU, senior lawmaker says.
โThis will break Europe,โ Robert Habeck says, as fears grow over the broader implications of collaboration between the CDU and AfD.
A major speech Wednesday promises a host of pro-growth policies to turn the UK economy around. But the hurdles in the chancellorโs way are huge.
Brussels hopes simplifying green compliance rules will boost Europe’s flagging economy. Green groups fear something more sinister.
German chancellor has finally had enough of the tech billionaire and Donald Trump adviser.
“I canโt be blackmailed, I canโt be intimidated,” a defiant PM Giorgia Meloni said.
Beny Steinmetz was convicted of participating in a scheme to take ownership of land once owned by Romanian monarchs.
Meta’s move to ditch fact-checking put a target on the back of fake-news fighters, they warn.
The new directive puts some aid organizations at risk of bankruptcy.
Report by rights groups alleges border police refused to rescue boys and blocked activistsโ efforts to save themBulgarian authorities have been accused of ignoring emergency calls and obstructing efforts to rescue three Egyptian teenage boys, who later…