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EU parliament chief warns of bloc’s ‘implosion,’ says people lost trust in ‘entire institutions’

April 12, 2016

EU parliament chief warns of bloc’s ‘implosion,’ says people lost trust in ‘entire institutions’ European Parliament President Martin Schulz. © Vincent Kessler / Reuters Many people have lost trust in “entire institutions, whether national or European,” EU parliament Chief Martin Schulz says. He sounded the alarm over a possible “implosion of the EU” due to the […]

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The Netherlands Just Banned Weapon Sales to Saudi Arabia over Human Rights Abuses

March 17, 2016

The Netherlands Just Banned Weapon Sales to Saudi Arabia over Human Rights Abuses Landmark bill cites UN figures that Saudi-led troops has killed nearly 6,000 people in Yemen—half of them civilians. Dutch lawmakers have voted to ban weapons exports to Saudi Arabia over the kingdom’s violations of humanitarian law, making the Netherlands the first country in the […]

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EU Parliament adopts resolution calling for arms embargo against Saudi Arabia over Yemen

February 25, 2016

EU Parliament adopts resolution calling for arms embargo against Saudi Arabia over Yemen A man reacts at the site of a Saudi-led air strike in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, February 10, 2016. © Khaled Abdullah / Reuters The European Parliament has adopted a resolution calling for the introduction of an arms embargo against Saudi Arabia over […]

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Head of the European Parliament Warns – EU at Risk of Falling Apart

December 9, 2015

Head of the European Parliament Warns – EU at Risk of Falling Apart Martin Schulz is the head of the European Parliament, and he’s very worried about the future of the EU. Indeed, he’s so concerned he told a German magazine that the project was at risk of falling apart. But don’t take my word for […]

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Democracy on Hold: President of European Parliament Suspends Vote on Secretive U.S.-EU Trade Pact as Tide Turns Against It

June 10, 2015

Democracy on Hold: President of European Parliament Suspends Vote on Secretive U.S.-EU Trade Pact as Tide Turns Against It Today was supposed to be a historic day — the day when hundreds of MEPs, representing hundreds of millions of European citizens, were to finally get their say on the hugely contentious EU-US trade bill commonly known […]

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What Makes Brussels More Equal Than Others

April 28, 2015

What Makes Brussels More Equal Than Others Dutch daily Algemeen Dagblad ran a little article recently that we’re surprised no other news organization picked up. It concerned a proposal in the European Parliament in which the parliamentarians got to vote on raising their own paycheck (always a good idea). The best thing about the story […]

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EU Weakens Climate Deal To Keep UK, Poland On Board

October 27, 2014

EU Weakens Climate Deal To Keep UK, Poland On Board. European Union leaders have agreed to a landmark deal to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions over the next 15 years. The agreement, reached Oct. 24, calls for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030. European Council chair Herman Van Rompuy called the […]

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