MEPs expressed their frustration to on the results of the UN’s COP30 summit, explaining why the EU’s performance was weak and hypocritical — and also criticising Ursula von der Leyen for 'undermining' the bloc's efforts with her comments at the simultaneous G20 summit in South Africa.

Under the second Ursula von der Leyen commission, Ukraine and the rest of the countries in Europe’s east absorbed the largest part of the EU’s foreign policy bandwidth. This is making the EU a regional power, not the global one it wants to be, warns Carnegie Europe.

Revenue growth at top EU arms firms is outracing that of US giants in the Ukraine-war gold rush.

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.