EUobserver

• EU’s new ‘Made in Europe’ push is a costly patchwork: one label, four policies, no design EUobserver — Jul 14, 09:52 AM
• Listen: Will the EU finally ban social media for kids? EUobserver — Jul 14, 08:26 AM
• Secrecy Tracker: Commission buries Gaza audits as EU top court faces transparency backlash EUobserver — Jul 14, 06:00 AM
• [Interview] The US Democrat trying to convince Brussels to stand up to Trump on methane EUobserver — Jul 14, 05:00 AM
• Missing the wood for the trees – the EU’s unloved deforestation law reaches endgame EUobserver — Jul 13, 18:00 PM
• Most EU countries back ‘full ban’ on Israeli settler imports — but unanimity fight looms EUobserver — Jul 13, 16:50 PM
• EU imposes Sudan gold ban but declines to sanction UAE-backed militia accused of ‘genocide’ EUobserver — Jul 13, 15:18 PM
• Kidnapping, murder, and Ukrainian brigade chief on the run, after insults to his wife (Ukraine Battlefield update: Day 1,601) EUobserver — Jul 13, 15:07 PM
• EU parliament lets Meta and Google keep scanning users’ messages, in a win for ‘Chat Control’ backers. What it means – and why it matters EUobserver — Jul 13, 13:27 PM
• Von der Leyen targets ‘addictive’ social media with EU rules for under‑13s by autumn EUobserver — Jul 13, 13:22 PM
• How extending Covid funds could be a key bargaining chip in EU budget fight EUobserver — Jul 13, 11:34 AM
• Nato’s Ankara summit was a pantomime – serious leaders saying absurd things EUobserver — Jul 13, 09:53 AM
• Listen: When will Gaza finally find peace? EUobserver — Jul 13, 07:21 AM
• THIS WEEK: EU weighs curbs on Israeli-settlement trade, as India tech ties and carbon market review top agenda EUobserver — Jul 13, 04:30 AM
• Crystal ball: EU will do nothing about Israel on Monday EUobserver — Jul 12, 18:00 PM
• Europe’s far-right is turning ‘remigration’ into a 30‑year plan to push out non‑white citizens EUobserver — Jul 12, 10:00 AM
• [Interview] Ukrainian military expert: Russian air defence is in a catastrophic state – and the pressure will keep growing EUobserver — Jul 12, 08:41 AM
• [Interview] Belgian climate minister Crucke: ‘there will be a revolution’ if Europe doesn’t take urgent climate action EUobserver — Jul 11, 08:45 AM
• Commission slams Meta’s ‘addictive’ design of Facebook and Instagram for breaching EU law EUobserver — Jul 10, 14:30 PM
• Without Patriots, Ukraine turns to drones and jamming against Russian Iskanders (Ukraine battlefield update, day 1,598) EUobserver — Jul 10, 14:15 PM
• EU Covid money driving boom in sovereign wealth funds, new research finds EUobserver — Jul 10, 14:13 PM
• The EU can ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements. Here’s how EUobserver — Jul 10, 12:56 PM
• Listen: Is the new Hungarian prime minister Péter Magyar delivering on his promises? EUobserver — Jul 10, 08:22 AM
• German politicians duped into thinking a new subsidy scheme only benefits Chinese electric vehicles EUobserver — Jul 09, 18:00 PM
• MEPs back new EU‑wide ‘28th regime’ businesses plan — but fear a ‘European Delaware’ EUobserver — Jul 09, 16:02 PM
• Rare jet fighter duel sees Ukrainian operated F-16 down a Russian Su-35 (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,597) EUobserver — Jul 09, 15:32 PM
• EU plans electrification target to cut oil and gas dependence EUobserver — Jul 09, 15:31 PM
• Magyar moves to rewrite Hungary’s constitution and blackout state TV while courting Nato allies (88 days since the election) EUobserver — Jul 09, 14:22 PM
• Brussels let one small country police Europe’s fintech – and now that guard is backing away EUobserver — Jul 09, 13:21 PM
• A ban on Israeli settlement products? Here are the options the EU is considering EUobserver — Jul 09, 11:37 AM
• As Europe swelters, Paris judges say consumers aren’t to blame — TotalEnergies is EUobserver — Jul 09, 09:52 AM
• Listen: Why Europe’s renovation boom is wasting billions, missing real energy savings EUobserver — Jul 09, 07:02 AM
• Exclusive: Germany bankrolled Tesla buyers with €860m to help hit EU Covid recovery targets – and now gives €71m to Musk’s Berlin gigafactory too EUobserver — Jul 09, 05:01 AM
• Irish EU presidency should sit out talks on tax and digital files over ‘over conflicts of interest’, academics say EUobserver — Jul 09, 05:00 AM
• Inside the EU alliance where chemical polluters grade their own pollution EUobserver — Jul 08, 18:00 PM
