The European Commission and the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) have launched plans to ramp up testing for Mpox as African states struggle to increases vaccination and testing rates. 

Impact assessments have been used by the EU Commission for many years, but until now the European Parliament has been hesitant to introduce them. But this has changed now the EU has enthroned ‘competitiveness’ — ie deregulation and corporate profits — above all other considerations, plus a rightwing majority in the parliament, warns Corporate Europe Observatory.

In an interview with EUobserver in Madrid, former EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell reflects on the EU-US tariff deal ("it didn't work"), the Ukraine war ("it won't end soon"), his Moscow showdown with Sergei Lavrov, and admits the EU has "double standards" on Gaza.

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.