The proposed next EU budget has already caused some fuss in Brussels, especially among the bloc's regions. "All that the EU Commission is proposing is in reality ... less money, more priorities”, Jaune Duch, Catalan EU minister, told EUobserver.

The progressive left in the European Parliament are hoping to scupper negotiations on new rules to outsource asylum.

Somehow, people are under the impression EUobserver is a way larger organisation that it actually is.

EU states are struggling with upcoming border rules that critics say could led to detention-like centres. Under the new regime authorities will have only seven days to screen a prospective asylum seeker.

A French banker inside Euroclear, who flew to Russia 155 times for "private" reasons, allegedly tried to connect the company's CEO, Valérie Urbain, with Russian spies and threatened her when she declined, according to an investigation by EUobserver, Humo, De Morgen, and Dossier Center.

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.