The European Commission has U-turned on plans to delay its landmark anti-deforestation law by another year, instead setting out a series of new exemptions for small businesses, farmers, and major manufacturers. 

Slovakia's prime minister Robert Fico has dropped his veto on further Russia sanctions, in return for a non-committal paragraph on energy prices.

The EU Commission has lent weight to reports of Hungary's alleged spying within the EU institutions, amid jeers of "traitors" and other hate speech by populist MEPs. 

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.