EU countries have extended existing Russia trade sanctions for six months, while preparing to give Slovakia a financial sop for additional measures.

Since 2003, Sudan has been trapped in a cycle of armed conflicts, worsened by European, especially German, policies prioritising migration control over accountability. Arms transfers, aid mismanagement, and support to abusive actors indirectly fuelled war. A shift to responsibility and civilian-focused peace efforts is now urgent.

The EU is willing to back down and accept an interim trade arrangement with the US featuring a 10 percent universal tariff on many of the bloc’s exports — provided the US commits to lower rates on items such as pharmaceuticals and alcohol, and to cutting levies on vehicles.

Legal scholars have dubbed it a "sleeping beauty" — a potent yet practically unused EU Parliament instrument akin to the EU's own Article 7, designed to safeguard the rule of law and the integrity of its institutions.

Today, we kick off an anniversary campaign to convince new supporting members to join EUobserver's mission of providing the information citizens need to safeguard EU democracy.

Russian spies are still active in the EU capital and have a "higher risk appetite" than before the Ukraine war — despite Belgium's efforts to push back against their plots.