• EU Commission blames countries for inaction on Israel as MEPs urge compensation for Gaza destruction EUobserver — Jul 08, 16:44 PM
• The Nato Ankara summit in five Trump quotes: Iranians are peverse, Spain is a lost cause, Nato does not make me happy EUobserver — Jul 08, 16:12 PM
• MEPs call for tougher line on Serbia as rule-of-law problems stall membership talks EUobserver — Jul 08, 16:10 PM
• Europe’s €70bn annual climate adaptation bill soars as wildfires rage and heatwave deaths climb EUobserver — Jul 08, 14:51 PM
• Ukrainian drones are wiping out Russian tankers in the Sea of Azov (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,595) EUobserver — Jul 08, 13:54 PM
• Erdoğan bets on Nato again at Ankara summit, as Europe looks away from Turkey’s political crackdowns EUobserver — Jul 08, 11:33 AM
• EU watchdog questions commission’s secretive ‘Reality Checks’ with corporate lobbyists EUobserver — Jul 08, 09:32 AM
• EU awarded me the Sakharov prize – now I’m demanding they stop their trade deal with UAE for funding war crimes in Sudan EUobserver — Jul 08, 09:25 AM
• How did nine S&D MEPs, two Greens and half Renew Europe end up voting for the EU’s new far-right inspired deportation law? EUobserver — Jul 08, 08:01 AM
• Listen: Does Alexis Tsipras stand a chance of becoming Greece’s prime minister again? EUobserver — Jul 08, 07:00 AM
• Brussels just dodged a Brexit‑fuelled airport meltdown with its biometrics U‑turn EUobserver — Jul 07, 18:00 PM
• Advanced Russian jet fails to stop Ukraine’s record‑range drone strike on Omsk mega‑refinery(Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,594) EUobserver — Jul 07, 15:18 PM
• EU warns Europe’s car industry in ‘mortal danger’ from subsidised Chinese dumping EUobserver — Jul 07, 14:51 PM
• Czech Republic’s Babiš U-turns on ‘not a single crown’ for Ukraine weapons on eve of Nato Ankara summit EUobserver — Jul 07, 14:35 PM
• EU Parliament votes to review far-right group over ‘Send Them Back’ chant while Le Pen’s guilty verdict upheld EUobserver — Jul 07, 13:28 PM
• Europe’s grand coalition is over: It’s time for mainstream parties to break with the European People’s Party EUobserver — Jul 07, 12:20 PM
• The EU poured millions into Gaza — and looks away when it’s turned to rubble EUobserver — Jul 07, 11:18 AM
• Listen: Is the EU a safe place for transgender people? EUobserver — Jul 07, 07:27 AM
• Babiš coalition retreats from plan to cut back conflict-of-interest rules EUobserver — Jul 07, 07:01 AM
• Most European strawberries contain ‘forever chemical’ pesticides that disrupt hormones, study finds EUobserver — Jul 06, 22:01 PM
• Is Berlin about to go from conservative to hard-left? EUobserver — Jul 06, 18:00 PM
• Putin appears haggard and mis-states Russian advances (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,593) EUobserver — Jul 06, 15:16 PM
• EU watchdog faults asylum agency over botched interviews with vulnerable migrants in Greece EUobserver — Jul 06, 14:37 PM
• Green groups form legal alliance to end trawling in EU protected seas EUobserver — Jul 06, 13:20 PM
• False flags and a war of nerves. Russia is too weak to fight Nato militarily. But it can attack in other ways EUobserver — Jul 06, 11:00 AM
• At 11 percent, the EU’s gender pay gap is nothing less than economic violence against women EUobserver — Jul 06, 09:21 AM
• In theory it’s from China, in reality it’s from Moscow – how sanctioned Russian timber keeps flowing into Czech Republic EUobserver — Jul 06, 08:30 AM
• Listen: Could remigration become a reality in Europe? EUobserver — Jul 06, 08:08 AM
• THIS WEEK: MEPs weigh triggering probe into far-right ESN party, as plenary debates Gaza reconstruction EUobserver — Jul 06, 04:30 AM
• An attack on Poland would be Putin’s last fail EUobserver — Jul 05, 18:00 PM
• The Remigration Hoax: why the far-right’s pet project is morally and economically bankrupt EUobserver — Jul 05, 09:00 AM
• [Interview] Women across Europe face later cancer diagnoses and underfunded care, MEP Kelleher warns EUobserver — Jul 04, 12:00 PM
• Heatwaves push France into bitter fight over air conditioning EUobserver — Jul 04, 06:59 AM
• Nato Ankara summit to test if EU can rearm fast enough as US demands more ‘burden‑shifting’ EUobserver — Jul 03, 14:34 PM
