The EU's new rules on steel imports are another attempt by Ursula von der Leyen’s commission to bind the EU to Donald Trump’s United States. But that will have a knock-on effect on the EU’s trade relations with others. 

The EU has again called on Israel to let foreign journalists into Gaza, but has no say on their access via Rafah.

Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the European Commission has pushed to phase out fossil fuels from Moscow – but some member states, especially landlocked countries like Hungary and Slovakia, have been reluctant to do so.

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.

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.