The Várhelyi spying allegations pose a question the European Union has never had to answer so starkly: what happens when a member state treats the institutions it helped create not as a common project, but as hostile territory to be infiltrated and undermined? asks Alberto Alemanno.

The EU is under pressure to ensure that its new ‘Mediterranean Pact’ is not a damp squib ahead of its launch on Thursday. Details on the substance of the new pact are still sketchy, but it is likely to focus on migration control and EU finance for renewable energy and local businesses.

The EU is working with G7 partners on a coordinated response to China’s “unjustified” new restrictions on rare earth exports, the bloc’s trade chief said on Tuesday.

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.