Why is the legal recognition of femicides a taboo? And, beyond that, are we doing enough as societies to respond effectively to femicides?

The EU Commission has urged France and Italy not to derail its trade accord with the South American bloc Mercosur, which it described on Monday as a test of the EU’s “credibility”.  The scene is now set for a row at the EU leaders’ summit in Brussels on Thursday and Friday.

Ten civil society organisations have filed a complaint against Jörgen Warborn, the MEP responsible for the Omnibus I file on changes to sustainability and due diligence laws, alleging a breach of the European Parliament’s code of conduct due to his role as president of SME Europe.

EU states are struggling with upcoming border rules that critics say could led to detention-like centres. Under the new regime authorities will have only seven days to screen a prospective asylum seeker.

A French banker inside Euroclear, who flew to Russia 155 times for "private" reasons, allegedly tried to connect the company's CEO, Valérie Urbain, with Russian spies and threatened her when she declined, according to an investigation by EUobserver, Humo, De Morgen, and Dossier Center.

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