Elena Sánchez Nicolás
@elenasanchez.bsky.social
Editor-in-chief at @euobserver.com
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Reposted by Elena Sánchez Nicolás
It was great to take part in the #ClimateArena of the @journalismarena.eu . We took part in the pannel on "How to make sense of the Commission's mass deregulation agenda", with @elenasanchez.bsky.social of @euobserver.com and facilitation by @jelena-prtoric.bsky.social
Photos by Raul Duran Giro.
Photos by Raul Duran Giro.
October 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
It was great to take part in the #ClimateArena of the @journalismarena.eu . We took part in the pannel on "How to make sense of the Commission's mass deregulation agenda", with @elenasanchez.bsky.social of @euobserver.com and facilitation by @jelena-prtoric.bsky.social
Photos by Raul Duran Giro.
Photos by Raul Duran Giro.
Reposted by Elena Sánchez Nicolás
If you're in Budapest at the #ClimateArena of the @journalismarena.eu , join us tomorrow at 11am in Auditorium A for the session "The quiet undoing of the EU: How to make sense of the Commission's mass deregulation agenda" with @elenasanchez.bsky.social and moderation by @jelena-prtoric.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
If you're in Budapest at the #ClimateArena of the @journalismarena.eu , join us tomorrow at 11am in Auditorium A for the session "The quiet undoing of the EU: How to make sense of the Commission's mass deregulation agenda" with @elenasanchez.bsky.social and moderation by @jelena-prtoric.bsky.social
Moldovan citizens are going to the polls on Sunday (28 September), in what is set to be a highly-contested election — with possible implications for the whole continent. This election is not about left or right; it is about a democratic Moldova or Russia.
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Small country, big decision: Moldova faces democratic stress test
Moldovan citizens are going to the polls on Sunday, in what is set to be a highly-contested election — with possible fallout for the whole continent. This election is not about left or right; it is ab...
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September 26, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Moldovan citizens are going to the polls on Sunday (28 September), in what is set to be a highly-contested election — with possible implications for the whole continent. This election is not about left or right; it is about a democratic Moldova or Russia.
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
Some 541,000 Russians visited the EU last year, compared to 517,000 in 2023, and over four million a year before Russia's full invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Despite a new sanctions crackdown on the sector, Russian tourists will continue to be able to visit the EU.
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Despite a new sanctions crackdown on the sector, Russian tourists will continue to be able to visit the EU.
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No new hurdles planned for Russian tourists to EU
Russians tourists will be able to keep coming to the EU despite a new sanctions crackdown on the sector, diplomats have said.
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September 25, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Some 541,000 Russians visited the EU last year, compared to 517,000 in 2023, and over four million a year before Russia's full invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Despite a new sanctions crackdown on the sector, Russian tourists will continue to be able to visit the EU.
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
Despite a new sanctions crackdown on the sector, Russian tourists will continue to be able to visit the EU.
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
"An effective EU policy ... needs to acknowledge that settler violence is state violence, enabled and tolerated by the Israeli regime’s policy of complete impunity". Strong piece by Yoav Shemer-Kunz, co-founder of European Jews for Palestine.
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I spent 10 days in the West Bank, watching the impunity of Israeli settlers
In August, I spent ten days in the West Bank, Occupied Palestinian Territories. Here is some of what I saw and heard there during my visit.
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September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
"An effective EU policy ... needs to acknowledge that settler violence is state violence, enabled and tolerated by the Israeli regime’s policy of complete impunity". Strong piece by Yoav Shemer-Kunz, co-founder of European Jews for Palestine.
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We're very excited to join @journalismarena.eu conference in Budapest in exactly one month to discuss the EU's #deregulation agenda. We'll be joined in the same pannel by @elenasanchez.bsky.social and @jelena-prtoric.bsky.social !
More info:
📅 climatearena2025.sched.com
🎟️ climatearena.eu/register/
More info:
📅 climatearena2025.sched.com
🎟️ climatearena.eu/register/
September 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
We're very excited to join @journalismarena.eu conference in Budapest in exactly one month to discuss the EU's #deregulation agenda. We'll be joined in the same pannel by @elenasanchez.bsky.social and @jelena-prtoric.bsky.social !
