Wednesday
24th Apr 2019
The European Commission heavily redacted a document which minuted talks at Davos between the EU commissioner Pierre Moscovici, Tony Blair, and George Soros, about a second Brexit referendum.
The time for genuine lobby regulation and a stop to the risk of corporate capture of EU policy-making is now. It is a question of survival and must be a priority for the next head of the European Commission.
EUobserver's new magazine is meant to help readers prepare for the European Parliament elections, no matter their level of knowledge. You can download and read the entire magazine now.
Manfred Weber, the leader of the centre-right EPP political group, has vowed to block the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. The pledge comes amid a new threat from the CEO of Nord Stream 2 to sue the European Union.
EU institutions want Facebook to relax its rules, to allow pan-European political groups to carry out EU-wide campaigns. Facebook has yet to implement the demands - posing questions on the extent to which Europe relies on the US tech firm.
EU leaders have invited Ukrainian TV comic Volodymyr Zelensky to Berlin and Brussels after he became the country's new president in a landslide victory on Sunday.
EU countries ought to draw "red lines" for US president Donald Trump on the Arab-Israeli conflict, Herman Van Rompuy, the former head of the EU Council, has said.
Romanian EU presidency set to publish operational guidelines next month on how to share refugees who get stuck on NGO rescue boats in Mediterranean Sea.
Bulgaria, Hungary and Malta were named as the EU's worst offenders on press freedoms by a leading French NGO, while Norway and EU state Finland ranked best.
The European Commission on Wednesday published a list of US products facing sanctions over a long-running dispute among rival airlines Boeing and Airbus.
Brunei has defended its draconian anti-gay laws in a letter to MEPs by saying that few homosexuals are actually stoned to death in practice.
Congress would torpedo a UK trade deal if Brexit led to a hard border in Ireland, a senior US politician has warned in a blow to Brexiteers.
The European Parliament will vote amidst a battle of technology standards. The European Commission is accused of favouring one technology over another.
British plans to - maybe - take part in EU elections risk legal chaos in the next European Parliament, which could be resolved only by treaty change - an unlikely prospect.
MEPs backed an EU law to protect whistleblowers from retaliation in both the public and private sectors. EU states will have two years to transpose the directive.
Swedish 16-year old activist called on MEPs to "panic" and questioned why they had emergency summits on Brexit, but not on climate change.
An independent panel of experts in each member state should instead guide the European Commission on legal proceedings and use of EU funds when national governments act in bad faith.
Romania stands on the edge of an EU sanctions procedure, the EU commission has warned, amid concern that law and order is being dismantled in the interest of its ruling elite.
French far-right leader said Brexit party was welcome to join anti-EU movement in EU parliament.
We should not forget about the first round of presidential elections, which revealed the uglier side of Slovak politics.
Opposition MPs in Romania have tabled a human rights sanctions law named after a late Russian activist, in a "symbolic" boost for EU-level sanctions of the same type.
EU states have agreed to open trade talks with the US in a bid to rebuild relations with their oldest partner on the world stage.
'Most people I talk to they are not so keen on who is who in Brussels,' said EU commissioner for competition Margrethe Vestager.
The EU ought to tell the US their partnership on Israel is over if Trump endorses Israeli annexation of Palestinian territories, former top diplomats from all over Europe have said.
The president of the Party of European Socialists explains their manifesto, the New Social Contract for Europe, for the May European elections.
A political deal reached behind closed doors included MEPs giving up the right to veto how the subsidies from the European Defence Fund will be spent.
MEPs will gather for the last time this week in Strasbourg before the European elections in May to finalise several bills. Lawmakers will have a Brexit debate and hear from Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg.
France has blunted an EU call for Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar to halt his attack on Tripoli, despite Nato concern on Haftar's strategic threat.
Rather than blame Germany, France and the UK should follow its lead and join other European states that have stood up for human rights, and help spare embattled Yemeni civilians.
Yes, I was late filing an appeal to an access to documents request. But the commission is no shining example of replying on time either.
In a world full of conflict, often sparked by climate change, and arms races, Nordic countries look into pooling resources and offering better peace mediation.
I was an MEP for nearly 20 years and I was frequently lobbied. There were many good examples, but there were also bad examples.
The EU has agreed to an extend Brexit until 31 October, but with France insisting that Britain was kept on a tight leash.
