Canada will pay a cut price €10m to have access to the EU’s new defence procurement scheme, the EU Commission confirmed on Tuesday (2 December), days after talks on a similar deal with the UK broke down after the commission demanded a €2bn fee. 

In a new agreement with the EU Commission, the European Investment Bank will provide technical and financial support to parties interested in build AI gigafactories on the continent. But the EU's own statistics show that only 13 percent of businesses currently use AI systems in their operation

The EU’s flagship project to increase supply of critical minerals will leave up to 6,500 people at risk of displacement in south DR Congo, according to new research.

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.