Brussels journalists are pressuring @EU_Commission on why it hasn't responded to request made a month ago by Spain and Ireland to assess whether Israel complying with human rights in #Gaza. The Commission's talking point that @EUCouncil unanimity needed doesn't really clarify.

Here is where #farmers storm the EU area at Maalbeek near EU HQ. "It looks like civil war" say EU officials as tractors aim for and overwhelm police. #FarmerProtest2024 #FarmersProtest2024

Here is where #farmers storm the EU area at Maalbeek near EU HQ. "It looks like civil war" say EU officials as tractors overwhelm police. #FarmerProtest2024 #farmersprotest2024

It seems discussing the expulsion of millions from Europe provokes only temporary hiccups in relations between the AfD and RN.
#Remigration
https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article250189886/Weidel-trifft-Le-Pen-in-Paris-AfD-und-Rassemblement-National-naehern-sich-an.html

Barnier seems getting a free pass here to deflect from how the @EPPGroup and @ecrgroup are leading the EU sharply rightwards. Would like to have seen more on that and less on the straw man stuff about EU exits.
https://www.euractiv.com/section/uk-europe/interview/beware-far-right-still-wants-out-of-the-eu-brexit-negotiator-barnier-warns/

Far-right white identitarian politics are totally on brand for this former head of Europe's Border and Coast Guard, Frontex.

EU members like Poland that strayed from democratic norms may need special help making the transition back — Prof @jmorijn proposes an EU "redemocratization fund" @EP_Justice hearing with @JFLopezAguilar. @donaldtuskepp

Attractive politicians aren't just more likely to win votes. Their "beauty premium" also gets them outside earnings and talk show appearances, which, you got it, could distract them from what we elected them to do. h/t
@ifo_institut
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167268123004109

Something of an announcement at #MSC2024 by @MargSchinas who foresees much bigger and "meaningful" portfolio for security and defence for the next European Commission, with EU ministers having responsibilities going well beyond procurement and research. #Ukraine️