The €1.5bn "Enjoy, it's from Europe" scheme — largely funded by the Common Agricultural Policy — emphasises the “authenticity, safety, sustainability and quality” of EU-farmed food and drinks. A new investigation, however, finds that the sustainability claims of the advertised produce are often misleading or false.

A new European Parliament probe into NGO-funding transparency rapidly descended into chaos on Wednesday, as progressive and left-leaning MEPs stormed out of the meeting within the first 30 minutes.

The European Commission president and EU foreign policy chief have pushed Belgium, home nation of the Euroclear company, to use frozen Russian assets to arm Ukraine ahead of a crunch summit.

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.