EU Parliament awards Sakharov Prize to ICC, defying US sanctions

The European Parliament has awarded its Sakharov Prize for human rights to the International Criminal Court, a direct rebuke to US sanctions imposed by the Trump administration. The nomination by center-left groups came weeks after the sanctions, signaling a deliberate transatlantic rift over international justice. This escalates EU-US tensions and may prompt further US retaliation against European institutions.

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