Our latest edition of the Secrecy Tracker exposes new cases of EU secrecy: refusals to disclose documents on Israel’s defence funding and its Gaza reports, a so-called 'fair solution' limiting transparency of Big Tech, Ursula von der Leyen’s deleted texts, stalled document-access reforms, and lawsuits over hidden environmental rules.

Austria's proposal to unfreeze €2bn of Russian assets has caused worry on creating a bad precedent, with Hungary and Slovakia also threatening to delay new EU sanctions.

The EU will slash steel imports by 47 percent in a bid to protect the bloc’s steel industry from chronic global oversupply, primarily from China, under new rules announced on Tuesday.

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.