Legal advisors to the independence movement in Western Sahara will table a fresh lawsuit to the EU’s general court in the coming days — hoping to strike down the EU’s latest trade deal with Morocco. 

The European Commission has responded to vitriolic criticism from both Elon Musk and Marco Rubio, after levying a €120m fine on the US social media platform X (formerly Twitter) last week.

EU and African Union officials urged the wider international community to reach agreement on the funding on an anti-Al Shabaab military mission in Somalia that is otherwise due to run out of cash this month, at a meeting in Doha.

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.