The EU faces critical decisions on how to regulate Chinese access to its electric vehicle market, according to new research published by the Bruegel think-tank.

The European Commission has proposed a tougher system for removing irregular migrants, which includes many controversial elements. But as it only addresses the output side of the return system, it is unlikely to solve the EU’s long-standing problems with low return rates and enforcement failures.

The EU’s beefed up €215bn external spending “will allow us to be players, not just payers,” the EU commissioner for the Mediterranean, Dubravka Suica, told reporters on Thursday (17 July). 

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.