With one in five adults worldwide hit by disasters in the past five years, millions of people in Greece and France could be dangerously exposed when the next natural or man-made crisis strikes.

https://euobserver.com/242285/france-greece-and-netherlands-see-steep-fall-in-crisis-resilience-study-finds/

MEPs and the champions of EU integration point to the parliament's co-decision powers as proof of the institution's importance. But will MEPs dare use those powers in a budget fight with governments?

https://euobserver.com/242366/meps-dont-have-to-meekly-accept-an-eu-budget-deal-but-will-they-go-to-war-over-e141bn-in-cuts/

Some 23 percent of Spain’s working population were immigrants, who were “paying taxes and [contributing to] pensions for everyone," said the MEP, ahead of a snap election dominated by its housing crisis and the Ceuta migrant crisis.

https://euobserver.com/242337/interview-spanish-socialist-mep-sees-no-other-leader-than-sanchez-as-housing-and-immigration-dominate-snap-election/

Western spymasters may finally be testing Kremlin-style information tricks on Russian soil to rattle Putin’s war regime.

https://euobserver.com/242265/forged-news-of-military-conscripts-in-kaliningrad-had-hallmarks-of-a-western-counter-attack-in-putins-info-wars/

Drones are now deciding who survives on the battlefield — and even which side's maps or propaganda can still be believed.

https://euobserver.com/242324/tanks-vs-drones-battle-exposes-lie-in-russias-map-of-territorial-gains-as-ukraine-once-again-bombs-yandex-data-centres-ukraine-battlefield-update-day-1691/

Brussels is betting on a rapid build-out of homegrown renewables and nuclear to shield households and industry from the next energy shock.

https://euobserver.com/242252/made-in-europe-wind-solar-and-nuclear-power-can-protect-us-from-future-energy-shocks/

European gas storage levels are unusually low for this time of year, reaching their lowest autumn level since 2011. With Russian gas imports set to end in 2027, could Europe face a tougher challenge in the months ahead?

https://euobserver.com/242243/listen-should-we-be-worried-about-europes-level-of-gas-reserves/

As one of Dayton’s former guardians, Schmidt fears less instability than a quiet collapse of trust, as youth reject segregated schools, politicians glorify war criminals, and Europe fails to turn Bosnia’s pro-EU mood into real opportunities.

https://euobserver.com/241913/interview-ex-bosnia-envoy-sees-no-risk-of-renewed-violence-but-the-fractured-countrys-eu-dream-is-rotting-away/

The EU's picture of rule-of-law improvements is rosy, but civil liberties groups were not fooled. A new analysis reveals the commission's recommendations to have been adopted 4 times out of 100, while most remain ignored.

https://euobserver.com/242107/eus-2026-ruleoflaw-report-doesnt-trigger-real-action-says-human-rights-watchdog/

The EU summit dominates the agenda this week, as 27 heads of state and government gather in Brussels for a two-day meeting.

https://euobserver.com/242012/this-week-leaders-to-focus-on-economy-at-eu-summit-in-shadow-of-russia-threat-and-middle-east-turmoil/

MEPs have instantly rejected a budget proposal by the Irish government, setting the scene for an institutional battle over the 2028-34 EU spending plan.

https://euobserver.com/242145/meps-warn-irish-eu-budget-plan-is-shortsighted-and-risks-historic-failure-as-cuts-of-e141bn-spare-farm-and-cohesion-funds/

EU leaders will stay mute on Gaza and merely "condemn" West Bank violence at next week's summit, as 2026 Nobel prize highlights the UN's findings on Israel's "genocide".

https://euobserver.com/242140/our-eu-leaders-to-speak-no-evil-of-israel-even-as-nobel-prize-recalls-gaza-genocide/

By treating digital attacks on Belarusian and Russian exiles as a systemic risk under the DSA, the EU could reshape how global platforms handle online transnational repression.

https://euobserver.com/240764/eu-should-use-digital-services-act-against-online-tormentors-of-belarusian-and-russian-exiles-in-europe/

Professor Jan Rovný argues French school protests could turn into a movment against spending cuts by a government with growing debt. He explains why private school pupils have joined publicly educated peers revolting on the streets, and how police violence will shape public mood.

https://euobserver.com/241940/interview-france-school-protests-go-deeper-than-rioting-or-reactionism-says-sciences-po-lecturer/

Vanadium businesses owned by UAE-based entity appear to be linked with Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich. This has prompted complaints to police about the circumventing of sanctions.

https://euobserver.com/241042/who-really-owns-czech-vanadium-investigators-trace-possible-sanctions-evasion-links-to-russian-oligarch-abramovich/

Concessions on electric cars, rare earths and tariffs should be enough for EU and Chinese officials to be able to claim success from trade talks which ended on Friday.

https://euobserver.com/242093/eu-trade-chief-hails-crucial-first-step-as-beijing-talks-avoid-trade-war/

Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale, a gold-covered statue of a naked Trump in the halls of European Parliament is meant to make politicians think about democracy, says 'Orange Plague' artist Jens Galschiøt.

https://euobserver.com/242002/when-you-laugh-at-a-dictator-you-take-away-his-power-artist-behind-viral-naked-trump-statue-speaks-out/

The EU added 46 strategic minerals projects on Friday, saying progress so far has been ‘very tangible’, but its own figures show little fresh EU financing has materialised.

https://euobserver.com/242079/eu-puts-46-more-mines-and-recycling-plants-on-strategic-list-without-closing-funding-gap/

While Rybar’s pro-war editors complain of tightening fronts near Sloviansk, Komar and Dobropillia, independent maps and Ukrainian sources show Moscow’s forces clawing back exaggerated gains as Kyiv tests ambitious advances on the ground and in Russia’s digital backbone.

https://euobserver.com/242051/nato-state-montenegro-detains-top-russian-war-blogger-rybar-on-suspicion-of-plotting-hybrid-tricks-ukraine-battlefield-update-day-1688/

As pesticide lobbyists dominate a key hearing in Strasbourg, the EU risks locking farmers and citizens into a costly, chemical-dependent food system that poisons water, fuels disease and drains billions in EU subsidies away from real sustainable farming.

https://euobserver.com/241450/agrochemical-lobbyists-are-defending-a-toxic-model-of-agriculture-that-is-heading-for-collapse/