Olivér Várhelyi, the European health commissioner, repeatedly brushed off allegations he had headed a spy-ring during his term as Hungary's ambassador to the European Union.

German law professor Werner Schroeder is suing his government after police forcibly checked his ID at the Austrian-German border. He argues these controls violate EU law and undermine the Schengen system of borderless travel.

A report by Corporate Europe Observatory and LobbyControl found that many of the changes in the European Commission's digital omnibus overlap with the desired changes from Big Tech companies and major tech lobbies.

Across Europe, mayors and local councillors are facing a disturbing rise in harassment, threats, disinformation, and even physical violence. These aren’t isolated incidents — they are a growing pattern. And they’re not 'just politics'. They are deliberate attempts to silence, intimidate, and push people out of public life, warns the Council of European Municipalities and Regions.

A French banker inside Euroclear, who flew to Russia 155 times for "private" reasons, allegedly tried to connect the company's CEO, Valérie Urbain, with Russian spies and threatened her when she declined, according to an investigation by EUobserver, Humo, De Morgen, and Dossier Center.

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