EU governments will have sweeping powers to subsidise green energy projects under new state aid rules announced on Wednesday.

This week, over 70 leaders will attend the UN summit in Spain to adopt the "Seville Commitment" targeting global financial reform and development funding. Also on the agenda, the EU-Moldova summit, ECB forum, and the controversial 2040 climate targets.

NGOs are being defunded, closed down, and criminalised. Volunteer groups are labelled as security threats. This isn’t Cold War theatre — it’s Europe and its neighbourhood in 2025.

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.