Boosting the euro’s global role will require Europe to commit boosting its hard power, ECB president Christine Lagarde told an event in Berlin. 

An EU trade deal with the United Arab Emirates will not preclude an agreement between the bloc and the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council and could be a “building block” towards a region-to-region pact, top trade officials said on Wednesday.

Far-right movements across Europe are no longer confined to rallies or party platforms. They are shaping entire cultural ecosystems through music, fashion, food and wellness, and attracting new followers along the way. Researcher Katherine Kondor believes understanding these everyday influences is key to confronting their rise.

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.