To harmonise child sex abuse criminal law across the EU, it is essential similar offences are recognised in all member states. In this respect, we will outlaw the horrific 'instruction manuals' found in the darkest parts of the internet, and also criminalise AI-generated CSAM and tools to create such material, write EPP and Green MEPs.

Busy week for EU leaders: from finalising a Canada defence pact and discussing Nato spending to tackling a packed summit agenda in Brussels. Before that, foreign ministers will assess a long-awaited review of Israel’s war in Gaza. At the weekend, attention shifts to Budapest and Hungary’s Pride march.

Officials say they are “cautiously optimistic” ahead of a summit in Brussels hosted by the EU where governments will pledge funding for vaccination programmes run by Gavi, the global vaccines alliance. 

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.