Together, they show how European policies can have consequences that reach far beyond the continent, and sometimes contradict the values European governments claim to defend. Only Israel knew how much it has destroyed, as it was still not letting in foreign diplomats or press. Read the full storyEU Commission official in Gaza on 5 February 2025 (Source: ECHO)Who is Karen Malayan: Russia’s top diplomat in Brussels, or yet another spy? New analysis by DeSmog reveals sector meetings with EU officials tripled in the year before the release of a European Commission strategy document pledging to “review and revise” the Water Framework Directive. According to leaked documents and internal files, the UK-based NGO Statewatch, in collaboration with EUobserver, ND and Apache, has reconstructed what happened, offering new insight into an institutional standoff between the European Commission and EU member states.