Ad

Get EU news that matters.
Become a member today.

Since 2000, EUobserver is the premier, member-supported, non-profit news site on EU affairs. Our civic journalism keeps power in check and provides a voice for those not heard.

We are not owned by corporations or billionaires. By becoming a supporting member you're backing our independent journalism.

11

monthly

90

yearly

OR

Younger than 25? €1/ month

Institutional membership?Click here

Not convinced yet?

Subscribe to our newsletter and get 3 free articles
Top stories

1 day ago
Europe should now consider implementing a digital euro that is accessible to the global community and has little-to-no holding limit. The question is whether European politicians will have the courage to do this — and transform the digital euro into a genuine geopolitical instrument.
Read it

29 seconds ago
Bosnia's political crisis spilled into an EU press conference in Sarajevo on Tuesday, but there's little prospect of EU sanctions or arrest of secessionist Serb chiefs. 
Read it

4 hours ago
The Trump administration’s decision to end more than a decade of financial support for an anti-terror mission in Somalia could leave the EU picking up the tab for a major hole in the budget. 
Read it

Agenda

Ad

Rule 241: the EU’s hidden ‘bombshell’ against anti-democratic forces

6 months ago
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.
Read it

Dekonspiratsiya: Meet 20 of Putin's EU spies

28 days ago
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.
Read it

As Trump sells out Europe’s security, ‘war is not over’ in Ukraine

1 month ago
The US and Russia have agreed to start negotiations “immediately" to end the war in Ukraine. But experts keep warning about the moral and strategic consequences of a bad deal — especially for Europe. Meanwhile, it is clear that Ukrainians have no trust in any peace deal with Moscow without strong security guarantees.
Read it