Since 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation has been a global standard. Now the EU’s flagship data protection law is under attack. A new EU Commission proposal to ‘simplify’ the GDPR may look narrow and technical. But it could open the floodgates for a significant unravelling of the EU’s own rulebook.
The EU Commission has banned Chinese firms from all public procurement tenders for medical devices worth over €5m, in the latest front of the trade dispute between the two blocs.
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.