Egypt is among the top 10 countries cracking down against human rights defenders and journalists abroad — posing questions on why the EU continues to finance the regime.
NGOs are being defunded, closed down, and criminalised. Volunteer groups are labelled as security threats. This isn’t Cold War theatre — it’s Europe and its neighbourhood in 2025.
The threat of Donald Trump’s trade tariffs and how the EU should best broker a transatlantic trade deal was one of the dilemmas faced by leaders at a European Council summit in Brussels. But a possible extension of the deadline for retaliatory tariffs beyond 9 July offers the EU more time to navigate its response.
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.