More info:
📅 climatearena2025.sched.com
🎟️ climatearena.eu/register/
More info:
📅 climatearena2025.sched.com
🎟️ climatearena.eu/register/
I sat down with former EU top diplomat Josep Borrell, who described Europe’s proposal to cut Israel from Horizon as a “bad joke” in response to the atrocities unfolding in Gaza.
“Is that really all they can think to do, with what’s happening?”
Borrell asked.
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“Is that really all they can think to do, with what’s happening?”
Borrell asked.
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EU's Horizon-suspension sanction for Israel 'a bad joke', says Borrell
Suspending Israel's access to the bloc’s Horizon research programme is a “bad joke” in the face of the atrocities unfolding in Gaza, the EU's former chief diplomat Josep Borrell told EUobserver during...
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August 1, 2025 at 7:09 AM
I sat down with former EU top diplomat Josep Borrell, who described Europe’s proposal to cut Israel from Horizon as a “bad joke” in response to the atrocities unfolding in Gaza.
“Is that really all they can think to do, with what’s happening?”
Borrell asked.
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
“Is that really all they can think to do, with what’s happening?”
Borrell asked.
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
I got an EU internal document that outlines the toothless nature of a Gaza aid "understanding" between the EU and Israel: non-binding, ambiguous, and difficult to monitor.
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EU document shows flimsy nature of Israel aid deal
A leaked EU document outlines the toothless nature of a Gaza aid "understanding" between the EU and Israel: non-binding, ambiguous, and difficult to monitor.
euobserver.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I got an EU internal document that outlines the toothless nature of a Gaza aid "understanding" between the EU and Israel: non-binding, ambiguous, and difficult to monitor.
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
As Nato leaders gather in The Hague this week, attention turns to the proposal to increase defence spending to 5% of GDP (more than double the 2% benchmark).
Our explainer covers:
🧩 5% target explained
🇪🇸 Spain’s stance
💰 Defence vs welfare
📉 Who’s falling behind
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Our explainer covers:
🧩 5% target explained
🇪🇸 Spain’s stance
💰 Defence vs welfare
📉 Who’s falling behind
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
Defence vs welfare: what’s at stake in Nato’s new 5% spending target?
Nato allies are expected to agree to raise defence spending target to five percent of GDP at the Hague summit. But previous broken promises and Spain’s reluctance highlight growing tensions between mi...
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June 24, 2025 at 7:01 AM
As Nato leaders gather in The Hague this week, attention turns to the proposal to increase defence spending to 5% of GDP (more than double the 2% benchmark).
Our explainer covers:
🧩 5% target explained
🇪🇸 Spain’s stance
💰 Defence vs welfare
📉 Who’s falling behind
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
Our explainer covers:
🧩 5% target explained
🇪🇸 Spain’s stance
💰 Defence vs welfare
📉 Who’s falling behind
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
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Spain is in political turmoil.
But why?
In this explainer, editor-in-chief @elenasanchez.bsky.social explains:
🔹 What happened
🔹 Who is involved
🔹 Why it matters
Catch up here: euobserver.com/rule-of-law/...
But why?
In this explainer, editor-in-chief @elenasanchez.bsky.social explains:
🔹 What happened
🔹 Who is involved
🔹 Why it matters
Catch up here: euobserver.com/rule-of-law/...
June 20, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Spain is in political turmoil.
But why?
In this explainer, editor-in-chief @elenasanchez.bsky.social explains:
🔹 What happened
🔹 Who is involved
🔹 Why it matters
Catch up here: euobserver.com/rule-of-law/...
But why?
In this explainer, editor-in-chief @elenasanchez.bsky.social explains:
🔹 What happened
🔹 Who is involved
🔹 Why it matters
Catch up here: euobserver.com/rule-of-law/...
“It is genocide. I know people are uncomfortable with that word, but what else can we call it?,” Francesca Albanese told @euobserver.com
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Francesca Albanese: 'EU officials must face charges of complicity in war crimes'
At the Cannes Film Festival, the UN’s special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, speaks with EUobserver about the genocide in Gaza, and global comp...
