EU member states failed to agree on suspending Israel's access to the bloc’s Horizon research programme during a meeting on Tuesday — despite growing criticism over Israel’s military actions in Gaza.
Travellers to the EU will need to provide fingerprints and facial images when they enter the Schengen area as part of a new entry/exit system that will come into force on 12 October. But EU border officials say that the system will be gradually phased in over six months.
In 2025, the continued imprisonment of Ukrainian OSCE staff also reveals something strikingly profound about the state of international law: international institutions meant to safeguard it are not even able to protect their own staff.
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.