European Parliament to vote on taking Commission to court over funds to autocratic Hungary greens-efa.eu/en/article/pre…

Hungary MEP asks if European Commission fully comprehends the extent of the damage it has done by 'giving in to Viktor Orbans blackmail'

MEP Guy Verhofstadt warns EU boss Ursula von der Leyen to beware of opening the door for 'more blackmailing by Orbán in the coming years...'Guy Verhofstadt #Hungary

This is the Letter from MEPs to EP President Metsola calling on her to take action on #Hungary petrisarvamaa.eu/letter-to-pres…

MEPs show their disdain at EU Boss Ursula von der Leyen leaving European Parliament #Strasbourg debate on Hungary before it was finished

EC president Ursula von der Leyen this morning repeated her stance on Israel’s “right to defend itself” in line with international & Int humanitarian laws following the Hamas attack on October 7 Ursula von der Leyen European Commission

EU boss Ursula von der Leyen tells EU ambassadors Israel has the right to defend itself while “Hamas bunkers, hides fighters and stores weapons below refugee camps and civilian infrastructure”. But she stressed it was essential that Israel “strives” to avoid civilian casualties

Gaza has become a graveyard for thousands of children says @unicef shar.es/agXA5C

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell Fontelles strongly condemns killing of German-Israeli citizen by Hamas and calls for 'immediate and unconditional release' of all hostages in Gaza

Save the Children UK launch petition for ceasefire to enable supplies of aid to children into Gaza

Attacks have intensified in #Gaza . This is pure horror for children and their families.

They are trapped in the middle of a conflict zone with no safe place to go and no route to safety.

Sign our petition to demand a ceasefire: action.savethechildren.org.uk/page/137213/da…

#StopTheWarOnChildren

While the scale and nature of this operation remains unclear, the announced 'expanded ground operations” by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip will put more than one million children at higher risk of permanent harm. ⚠️

Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3Qdou87

WHO: civilians, patients, and health workers in #Gaza spend night in darkness and fear

During a night of intense bombardment and ground incursions in Gaza, with reports of hostilities still continuing, health workers, patients and civilians have been subject to a total…

European Commission says EU is coordinating 6 new humanitarian aid flights for Gaza ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…

EU press conference with Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel last night following #EUCO meeting

And here is Charlie Michel’s Charles Michel take on how the European Council meetings on Middle East went yesterday

Here’s the outcome of the European Council conclusions on Middle East, from yesterday. europa.eu/!jjTCT7

EU prime ministers & presidents have been fiercely debating whether to call for a #Gaza humanitarian ceasefire, window, corridor, pause or pauses for the past 5 hours here at the #EUCO summit.

🇮🇪🇪🇸 are holding out for stronger language, 🇩🇪🇦🇹 are insisting on weaker.

Escalating crisis in Middle East and how to get much-needed humanitarian aid into Gaza among issues to be discussed today at European Council meeting europa.eu/!N9nWct

Poland’s Donald Tusk expresses his pride in his people after recent elections in Poland.