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EU expresses 'grave concern' over developments in Hong Kong

The EU’s Foreign Policy chief Josep Borrell defended the 'one country, two systems' principle but no sanctions against China have been put on the table.

29/05/2020

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Hong Kong protests over law to ban ridicule of China's national anthem

Demonstrators gathered at Hysan Place shopping mall on May 27.

27/05/2020

Hungary

Hungary: 'Critics silenced' in social media arrests as EU mulls powers

The EU calls for emergency powers to be eased along with lockdowns, amid concern at a spate of arrests in Hungary over social media posts.

14/05/2020

Europe News

EU identifies 'pro-Kremlin sources' as architects of disinformation

European Commission Vice-President Vĕra Jourová says the EU 'will never fight with the same weapons.'

09/04/2020

Europe News

'Absolutely unacceptable': MEP slams Hungary's emergency COVID-19 law

'It means the suspension of parliamentary democracy in Hungary,' said one MEP, reacting to Hungary's emergency coronavirus legislation

31/03/2020

World News

Euroviews. Greta Thunberg’s climate activism isn’t enough. We need to put words into action ǀ View

No one can deny the very important social and political role played by the global climate strikes launched and led by Greta. /.../ However, if not translated into concrete proposals, the risk for these protests is to lose their influence in the public and political debate.

11/03/2020

My Europe Series

Bye-bye Britain: Brexit day is here

In this special edition we look at how British MEPs feel as they leave Brussels and what exactly will change in the European Parliament when they go. Aside from less Brexit drama, the loss of British voices and political representation could strengthen some and weaken others.

31/01/2020

World News

'Stagnating' European democracy follows year of protest — study

The average global score for democracies fell from 5.48 out of 10 in 2018 to 5.44 in 2019 — the lowest since the Democracy Index was created.

22/01/2020

Europe News

Croatian EU presidency says no to sanctions on Hungary and Poland

The European Parlament last week requested strong action from the Croatian presidency on rule of law. Here is the reaction from the Croatian presidency.

20/01/2020

USA

Euroviews. Trump claims that impeachment is a 'coup.' And he's (almost) right ǀ View

We either have three co-equal branches of government or we have something that looks more like a dictatorship and less like a democracy.

31/12/2019

World News

'UK should give passports to Hongkongers,' says Hong Kong politician

"It's Britain's moral and political responsibility because these are British citizens, but they are British Nationals Overseas," Emily Lau told Euronews.

18/11/2019

China

Hundreds of protesters leave university under siege by police

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said that around 100 protesters remain in the Polytechnic University campus.

18/11/2019

Greece

Greece commemorates student uprising that doomed military junta

It's the annual commemoration that is often marred by violence.

16/11/2019

Germany

Euroviews. The Berlin Wall fell 30 years ago. Democracy seemed to have won out, but we were wrong ǀ View

Why the tide of freedom and democracy has started to ebb, and what can be done about it.

11/11/2019

Bulgaria

30 years after 1989, central Europeans say democracy is again at risk

"It appears that some of the freedoms won in the 1989 revolutions are now under pressure," the report from the Open Society Foundation found.

04/11/2019

China

Many of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protesters defy face ban

After a night of unrest, protesters return to the city's streets, this time peacefully.

05/10/2019

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Police use tear gas at anti-China protest in Hong Kong

A large crowd amassed for a protest rally ahead of Tuesday's 70th anniversary of communist rule in China.

29/09/2019

China

Police in Hong Kong fire tear gas at anti-government protesters

Meanwhile groups loyal to the Chinese government began tearing down anti-government messages from so-called Lennon walls, named after the Beatles singer John Lennon

21/09/2019

China

Euroviews. I once was a Chinese nationalist. Hong Kong changed my mind ǀ View

In the images of millions upon millions of Hong Kongers marching peacefully for a better future, I see the Hong Kong I fell in love with.

09/09/2019

United Kingdom

Euroviews. Suspending Parliament benefits Boris Johnson, but is a fiasco for Great Britain ǀ View

The new prime minister is creating a crisis on top of a crisis. But to what end — and at what eventual cost to the country?

29/08/2019