This week, Greenpeace had its first hearing in a Dutch court to use the EU’s new protections against these types of spurious lawsuits to shut down free speech – the first time this EU law will be put into action.

Monday's introduction by Poland of border checks with neighbouring Germany and Lithuania adds to the long list of similar Schengen closures over the years — totalling 472 notifications since 2006.

The European Commission’s public consultation on the EU anti-racism strategy 2026-2030 closes on Tuesday (8 July). Here's why it's an opportunity to better fight against antisemitism, as a form of racism among others, instead of both Jewish and Muslim communities in Europe being constantly stereotyped and pitted against each other, write European Jews for Palestine.

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.