If the Union and its member states intend to remain both a community of values and a functioning polity, it should choose the latter, and get on with it.
One year on, Brussels' elite policymakers and academics will gather to debate the EU's tepid progress on Mario Draghi's landmark European competitiveness report — as China's manufacturing dominance grows ever larger.
The EU-India trade deal could be derailed by demands from US president Donald Trump for Brussels to impose 100-percent tariffs on India and China — after accusing them of circumventing sanctions against Russia.
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.