The EU Commission has indicated it has no better way to fund Ukraine if Belgium refused to mobilise frozen Russian assets.

The EU is keeping Israel sanctions on the table for now — amid a surge in West Bank violence and uncertainty on Gaza.

Since a series of military coups in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, most EU military and capacity-building missions have been closed, development aid has been largely frozen, and diplomatic relations with the ruling juntas have been significantly downgraded, write Human Rights Watch.

EU states are struggling with upcoming border rules that critics say could led to detention-like centres. Under the new regime authorities will have only seven days to screen a prospective asylum seeker.

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.