Yesterday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled a new proposal aimed at protecting children online.

How can the EU reach this objective?

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Yesterday, several dozen people gathered in Valletta to demand justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia, the Maltese investigative journalist who was murdered in 2017. 

Nine years after her murder, the person who allegedly ordered it has still not been convicted. How can such impunity still exist in Europe?

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After a summer marked by heatwaves, wildfires and droughts, climate is back on the European agenda.

But is it really? What can we realistically expect from Ursula von der Leyen's State of the Union speech?

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The US is unhappy with the direction European industrial policy is taking. Washington has made its concerns very clear to the EU.

So, what exactly is the problem, and how could the EU solve it?

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For a long time, far-right parties were associated with an openly conservative discourse on women, the family and gender roles. But in recent years, some of these parties across Europe have softened their rhetoric, even presenting themselves as defenders of women.

What does the European far right really have in store for women?

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This episode is based on an article written by Melissa Aglietti for VD News and is co-written with Hélène Pillon from Médianes.

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Sweden is holding general elections this Sunday. The far right is already supporting the current government. Could it soon become part of it?

And what could the result mean for Sweden’s political direction?

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The 2025 PISA results were published a few days ago. And they’re quite a bad surprise for most European countries. Educational performance is declining almost everywhere on the continent.

What can we learn from East Asian countries?

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In the first quarter of 2026 alone, rents increased by 3% compared with the same period last year across the European Union. The EU is publishing its affordable housing act today. 

But will it really help Europeans afford housing?

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Spain wants the EU to create a European climate adaptation fund. And to finance it, the Spanish government is suggesting taxing oil and gas companies — in other words, applying the “polluter pays” principle.

Is this realistic?

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New return hubs could soon be established outside the European Union. At least, that is the ambition of several European countries, which want to speed up the return of migrants who have been denied the right to stay in the EU.

When and where should we expect those return hubs?

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