EU Commission trade officials remain optimistic that they can broker a trade pact with Donald Trump by 9 July in order to head off higher tariffs threatened by the US president. 

Full text: The EU has corroborated UN allegations that Israel is guilty of "indiscriminate attacks ... starvation ... torture ... [and] apartheid" against Palestinians in a leaked "review".

Israel has formally violated its EU treaty due to human rights abuses, attracting stigma even as it seeks friends on Iran.

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.