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US and EU top arms sales to Middle East and Israel
The US and EU are supplying the most weapons to the Middle East, including to Israel, as the Gaza war threatens to ignite a regional conflict. Read on »
AGENDA EU summit prep work and von der Leyen's Egypt visit This WEEK
MEPs will hold a debate with EU commission president Ursula von der Leyen about the next European Council on Tuesday. Later this week, on Sunday, von der Leyen will be in Egypt for talks regarding a potential 'cash-for-migrant-control' deal. Read on »
EUOBSERVED EU softens rhetoric: 'Cash-for-migrants' to 'economic lifelines'
A year after promising a series of 'cash for migrant control' deals with north African states, the deals are taking shape — but the EU's rhetoric is noticeably softer. Read on »
ANALYSIS Election in sight, EU mood music changes on offshoring asylum
Designating a country like Rwanda as 'safe' under EU rules to send an asylum-seeker there requires strict conditions to be met first. But a backdoor clause introduced into EU legislation allows a future commission to strip out those requirements. Read on »
EU banks in Russia react to US sanctions threat
The US has threatened Austria's top bank with sanctions for doing business in Russia, following earlier talks with German lenders. Read on »
ANALYSIS Five years of EU gender policy — hits and misses
On International Women's Day, EUobserver took a closer look at the last five years of gender policy — has the EU been ambitious enough in achieving equality? What were the main hits and misses? And where needs more work? Read on »
What to expect after Costa in Portugal's election on Sunday
The Portuguese go to the polls on Sunday after eight years of socialist rule — what can we expect? What is shaping these elections and what are the citizens worried about? Read on »
OPINION Gaza is also a war on women: where are European feminists?
Despite last month's provisional ruling by the International Court of Justice instructing Israel to stop a "plausible genocide" in Gaza, references to the terrible plight of women and girls in Gaza have been few and far between, writes Shada Islam. Read on »
ANALYSIS Economic hardship drives the populist vote
New meta-analysis shows that the evidence that economic hardship causes populism is "overwhelming". Read on »
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