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Trains buckle, schools shut and outdoor workers struggle through 40°C days. Trade unions and scientists are warning that Europe’s heatwave is no longer just a ‘weather story’ but a full showdown over who is responsible for keeping workers safe. euobserver.com/224139/at-32...
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A 50 percent increase since 2020. euobserver.com/221065/corpo...
Corruption, judicial bias and threats to media freedom – plenty of it exists across the EU, despite the institutions in Brussels making their absence a prerequisite for joining the bloc. In truth, the EU has been reluctant to impose sanctions for rule of law breaches. euobserver.com/209051/as-th...
The European Commission has pledged to back Spain against the overnight commercial threats from US president Donald Trump against Madrid. euobserver.com/205567/eu-co...
We have exciting news. EUobserver is joining journalist-owned Slovak publishing house Denník N, to strengthen its long-term sustainability, resilience, and capacity for growth — while fully preserving its editorial independence. Read more here: euobserver.com/203123/euobs...
Apple’s AI-notification exhibits racial and gender bias, researchers find euobserver.com/202646/apple...
While Ventura is unlikely to win the presidency in 2026, his success as the leader of a newly formed far-right party points to a broader shift in Europe’s political landscape — one increasingly shaped by the normalisation of Islamophobia. Read it here: euobserver.com/eu-political...
European investors hold between €8 trillion and €12 trillion of US financial assets, including government debt and equities. If European investors threatened to dump US Treasuries, the flood of supply could drive up US borrowing costs and weaken the dollar, forcing Washington to back down.
Next week, EU foreign ministers decide what action to take on Israel's human rights breaches in Gaza. But what options do they have? In this article, journalist Andrew Rettman dissects what's on the table and what's possible – and we made a handy little chart. euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
With the summer holidays coming up, we've made this feature free to read: Wealthy Russian tourists are flocking back to Italy, France, and Spain — despite the Ukraine war and EU allies' security fears. euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
"I’m traveling to Libya next week or the week after to get involved with those…I know there will be some criticism about getting involved with authorities, which are a bit dodgy - to be diplomatic again. But we have to get involved." Read it here: euobserver.com/migration/ar...
Brussels has developed a growing toolkit – legal, procedural and purely political – to stop Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán from paralysing EU foreign-policy decisions with his ever-lengthening list of vetoes on Ukraine-related aid and Russia/Israel sanctions. euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
Just as far-right forces crack down on civil society dealing with climate, a new study reveals that lobbyists from the top fossil-fuel industry organisations had over 1,000 meetings with MEPs within less than a year. Free to read: euobserver.com/rule-of-law/...
The "restricted", eight-page EU foreign service document was circulated to member states' embassies in Brussels on Friday (20 June) and has been leaked here in full for the first time by EUobserver. Read the closely guarded report here: euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
Spain is in political turmoil. But why? In this explainer, editor-in-chief @elenasanchez.bsky.social explains: 🔹 What happened 🔹 Who is involved 🔹 Why it matters Catch up here: euobserver.com/rule-of-law/...
"We will march with you in Budapest, side-by-side, proud and loud," Iratxe García Perez, the Spanish MEP who leads the Socialist and Democrats (S&D) group, told the Strasbourg plenary yesterday. euobserver.com/rule-of-law/...
The UN’s special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, doesn’t mince words. euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
FREE TO READ: Mid-term rentals are increasingly seen as a haven for investors, adding further strain to an already scarce housing supply for long-term residents in city centres. euobserver.com/health-and-s...
Homophobia, as well as Russophilia, could cost populist Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán his EU veto, 20 other EU countries have shown. euobserver.com/rule-of-law/...
“Trade and military power are important to establish the demand for an international currency,” Lagarde told the Jacques Delors Centre on Monday (26 May). euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
Free to read today: The EU's worrying dependency on US blood plasma. Europe imports nearly a third of its blood plasma from the US. The problematic question is whether donation systems should offer cash incentives — or push for 100 percent voluntary donations. euobserver.com/health-and-s...
"As a member of staff of the European Commission one has the right of freedom of expression, but ... it's not an absolute right," a commission spokesman told press in Brussels on Monday (26 May). euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
Did you know that Europe relies on the US for up to 30 percent of its supply of blood plasma? While the EU Commission seeks to reduce dependencies, blood plasma – a component used to treat bleeding disorders and immune deficiencies – is still being imported. euobserver.com/health-and-s...
“We must be blind if we can’t see what is coming our way,” says Lithuanian deputy defence minister Karolis Aleksa. euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
The European Commission has told Hungary to scrap its Transparency of Public Life bill or face possible legal consequences. “We will not hesitate to take the necessary action if this draft is adopted.” euobserver.com/rule-of-law/...
Externalising asylum is the hottest trend in EU migration policy; but just 10 years ago the European Commission opposed it on humanitarian and legal grounds. Here's what you need to know. euobserver.com/migration/ar...
"I would refrain from using the word deported," said a European Commission official. @nikolajnielsen.bsky.social on why words matters: euobserver.com/migration/ar...
The move on Tuesday is part of a wider bid by the EU to curtail irregular migration and have other countries shoulder applications for asylum on its behalf with rights groups like @amnesty.org and @rescue.org describing the measures as "cruel" and "unnecessary". euobserver.com/migration/ar...