Reverse centaurs: EU approach to AI risks dystopia for human workers
The EU Commission is manifesting AI as a ‘vulgar Thatcherism’, while leaving the predictably negative side-effects to fall on citizens.
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EU fuelling economic ‘doom loop’ by weakening climate rules during record heatwave, Dutch bank says
Dutch bank Triodos argues that by prioritising “competitiveness” over tougher carbon pricing amid this summer’s heat crisis, the EU is leaving its economy more exposed to future climate shocks.
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Jet-powered Russian drone could cause harsh winter for Ukraine (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,629)As Russia floods the front with faster Geran drones and more Iskander missiles, Ukrainian commanders warn that this winter’s air war could overwhelm already stretched air defences and critical infrastructure.
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Operation Matryoshka: Russia using ‘BBC news’ fakes to pervert key German vote
With fake videos posing as BBC, ARD, or major German newspapers flooding X, TikTok, and Bluesky, millions of German voters risk making decisions in September based on AI-generated lies targeting Kremlin-critical candidates.
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Only a joint Ukraine-EU defence force can stop Putin’s imperialist rampage
Why a joint defence platform with Ukraine is a prerequisite for Europe’s strategic agency and security.
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Banned Russian fuel keeps re-entering EU ports, with cargoes doubling in July
Eighteen shipments of oil products from refineries that run partly on Russian crude were unloaded at EU ports in July, more than double the eight recorded in the month before.
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World’s oceans also boiling, as Europe burns in heatwaves and wildfires
Europe’s heatwaves have come together with a record spike in marine temperatures, causing biodiversity loss, food insecurity, and risks of mass immigration.
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EU still trying to water down UN tax convention, despite research pointing to billions in new revenue
As African and Latin American negotiators push for a radical tax overhaul that could unlock billions, EU diplomats in New York are quietly fighting to dilute key provisions.
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Russia’s new ‘drone‑proof’ tanks overwhelmed by Ukrainian swarms in Donbas battle (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,628)Firsthand accounts from Ukrainian fighters and even Russian military bloggers say Russia’s much-hyped “drone-proof” tanks cannot handle mass-scale attacks, while minor Russian territorial gains look less impressive than at first sight.
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Baltic states get ready for Russian false-flag attack on Nato
As Baltic leaders sound the alarm over a possible Russian false-flag drone strike, they fear the real damage could come from the political chaos and hesitation it triggers among Nato allies in the crucial first hours.
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A Golden Age in central and eastern Europe, which became one of the best places in the world to live
Some of the world’s best places to live are, apparently, now in central and eastern Europe.
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[Interview] Far-right Le Pen in the Élysée could pull France out of Nato’s military command, French political scientist warns
As Marine Le Pen elbows aside the ambitious Jordan Bardella to stand in next year’s presidential elections after her surprise court reprieve, France’s political class is bracing for a brutal showdown over who really controls the country’s future course.
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[Interview] German MEP Damian Boeselager: Locking 27 leaders in a castle and thinking they will deliver a good outcome is a categorical mistake
With the far right poised to govern parts of Germany for the first time since WWII, Boeselager warns that only bold economic fixes and fairer pension sacrifices can convince frustrated workers that democracy still delivers.
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EU’s hidden food border inspectors get busier in an era of expanding trade
Brussels little-known food safety corps is becoming a strategic line of defence in the struggle to keep Europe’s plates clean without derailing trade.
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In an over-heating Europe, treating air conditioning as ‘American decadence’ has become dangerous
From hospital wards to cramped flats and overheated classrooms, the new European battle over air conditioning will decide who gets to stay healthy, keep working and simply sleep through the next wave of 35°C nights.
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France becomes latest to back assisted dying as patchwork of laws emerges across EU
As France votes to give its residents suffering from incurable illness the right to assisted dying, research finds that public perception has become increasingly favourable to euthanasia – despite critics calling it a ‘shortcut’
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Another record-distance Ukrainian strike leaves Russia’s Wildberries facing collapse — unless the Kremlin steps in(Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,625)Behind the dramatic warehouse fires, insiders describe a marketplace using customers’ cash to plug growing holes in its business model—leaving the state to choose between a costly bailout or a shock to Russia’s fragile home front.
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Europe is creating a new international court for Putin — one he may never face while in power
Creating an institution that cannot, by design, reach the one man it was created for is not accountability. It is expensive symbolism — and it costs Europe exactly the credibility it is trying to project, argues former ICC judge Christine Van den Wyngaert.
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Hungary faces record heat, nuclear fears and a public media scandal ahead of August presidential vote (Day 87 of the Tisza government)
As Hungary struggles through an energy crisis, prime minister Péter Magyar is fighting off Fidesz attacks, recovering billions from an Orbán-linked era, and facing controversy over who really controls the country’s public media.
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10 EUobserver investigations from 2026 so far you shouldn’t miss
From secret deportations and European-funded projects destroyed in Gaza to EU recovery funds and mining lobbying, these ten investigations expose the widening gap between Europe’s rhetoric and the realities of its policies and actions.
