EU-China relations are at an “inflection point”, EU commission president Ursula von der Leyen told Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at a summit in Beijing on Thursday. But Brussels officials reported some progress towards China loosening its rules on rare earths exports and on the climate.  

The European Commission has proposed its first sanctions on Israel over its war in Gaza — by partially suspending Israel's participation in Horizon Europe, the bloc’s €95.5bn research programme. 

Activist Oleksandra Matwijtschuk has called on European countries to use the €300bn in Russian frozen assets to rebuild Ukraine, warning that the risk is fueling Putin's war machine.

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.