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June 6, 2025 at 10:04 AM
“It is genocide. I know people are uncomfortable with that word, but what else can we call it?,” Francesca Albanese told @euobserver.com
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euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
Neither the EEAS nor the Israeli EU embassy would confirm today if Israeli foreign minister Gideon Sa'ar would come for a meeting in Brussels on 23 June. But the fact he was invited despite escalating Israeli aggression in Gaza already attracted criticism
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Israeli ministers still welcome in EU, despite sanctions talks
High-level Israeli visits to the EU capital are becoming more toxic, as ministers prepare first-ever trade sanctions over Gaza "war crimes".
euobserver.com
June 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Neither the EEAS nor the Israeli EU embassy would confirm today if Israeli foreign minister Gideon Sa'ar would come for a meeting in Brussels on 23 June. But the fact he was invited despite escalating Israeli aggression in Gaza already attracted criticism
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Ombudswoman Anjinho in an interesting discussion today with journalists at the dataharvest conference on the role of @ombudsman.europa.eu, the importance of rules on access to EU documents, and on having a culture of integrity in public administrations
May 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Ombudswoman Anjinho in an interesting discussion today with journalists at the dataharvest conference on the role of @ombudsman.europa.eu, the importance of rules on access to EU documents, and on having a culture of integrity in public administrations
We leaked it, we studied it, and we made it free to read.
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Leak of EU's full 2024 Gaza report piles pressure on Israel
The leak of an internal EU paper from 2024 spelling out Israel's "war crimes" in Gaza will make it harder to claim Tel Aviv merits keeping free trade perks.
euobserver.com
June 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
We leaked it, we studied it, and we made it free to read.
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euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
Times are changing. As special trade benefits granted to Ukrainian farmers following Russia's 2022 invasion are set to expire today (5 June), Ukrainian experts question the EU’s decision — while the country's farming unions predict potential losses of up to €1.5bn.
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The political calculus behind the EU's shift on Ukraine agri-imports
Trade benefits, which suspended tariffs and quotas on Ukrainian agri-food exports to support the cash-strapped Ukrainian economy after the Russian invasion in 2022, will not be renewed for the third t...
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June 5, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Times are changing. As special trade benefits granted to Ukrainian farmers following Russia's 2022 invasion are set to expire today (5 June), Ukrainian experts question the EU’s decision — while the country's farming unions predict potential losses of up to €1.5bn.
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
A majority of EU countries urged the commission to review the EU-Israel trade agreement over concerns about human rights violations. But a human rights unit within the EEAS had already conducted an audit in November 2024. We got the leak and made it public.
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euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
Leak of EU's full 2024 Gaza report piles pressure on Israel
The leak of an internal EU paper from 2024 spelling out Israel's "war crimes" in Gaza will make it harder to claim Tel Aviv merits keeping free trade perks.
euobserver.com
June 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
A majority of EU countries urged the commission to review the EU-Israel trade agreement over concerns about human rights violations. But a human rights unit within the EEAS had already conducted an audit in November 2024. We got the leak and made it public.
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
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Hungary’s government now smears and attacks its own journalists, starves their newspapers and TV stations of income, whilst happy to bask in the power and resources of being a member of the 27-strong bloc. For how much longer can Hungary’s journalists fight back?
Hungary’s independent media — ‘A battle of the wills, but worth the struggle’
Authoritarian leaders don’t appreciate a free and independent media investigating their affairs. But, previously, that has only been a problem outside the EU’s borders. Hungary’s government now smears...
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May 20, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Hungary’s government now smears and attacks its own journalists, starves their newspapers and TV stations of income, whilst happy to bask in the power and resources of being a member of the 27-strong bloc. For how much longer can Hungary’s journalists fight back?
"In an era where the loudest often dominate, we wanted to use this magazine to tell a different story, helping to fill what we’ve come to call ‘the recognition gap.’"
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EUobserver's new magazine — Closing the recognition gap
Today, we’re releasing our latest magazine. A must-read for anyone who believes democracy thrives when every voice is heard.
euobserver.com
May 19, 2025 at 6:32 AM
"In an era where the loudest often dominate, we wanted to use this magazine to tell a different story, helping to fill what we’ve come to call ‘the recognition gap.’"
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euobserver.com/the-eus-unsu...
Here are EUobserver’s key takeaways on Pfizergate. The controversy surrounding vaccine deal texts, transparency, and accountability at the highest level of the EU.
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Pfizergate takeaways — a legal victory, and a win for transparency
An EU court ruled that the European Commission wrongly denied access to text messages between Ursula von der Leyen and Pfizer's CEO, reinforcing the need for transparency in high-level communications....
