Top European Union officials were holding talks Monday with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang at a time of rising tensions between major trading partners over the fallout from the coronavirus crisis and Beijing’s increasing control over Hong Kong.
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The Great Divorce between the United Kingdom and the European Union has been messy and agonizing, and it could get even messier as the two sides struggle to come up with a long-term divorce settlement over such critical areas as trade, law, security, border controls and fishing boundaries.
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Austria’s right-wing Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on Tuesday slammed Turkey for trying to “blackmail” the EU by opening its borders to thousands of refugees seeking to flee to Europe.
Read moreThe Norwegian spirit aquavit and the country’s specially distilled vodka join the list of now 33 “protected geographical indications” – special and regional food, wines and spirits – from places outside the European Union.
Read morePresident Donald Trump relaunched a trade war against Europe on Wednesday, threatening to hit the EU with damaging auto tariffs if Europeans fail to agree a long-delayed trade deal.
Read moreItalian police said on Wednesday they had dismantled a massive Mafia operation in Sicily that had been defrauding the European Union of millions of euros in funds destined to farmers.
Read moreWith an attack on “nasty” France, President Donald Trump brought his “America First” foreign policy to a two-day NATO meeting on Tuesday. Europe is brewing up an antidote: A “Europe First” worldview known as “Euro-Gaullism.”
Read moreThe pace of growth in lending to eurozone companies slowed in September, European Central Bank data showed Monday, bolstering outgoing ECB President Mario Draghi’s message that more stimulus is warranted to confront an economic slowdown.
Read moreThe European Union and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson reached a deal Thursday that lays out the terms for the United Kingdom’s exit from the EU, but it remains uncertain if the agreement will win support in Britain’s House of Commons.
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Thirty years after the Berlin Wall came crashing down, a wide-ranging survey finds many people in the former Soviet Union bloc happy about the transition to capitalism and multiparty democracy but also saying life in many areas isn’t better and has gotten worse.
Read moreThe unemployment rate across the European Union ticked down a tenth of a point to 6.2% in August, the lowest since the EU statistics office started generating monthly reports in January 2000.
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was accused by European Union officials Wednesday of failing to negotiate seriously and branded the “father of lies” by a lawyer in the U.K. Supreme Court, as his plan to leave the EU in just over six weeks faced hurdles on both sides of the Channel.
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The risk of Britain leaving the European Union without a divorce deal remains “very real,” European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker said Wednesday as EU lawmakers debated the ramifications of a no-deal Brexit.
Read moreThe European Union says no Brexit talks have been scheduled for coming days despite Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office insisting that meetings would soon begin on a daily basis.
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was to have his first meeting with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Monday in search of a longshot Brexit deal.
Read moreGerman Finance Minister Olaf Scholz on Tuesday presented a 2020 budget that sticks to the country’s longstanding no-new-debts “black zero” policy, defying speculation in financial markets that Berlin might borrow to fund investments.
Read moreEU leaders criticized U.S. President Donald Trump over his trade threats Saturday at a G7 summit in France overshadowed by trans-Atlantic tensions and worries about the global economy.
Read moreFor much of the year, experts have been warning a global economic slowdown is on the way – with some even using the R-word. Europeans don’t seem worried about recession, with household income and consumption both up in the first quarter of 2019.
Read moreBringing down one data agreement between the European Union and the United States wasn’t enough for privacy enthusiast Max Schrems, who appeared before the European Court of Justice on Tuesday in his nearly 10-year legal battle over Facebook.
Read moreA 31-year-old German woman who captained a ship that rescues refugees at sea was arrested by Italian authorities over the weekend, opening a new chapter in the political and ideological clash over how the European Union should handle immigrants and refugees from Africa and Asia.
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