• Russia is likely preparing for a massive autumn mobilisation of over a million soldiers (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,589) EUobserver — Jul 03, 14:10 PM
• US lawmakers urge von der Leyen not to give in to oil and gas lobbyists and defend EU methane rules EUobserver — Jul 03, 10:14 AM
• At Ankara, Nato has to admit a hard truth: its most vital AI infrastructure is built for business, not war EUobserver — Jul 03, 09:18 AM
• Listen: How Scotland managed to cut violent crime in half EUobserver — Jul 03, 09:18 AM
• For Hungary, it is an earthquake: public-service media will not be one-sided, Orbán’s Fidesz empire is falling apart EUobserver — Jul 03, 09:08 AM
• [Interview] Neutrality and apathy made Vienna into hub for Russia spies, Austrian expert says EUobserver — Jul 03, 07:15 AM
• EU commission travels to Afghanistan. Who, what, when? EUobserver — Jul 02, 18:00 PM
• Ireland’s EU presidency already under pressure – how long can Europe resist sanctioning Russian alumina plant? EUobserver — Jul 02, 15:58 PM
• The cash convoy case that could be Orbán’s smoking gun, and Magyar’s deputy is getting ever more popular (81 days since the elections) EUobserver — Jul 02, 15:55 PM
• Ukrainians no longer need expensive Western missiles to blow up bridges in Russian occupied territories (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,589) EUobserver — Jul 02, 15:22 PM
• Europe is boiling — and the far right is turning air conditioning into a culture war EUobserver — Jul 02, 14:58 PM
• Controversy-hit Frontex may get powers to deport people from one non-EU state to another EUobserver — Jul 02, 14:12 PM
• EU pours cash and trade perks into Armenia as critics decry political meddling EUobserver — Jul 02, 14:11 PM
• One bigger EU budget beats 27 national ones, Serafin tells frugal states EUobserver — Jul 02, 11:12 AM
• If EU leaders let banks write the rules, the digital euro will fail as public money EUobserver — Jul 02, 10:33 AM
• Africa-Europe: what a progressive partnership would look like EUobserver — Jul 02, 10:32 AM
• Listen: Hormuz latest – will oil and gas prices keep falling for the summer holidays? EUobserver — Jul 02, 09:10 AM
• ATMs are down and petrol is running out even on the black market. How Ukrainian attacks are changing life in Crimea EUobserver — Jul 02, 08:04 AM
• At the start of the war it helped save Ukraine, now Bulgaria says it has done ‘enough’ EUobserver — Jul 02, 07:01 AM
• Norway’s Arctic oil and gas pitch to Europe is built on exaggeration, not energy security EUobserver — Jul 01, 18:00 PM
• Von der Leyen’s party backs mapping ‘Islamist networks’ and scrapping key EU asylum protection EUobserver — Jul 01, 15:51 PM
• Crimea fuel crisis sparks rare public anger as residents question Putin’s promises (Ukraine battlefield update, Day 1,588) EUobserver — Jul 01, 15:05 PM
• How a Polish-Ukrainian dispute over WW2 spiralled into a tit-for-tat medal spat EUobserver — Jul 01, 14:32 PM
• Families of pesticide victims urge MEPs to stop ‘light‑touch’ rules on toxic sprays EUobserver — Jul 01, 13:28 PM
• A big thank you: EUobserver’s readership has nearly doubled since February EUobserver — Jul 01, 12:50 PM
• Listen: Who will benefit from the new €3 tax on small parcels? EUobserver — Jul 01, 10:52 AM
• The EU’s transatlantic strategy is broken: it courts MAGA powerbrokers and sidelines America’s opposition EUobserver — Jul 01, 10:17 AM
• [Interview] Europe needs to catch up with Russia in weapons production, says EU defence commissioner EUobserver — Jul 01, 06:15 AM
• 90% of EU citizens want a more united Europe against global crises, survey shows EUobserver — Jul 01, 05:00 AM
• Will Ireland’s diplomatic charm fix budget wars and Gaza trade row in next six months? EUobserver — Jun 30, 18:00 PM
• MEPs limited access to Italy’s Gjadër migration centre in Albania EUobserver — Jun 30, 16:15 PM
• Steel quota deal for EU trade partners means more pain for China EUobserver — Jun 30, 15:12 PM
• EU under pressure to withdraw from US data transfer deal EUobserver — Jun 30, 14:34 PM
• There’s a lot of panicking about EU methane rules, but do gas supply scares add up? EUobserver — Jun 30, 13:03 PM
• Ukraine decimating Russia’s truck fleet, as Putin gives deluded press briefing (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,587) EUobserver — Jun 30, 12:53 PM
• The EU’s foreign policy problem isn’t institutions – it’s the quality of its leaders EUobserver — Jun 30, 12:02 PM
