We (Investigate Europe, Follow the Money and EUobserver) are back with a new edition of Secrecy Tracker. This issue dives into the recent Pfizergate ruling and its aftermath, transparency at the Court of Justice of the European Union, the new Ombudsman's plans, and journalists' push for more transparency.

A new corruption scandal has once again shaken the government in Madrid, with prime minister Pedro Sánchez's party (PSOE) facing its worst crisis since he came to power in 2018.

A new report finds that EU bodies and companies alike have been using political and religious targeting on X to exclude users from seeing certain ads — which is expressly forbidden under GDPR.

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.