EU officials are heading for Washington to hold talks with their US counterparts in a bid to head off 50 percent duties on steel exports. 

From tax codes to agricultural subsidies, from philanthropic networks to media empires, oligarchs are shaping the future of Europe — and perhaps few in Brussels dare to name it.

Far-right leader Geert Wilders has pulled the plug on the Dutch government, plunging the country into political uncertainty. But why?

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.