Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sánchez pledged to forge a national "climate pact” on the climate emergency, after returning from his vacation to visit the fire-hit northern region of Galicia where multiple blazes forced the closure of rail and road links to Madrid.

Many Israelis didn't care about Palestinian suffering, but they were still the "good guys", a leading European rabbi has said. 

"Every single Ukrainian child abducted by Russia must be returned to their families," said European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen.

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.