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LOBBYING OF EU INSTITUTIONS STILL WIDE OPEN TO ABUSE, SAYS REPORT

The ECA report is one of several criticisms directed at the EU Transparency Register ahead of a review due by July 2025 of the interinstitutional agreement that created it. The introduction in 2011 of the voluntary EU Transparency Register, which provides information on who lobbies the European Commission, European Parliament …

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DEMOCRACY DIGEST: ATTEMPT TO CANCEL NATCON HANDS ORBAN A PR GIFT

Elsewhere, Mr Fiala goes to Washington, Mr Duda goes to New York; Poland looks toward Sky Shield; and new prosecutors needed in Slovakia. Anational-conservative conference in Brussels, featuring populist and right-wing politicians such as Hungarian PM Viktor Orban, former UKIP leader Nigel Farage and French firebrand Eric Zemmour, would not …

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What Sweden’s Accession Shows About NATO’s Future

An expanded NATO — now with 32 members — has many advantages in capabilities and geostrategy, but speed of action is not one of them. As NATO celebrates its 75th anniversary, it has cause to celebrate Sweden’s addition as the 32nd member of the alliance. The Nordic country’s accession came …

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