The EU says Israeli plans to annex Palestinian territory is illegal — amid government proposals to carve out a controversial settlement project in the occupied West Bank, with with promises by far-right finance minister Bezalel Smotrich to "bury the idea of a Palestinian state".

US and EU leaders have discussed future summits with Putin and Ukraine security guarantees, amid a show of close Western ties.

Some 29 Jewish and Israeli organisations from across Europe have written to EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, calling for the immediate replacement of Katharina von Schnurbein, rejecting the idea that the fight against antisemitism means "shielding Israel from any form of pressure or criticism".

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.