• EU must rebuild Gaza — and force Israel to pay for its destruction EUobserver — Jun 30, 10:01 AM
• Listen: What’s stopping the EU from being tougher against China? EUobserver — Jun 30, 08:21 AM
• Proposed Chips Act 2.0 fortifies Europe’s electronics ecosystem EUobserver — Jun 30, 08:18 AM
• Top EU judges’ financial holdings raise troubling questions EUobserver — Jun 30, 06:00 AM
• The EU finds itself Trumped in north Africa EUobserver — Jun 29, 18:00 PM
• EU trade chief sets October deadline to resolve China deficit row EUobserver — Jun 29, 16:40 PM
• Russia bombs petrol stations while Ukraine targets bridges, in all-out war on enemy logistics (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,586) EUobserver — Jun 29, 15:36 PM
• EU plans to bar military‑age Ukrainians from new temporary protection from 2027 EUobserver — Jun 29, 14:58 PM
• US ambassador turns America’s 250th party in Brussels into Trump‑style show EUobserver — Jun 29, 14:10 PM
• Russia is bombing Ukrainians out of their homes — then using sham courts to steal them EUobserver — Jun 29, 12:44 PM
• We are prisoners of the past, said a local political scientist about modern Croatia and its shift to the right EUobserver — Jun 29, 10:48 AM
• Burnham’s first test: fix UK’s ‘national embarrassment’ defence to reassure Nato EUobserver — Jun 29, 09:48 AM
• ‘Chinese and European youth: Moving Forward Together’ – a cartoon and short video creative contest EUobserver — Jun 29, 09:35 AM
• Listen: EU moves to exclude military-age Ukrainian men from protection scheme EUobserver — Jun 29, 08:42 AM
• China trade clash, Ebola health push, and Ireland’s turn at the EU helm THIS WEEK EUobserver — Jun 29, 04:00 AM
• Catholic cardinal risks Israel’s wrath in moral appeal for EU sanctions EUobserver — Jun 28, 18:00 PM
• [Interview] EU rights chief: ‘Governments don’t want to be scrutinised’ EUobserver — Jun 28, 06:29 AM
• The EU’s Russia-veto problem has moved – from Orbán to Bulgaria’s Radev EUobserver — Jun 27, 12:00 PM
• ‘Killed slowly’ in Europe’s asylum system: how the new migration pact is (not) working EUobserver — Jun 27, 08:49 AM
• Why Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen is one of Europe’s most influential leaders EUobserver — Jun 27, 06:58 AM
• Crimea declares ’emergency’ also on banks, as viral Russian soldier threatens anti-Putin mutiny (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,583) EUobserver — Jun 26, 13:17 PM
• Hungary’s Magyar moves to sideline senior Fidesz MPs with 12‑year term limit (74 days after election) EUobserver — Jun 26, 11:22 AM
• ‘At 32°C, productivity drops 40%’: why Europe’s heatwave is now a workplace crisis EUobserver — Jun 26, 10:07 AM
• As Europe rearms, Ireland’s neutrality and aid policy show what real security could look like EUobserver — Jun 26, 09:03 AM
• Listen: Is Italy’s Meloni paving the way for the National Rally in France? EUobserver — Jun 26, 08:03 AM
• As EU rushes to enlarge, candidate countries lag in rule of law transparency EUobserver — Jun 26, 07:07 AM
• EU’s Šefčovič going into China trade talks hobbled by European leaders’ flip-flopping EUobserver — Jun 26, 05:02 AM
• EU commission see ‘no overriding public interest’ to release secret Gaza reports, on day UN calls out genocide EUobserver — Jun 25, 18:00 PM
• EU ministers plan further climate policy rollbacks during historic heatwave EUobserver — Jun 25, 15:51 PM
• EU disease agency urges states to stay on alert, after Ebola case confirmed in France EUobserver — Jun 25, 14:53 PM
• Commissioner denies ‘EU FBI’ as Europol gets power to prod states into criminal probes EUobserver — Jun 25, 14:30 PM
• Putin keen to offset bad news on Crimea by capture of Kostyantynivka, as Russians advance by crawling between houses (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,582) EUobserver — Jun 25, 12:45 PM
• German appetite for Russian cod puts EU fish sanctions at risk EUobserver — Jun 25, 10:53 AM
• Budapest free to celebrate Pride again, but Orbán-surveillance machine still in place EUobserver — Jun 25, 09:45 AM
• Listen: As heatwaves sweep across Europe, is the EU investing enough to adapt buildings to extreme heat? EUobserver — Jun 25, 08:21 AM
• [Interview] Drone control means Ukrainians only need to wait for Russia’s economic crisis, expert says EUobserver — Jun 25, 07:02 AM