Just as far-right forces crack down on civil society dealing with the climate, a new study reveals that lobbyists from the top fossil-fuel industry organisations had over 1,000 MEP meetings within less than a year.

Fresh from the Nato summit, EU leaders meet in Brussels for their last meeting before the summer recess. The packed agenda will test EU Council president António Costa’s ability to keep it to a one-day event — but real debate is unlikely, with leaders keen to avoid drawn-out discussions and expose deep divisions.

EU governments will have sweeping powers to subsidise green energy projects under new state aid rules announced on Wednesday.

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.