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The EU has struggled lately to respond when member states violate the bloc's fundamental values, especially the rule of law. A new policy brief from the Centre for European Reform says there is growing support for the...
Lack of a coherent drug policy and poorly thought out changes to the criminal law in Lithuania ended in shambles – sharing a gram of cannabis with friends may now result in a real prison sentence.
Germany is considering legal changes to force operators of car and house alarm systems to help police and other security agencies to spy on potential terrorists. Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere, a conservative,...
Before allowing police and other bodies to tap into mobile phones and internet records in the UK, a new independent watchdog has to be set up, the Home Office has announced. It agreed to introduce new safeguards after...
Mandatory migrant quotas are politically dead, so the question now is whether the EU has the courage to discuss the new plan proposed by the Estonian presidency.
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On December 1, the EU and Vietnam held their 7th Human Rights Dialogue under the EU-Vietnam Partnership Cooperation Agreement. The EU expressed its concerns about the deterioration of civil and political rights in...
Several people have been hurt in clashes between police and anti-fascist demonstrators in the German city of Hannover as they tried to blockade the far-right Alternative for Germany's (AfD) first conference since it...
Governments tell us that if we have nothing to hide, we have nothing to fear from mass surveillance. Why is this misleading and devious argument so powerful? How can we beat it?
Documents recently made available to the public through Statewatch reveal that EU member states are exploring all options to keep - if not expand - their current data retention programmes, despite an EU Court of...
France has said EU states will intervene militarily to end slave markets in Libya. French President Emmanuel Macron announced the initiative in Abidjan on November 29, following meetings at the EU-Africa summit that...
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