It has been a year since the concrete canopy at Novi Sad train station collapsed, sparking one of Serbia’s largest youth-led protest movements in recent memory. But what does this movement show about the future of democracy in Serbia?

What does Europe look like when independent civil society is silenced, sidelined or slowly starved out of existence? This is not dystopian fiction. It is the logical end-point of a trend already visible in Brussels and in several capitals: a deliberate effort to delegitimise, defund and constrain those who defend the public interest.

EU climate and environment ministers are meeting to try to agree on a 90-percent emission reduction target by 2040 — with the clock ticking in time for the UN COP30 climate summit in Brazil next week.

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.