Ad

Get EU news that matters.
Become a member today.

Since 2000, EUobserver is the premier, member-supported, non-profit news site on EU affairs. Our civic journalism keeps power in check and provides a voice for those not heard.

We are not owned by corporations or billionaires. By becoming a supporting member you're backing our independent journalism.

11

monthly

90

yearly

OR

Younger than 25? €1/ month

Institutional membership?Click here

Not convinced yet?

Subscribe to our newsletter and get 3 free articles
Top stories

1 day ago
Almost half of all asylum applications last year were from countries with low recognition-rates, according to figures from the Malta-based European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA).
Read it

3 hours ago
The European Commission has proposed an €800bn hike in defence spending — the morning after the US abruptly stopped military aid to Ukraine.
Read it

3 hours ago
Instead of fretting about events in Washington Europeans cannot control, we should instead be making decisions on things that lie within our power. That is why I along with Belgian, French, Polish and other allies have spent the past few weeks promoting the idea of a Rearmament Bank. Here's how it would work.
Read it

Agenda

European Council meeting

European Council meeting

Ad

Rule 241: the EU’s hidden ‘bombshell’ against anti-democratic forces

4 months ago
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.
Read it

Why EU leaders should get off Musk's X

6 months ago
Leaders should ask themselves - is X really what I want my brand to be associated with?
Read it

EUobserver's Top 10 stories of 2024

2 months ago
Allow us at EUobserver to blow our own trumpet as 2024 draws to a close, with a look back at the best of the journalistic path we follow — less frothy personality-driven politics, more policy, research and investigations.
Read it