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May 15, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Here are EUobserver’s key takeaways on Pfizergate. The controversy surrounding vaccine deal texts, transparency, and accountability at the highest level of the EU.
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euobserver.com/rule-of-law/...
This Friday (16 May), we’re releasing our latest magazine!
When I first suggested we focus this issue on people instead of events, the team was all in, and honestly, the end result makes me really proud.
It’s full of stories that deserve to be seen. Hope you’ll like it.
When I first suggested we focus this issue on people instead of events, the team was all in, and honestly, the end result makes me really proud.
It’s full of stories that deserve to be seen. Hope you’ll like it.
May 15, 2025 at 6:44 AM
This Friday (16 May), we’re releasing our latest magazine!
When I first suggested we focus this issue on people instead of events, the team was all in, and honestly, the end result makes me really proud.
It’s full of stories that deserve to be seen. Hope you’ll like it.
When I first suggested we focus this issue on people instead of events, the team was all in, and honestly, the end result makes me really proud.
It’s full of stories that deserve to be seen. Hope you’ll like it.
Happy Europe day! We have delved into our 25-year archive to compile a list of our nerdiest (and most revealing) stories about how the EU really works.
Do you have ideas for other types of articles like these? Let us know what you'd like to see more of in comments 💡🇪🇺
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Do you have ideas for other types of articles like these? Let us know what you'd like to see more of in comments 💡🇪🇺
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On Europe day, meet the inner workings of the EU
From EU nerds to EU nerds, with love.
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May 9, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Happy Europe day! We have delved into our 25-year archive to compile a list of our nerdiest (and most revealing) stories about how the EU really works.
Do you have ideas for other types of articles like these? Let us know what you'd like to see more of in comments 💡🇪🇺
euobserver.com/eu-political...
Do you have ideas for other types of articles like these? Let us know what you'd like to see more of in comments 💡🇪🇺
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Reposted by Elena Sánchez Nicolás
Parar toda compra de armas a Israel es una cuestión de coherencia democrática.
Hoy hablo de ello con @elenasanchez.bsky.social en @euobserver.com
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Hoy hablo de ello con @elenasanchez.bsky.social en @euobserver.com
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The Spanish minister behind the push to halt arms deals with Israel
Meet Spain's minister for youth Sira Rego — a former MEP of Palestinian descent. Rego has criticised Spain’s arms trade with Israel, exposing tensions inside the Pedro Sánchez-led coalition. She is de...
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May 8, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Parar toda compra de armas a Israel es una cuestión de coherencia democrática.
Hoy hablo de ello con @elenasanchez.bsky.social en @euobserver.com
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
Hoy hablo de ello con @elenasanchez.bsky.social en @euobserver.com
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
Meet Spain's minister for youth Sira Rego — a former MEP of Palestinian descent. Rego has criticised Spain’s arms trade with Israel, exposing tensions inside the Pedro Sánchez-led coalition.
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
The Spanish minister behind the push to halt arms deals with Israel
Meet Spain's minister for youth Sira Rego — a former MEP of Palestinian descent. Rego has criticised Spain’s arms trade with Israel, exposing tensions inside the Pedro Sánchez-led coalition. She is de...
euobserver.com
May 8, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Meet Spain's minister for youth Sira Rego — a former MEP of Palestinian descent. Rego has criticised Spain’s arms trade with Israel, exposing tensions inside the Pedro Sánchez-led coalition.
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
At @euobserver.com, we’re experimenting with new formats to make complex, long-running stories easier to follow.
In this one, we break down the EU-Tunisia deal — what it is, why it matters, and what’s at stake.
eu-tunisia.euobserver.com
In this one, we break down the EU-Tunisia deal — what it is, why it matters, and what’s at stake.
eu-tunisia.euobserver.com
The EU-Tunisia migrant deal – in context
The EU is shaping its external migration strategy by partnering with a country that has repeatedly shown it does not comply with fundamental EU values. Here's why it matters.
Sometimes, it's hard to ...
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May 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
At @euobserver.com, we’re experimenting with new formats to make complex, long-running stories easier to follow.
In this one, we break down the EU-Tunisia deal — what it is, why it matters, and what’s at stake.
eu-tunisia.euobserver.com
In this one, we break down the EU-Tunisia deal — what it is, why it matters, and what’s at stake.
eu-tunisia.euobserver.com