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EU fails to suspend agreement with Israel

EU members failed to take action against Israel’s crimes by choosing not to suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement on Tuesday.

Palestine solidarity movement in France faces growing pressure

After French MEP Rima Hassan was targeted over a Palestine solidarity post, reports revealed months-long surveillance amid ongoing pressure on movement.

Commodification of health Europe
On World Health Day, public service unions sound alarm over EU-wide health emergency

This World Health Day, public services unions in Europe sounded the alarm over a health emergency caused by austerity, privatization, and lacking workforce policies.

European left denounces EU Parliament vote outcome as attack on right to asylum

Left parties and activists warn the EU is dismantling the right to asylum while its border agency Frontex echoes ICE patterns.

EU countries to pursue joint borrowing to fund Ukraine war

EU leaders have agreed to raise €90 billion through joint borrowing to finance support, largely military, for Ukraine, advancing their own militarization agenda.

EU advances new measures restricting right to asylum

EU institutions and member states are advancing initiatives that restrict access to asylum and externalize migration control.

United right in European Parliament votes to weaken labor and environmental protections

Right and far-right parties in the European Parliament joined forces to pass measures eroding labor, human rights, and environmental protections.

“Not a deal, a rip-off”: EU agrees to subservient trade terms with US

The EU has announced a trade deal with the US involving high tariffs and major investments into the US economy, without securing anything in return.

Austerity linked to over 1 million preventable deaths in EU

In 2022, over 1 million people in the EU died from preventable causes. Trade unions are urging increased public investment and wealth taxes to reverse the trend.

EU labels Rio Tinto’s lithium mine in Serbia a strategic project

Despite strong local opposition and environmental concerns, the EU has designated Rio Tinto’s lithium mining project in Serbia as strategically important

EU gets temporary tariff reprieve, but will it use it to chart a new course?

EU officials were relieved by the US decision to delay new tariffs by 90 days, but they remain at risk of an economic crisis

EU underfunds medicines while allocating billions to arms

The EU is mobilizing up to €850 billion for so-called defense and armament, missing out on building true security through investment into health