This week, European and UK leaders meet in London to finalise a defence agreement and aim to improve post-Brexit trading ties, while EU foreign ministers are set to officially adopt the 17th sanctions package against Russia. Meanwhile, MEPs are expected to approve the simplification of the carbon levy.
The Vatican might host future Russia-Ukraine talks on a peace "memorandum", but Putin refused any immediate ceasefire in a phone call with Trump on Monday.
Brussels has cut its 2025 growth forecast for EU and eurozone GDP to 1.1 and 0.9 percent, respectively — down from 1.5 and 1.3 percent projected last autumn.
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.