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European commission president Ursula von der Leyen with Egypt's strongman leader Abdel Fattah al-Sissi (Photo: European Union, 2024)

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EU sidelines parliament to rapidly send €1bn to Egypt

The European Commission is officially sidelining the European Parliament's scrutiny role when it comes to €1bn of loans being sent to Egypt.

The announcement came ahead of a €7.4bn cash-for-migration-control agreement with Cairo, posing tricky questions for an increasingly frustrated European Parliament.

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen says, in a letter dated 15 March and seen by EUobserver, that the urgency...

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