Slovakian government could go down dark path following attempted assassination - my analysis for The Irish Times irishtimes.com/world/europe/2…

This week’s Europe letter column, brought to you from the Brussels red light district:
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Slovakian prime minister Robert Fico is now is a “serious but stable” condition, the country’s minister for defence has said (according to local media)

And here it is. The result of months of sleuthing through millions of documents in cooperation with colleagues from 56 different countries. Phew!
#dubaiunlocked Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
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EU ministers back changes to withholding tax rules exploited in trading fraud (several years after the Irish role in the ‘cum-ex’ scheme was revealed by The Irish Times, working with a consortium of journalists across Europe)
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EU ministers have formally signed off on the migration pact overhauling asylum policy at a meeting today (the last step in the process), meaning Ireland and others now have two years to bring the changes into force

A large group of students in Brussels have taken over a building on the ULB campus in a protest against the war in Gaza. Here’s my report from inside the occupation:
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Be interesting to see now if this New York-Dublin portal survives first contact with Thursday night pints

Some good coverage of Tusla and the SEA crisis here: ‘Babies in State care placed in private unregulated settings’ rte.ie/news/primetime…

Could Máirín McGrath, the 26-year-old daughter of Independent TD Mattie McGrath, find herself becoming a member of the European Parliament despite not being on the ballot paper next month? Unlikely, but here’s how:
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Future of climate reforms ‘at stake’ in June elections - my report on the fight facing the European Greens
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The revolving door of EU officials moving to take up very well-paid jobs as lobbyists afterwards could be seen as a form of “soft corruption”, European ombudsman Emily O’Reilly has said
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Charismatic young frontman of French far right is old wine in a new bottle when it comes to immigration - my column this week
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The EU is coming for your smoky bacon crisps (not entirely). My story on the front of today’s The Irish Times here:
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Tusla takes prosecution against Ideal Care Services over alleged ‘falsified’ background checks and ‘altered’ Garda vetting
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Have decided to just write my own headlines, but I’m not very snappy.

This is such an important topic and I wish the oxygen of my platform wasn’t sucked up by other things everyone must be tired of at this point. (I am tired of it)

‘Macron returns to the Sorbonne to warn of Europe’s mortality’ - I spent a bit of time in Paris this week reporting for this longer read
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Breaking: Former Green Party candidate Saoirse McHugh to contest European elections as an Independent
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