The EU has rowed back from its previous opposition to the UN tax convention, insiders told EUobserver, despite its agenda on global wealth and digital taxes becoming increasingly ambitious. 

The European Court of Human Rights is under attack — again. But the main obstacle to its effective functioning remains the reluctance of some governments to fully implement its rulings and tackle the persistent abuses that lead to them, warns Human Rights Watch.

This weekend, in what he described as a “letter to NATO nations,” US president Donald Trump demanded that every member state stop buying Russian oil and gas. Is this wishful thinking or the key to the EU's 19th sanction package against Russia?

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.