This week, the spotlight is on the United Nations General Assembly and France’s push for formal recognition of a Palestinian state. But will this move, backed by a handful of Western countries, actually change the political reality on the ground?

The European Commission has blamed massive overuse of its IT system needed to declare compliance with the bloc’s new deforestation law for its decision to postpone its implementation for a second year. 

NGOs and trade unions want to draw attention to what they call a "deregulation wave" in the EU. They have been marching from Maastricht (the Netherlands) to Brussels for the last three days, claiming that the commission is putting the environment as well as social and labour rights at risk by prioritising competitiveness.

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.