EUobserver

As the European Commission sets out its vision for a single market for defence in its white paper due on Wednesday, we take a close look at global and European trends and the industry’s readiness to meet new challenges.

The European Commission is intensifying relations with a host of countries to curtail irregular migration as it seeks to get the EU's overhaul on asylum implemented among EU states.

Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán has set the stage for civil disobedience in a culture war in Budapest on 28 June by banning Budapest Pride.

German MPs approved a €1 trillion debt-and-spending on Tuesday, to boost infrastructure and defence spending — breaking with decades of strict borrowing rules.

The closure of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty marks an end and a beginning. It's a loss for press freedom but an opportunity for renewal. European institutions must create innovative solutions that empower local voices.

As the main violator of the Budapest Memorandum, Russia has undermined the entire rationale of nuclear disarmament. Given the current international and geopolitical climate, Europe must reassess its stance on nuclear weapons, writes Anton Shekhovtsov.

Although European Investment Bank president Nadia Calviño has stated that the institution takes accountability very seriously, we have seen that the EIB has major accountability issues. The EIB simply cannot be the global development leader it aspires to be unless things change.

Testimonies are emerging of sexual violence against women and girls attempting to enter Poland from Belarus, in a wider report on illegal pushbacks of prospective asylum seekers.

EU foreign ministers on Monday moved to sanction a group of senior officers in the Rwandan army and the M23 militia group over their role in the war in eastern DR Congo.

EU ministers have urged the US president not to be duped by Moscow in Tuesday's one-to-one phonecall on a Ukraine ceasefire.