Polish finance minister Andrzej Domanski said he expects EU countries will strike a deal this month on a €150bn fund to ramp up the bloc’s defence efforts. Finance ministers meeting in Brussels also agreed on simplifying VAT rules for e-commerce.
European trade ministers arrived in Brussels in upbeat spirits, buoyed by what they described as signs of de-escalation in transatlantic trade tensions.
The clear goal is to suffocate what remains of Hungary’s critical civil society and to intimidate independent media ahead of the highly contested 2026 elections — elections that the incumbent Fidesz party would lose if held today, writes Daniel Hegedüs
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.