Nearly 100 economists from across Europe are pushing back against the commission’s plan to weaken its own recent rules on human rights and the environment in corporate supply chains.

The EU has launched a formal review of whether Israel's human rights abuses merit trade sanctions, after 17 member states called for the move.

EU states can more easily turn back asylum seekers and send them abroad under freshly tweaked legislative proposals from the European Commission.

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.