The European Commission president and EU foreign policy chief have pushed Belgium, home nation of the Euroclear company, to use frozen Russian assets to arm Ukraine ahead of a crunch summit.

Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán is again bypassing EU diplomacy on Ukraine by going for another meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Moscow, according to media reports.

MEPs expressed their frustration to on the results of the UN’s COP30 summit, explaining why the EU’s performance was weak and hypocritical — and also criticising Ursula von der Leyen for 'undermining' the bloc's efforts with her comments at the simultaneous G20 summit in South Africa.

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.