A reported €1bn carrot for Spain, a €14.5bn stick for Luxembourg, lobbying by Hungary and Slovakia, anti-EU lawsuits, and media spin, as another Russian billionaire tries to get off Europe's blacklist.
The EU-India trade deal could be derailed by demands from US president Donald Trump for Brussels to impose 100-percent tariffs on India and China — after accusing them of circumventing sanctions against Russia.
The European Court of Human Rights is under attack — again. But the main obstacle to its effective functioning remains the reluctance of some governments to fully implement its rulings and tackle the persistent abuses that lead to them, warns Human Rights Watch.
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.