Brussels has cut its 2025 growth forecast for EU and eurozone GDP to 1.1 and 0.9 percent, respectively — down from 1.5 and 1.3 percent projected last autumn.
The EU and UK unveiled a series of new agreements covering defence and security, youth mobility and fisheries at a summit on Monday (19 May) after last-minute talks which carried late into Sunday night.
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.