The colonial lens shapes how Europe responds to the Palestinian struggle. By framing Gaza solely as a humanitarian crisis, rather than recognising it as the outcome of decades of Israeli occupation and apartheid, EU leaders have sought to sanitise and depoliticise Palestinian suffering, writes Shada Islam.

European Parliament president Roberta Metsola has threatened a lawsuit against the commission, after the MEPs were sidelined on plans for €150bn in loans to boost EU defence production.

The EU has provided “real leadership on global health security," according to top Gavi officials on Thursday, after the global vaccine agency raised $9bn [€7.7bn] for its work until 2030. 

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.