Last month the Polish government, in a chilling move backed by the European Council, proposed suspending the right to asylum entirely. Across Europe, a “fortress mentality” is taking hold – Germany’s curbing of asylum-seeker benefits, France ramping up border checks, it seems the drawbridge is being pulled up across the continent, writes the Danish Refugee Council.

A cynical fight between Europe’s two biggest political parties is delaying the confirmation of the EU’s highest officials.

Farmers from across Europe gathered in Brussels to protest against the EU-Mercosur trade deal, which is expected to be finalised by the end of this year.

The drainpipe in Brussels where a far-right MEP fled a gay orgy still attracts tourists, who take pics to remember what Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán really represents.

Every time EU leaders shake hands with Rwanda's president Paul Kagame, they embolden him to commit crimes against dissidents in Belgium, making themselves morally liable.

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.