Appointment of secretary general draws ire of MEPsSelection of Martin Selmayr for European Commission job deemed ‘coup-like action’Wed Apr 18 2018 - 17:37
Tusk again warns no Brexit deal for UK without Border solutionUK has not produced proposals on how it will fulfil commitment to a ‘backstop’ solutionWed Apr 18 2018 - 16:36
EU recommends Turkish accession be kept on hold over human rights concernsCommission wants Albania and Macedonia to start talks on joining EUTue Apr 17 2018 - 20:45
Theresa May refuses to rule out further Syria strikesBritish PM defends decision to launch action against Assad without parliamentary approvalTue Apr 17 2018 - 01:00
EU foreign ministers withhold outright support for Syria attackLuxembourg meeting condemns ‘repeated use’ of chemical weapons by Syrian regimeMon Apr 16 2018 - 16:10
EU foreign ministers may tone down support for Syria strikeThere are worries by some EU states about legality of air strikes without UN approvalMon Apr 16 2018 - 01:00
EU endorses attacks on Syria by US, UK and FranceUnion ‘supportive of all efforts’ to prevent the use of chemical weapons, Mogherina saysSat Apr 14 2018 - 13:51
Hogan to ban ‘unfair’ contracts for food suppliersReforms would outlaw taking longer than 30 days to pay suppliers of perishable productsThu Apr 12 2018 - 12:15
Brexit is no excuse to start misunderstanding the EUEurope Letter: The union is a political project with equality as its guiding principleThu Apr 12 2018 - 01:00
EU launches €410m venture capital fund for start-ups and SMEsVenture EU hopes to trigger €6.5 bn of new investment in innovative start-ups across EuropeTue Apr 10 2018 - 11:01
UK lack of realism on Brexit becoming clear, says HoganIrish EU commissioner believes UK will find ‘huge gap between hope and experience’Mon Apr 09 2018 - 00:15
Euro zone needs more than a currency in its toolbox, says LagardeEurope Letter: IMF head wants EU to set up rainy-day fund for next crisisThu Mar 29 2018 - 01:00
Euro bank payments to UK to become significantly cheaperEuropean Commission says transfers will now be charged as domestic transactionsWed Mar 28 2018 - 15:16
EU-Turkey talks fail to thaw frosty relationshipDonald Tusk cites ‘long list’ of concerns after summit meeting with Erdogan in BulgariaTue Mar 27 2018 - 10:12
Wave of Russian diplomats to be expelled in response to UK attackIreland ‘considering position’ as US, Canada and EU announce large-scale expulsionsMon Mar 26 2018 - 16:01
Brexit: where the talks are at, and where they have to goDiscussions between EU and UK now proceeding along several strands towards multiple deadlinesMon Mar 26 2018 - 01:00
Brexit Border ‘backstop’: Tusk challenges UK to come up with solutionsEU leaders to assess in June ‘if the Irish question has been resolved’Fri Mar 23 2018 - 20:06
Leaders demand EU remain exempt from US import tariffsTrump seeks more ‘reciprocal’ trading relationship amid concern over levies on metalsFri Mar 23 2018 - 16:58
Netherlands and Luxembourg join Ireland as wary of digital taxLeo Varadkar highlights need to not weaken EU competitiveness with ‘flawed’ taxationFri Mar 23 2018 - 01:00
US retreats on trade as EU backs UK on RussiaDonald Trump’s move weakens Ireland’s line of attack on proposed tax on digital firmsThu Mar 22 2018 - 21:27
EU to be exempt from US steel and aluminium tariffsEU leaders had earlier been briefed on the prospect of a dangerous escalation of trade retaliationThu Mar 22 2018 - 16:30
Digital tax plan faces resistance at EU summitLeo Varadkar to say timing of tax initiative is ‘poor’ given US-EU trade tensionsThu Mar 22 2018 - 01:37
The tyranny of unanimity voting is allowing the tail to wag the dogEurope Letter: Some member states feel beholden to foreign powers above and beyond the solidarity that should be due first and foremost to EU partnersWed Mar 21 2018 - 20:57
European Commission proposes 3% turnover tax for digital companiesTax could raise €5 billion for member states, commission saysWed Mar 21 2018 - 16:52
Digital tax explainer: Tech firms are growing far faster than EU economy at largeAccording to the Commission, digitalised businesses face an effective tax rate of only 9.5%, compared to 23.2% for traditional business modelsWed Mar 21 2018 - 12:55
Tusk tells EU leaders that tax system is ‘not fit for purpose’Ireland wary of any changes that seem to favour larger countriesTue Mar 20 2018 - 13:10
Britain commits to talks on open border fallback plan‘Backstop’ deal will keep North under EU rules in the event of no-deal BrexitTue Mar 20 2018 - 01:00
Brexit analysis: Deal is a holding of the line for IrelandWe now return to the pre-Withdrawal Agreement treaty text and the ‘fudge’ that was December’s agreementMon Mar 19 2018 - 18:19
Brexit transition agreement paves way for new phase of talksFate of Northern Irish Border among disagreements to be dealt with in negotiationsMon Mar 19 2018 - 15:24
Skripal poisoning: EU to back UK in call for Russia to explain nerve attackForeign ministers to press for enforcement of chemical weapons conventionMon Mar 19 2018 - 05:08
Hopes for EU backing on Brexit transition plan ‘may be premature’Differences on transition and Withdrawal Agreement still unresolved, sources warnThu Mar 15 2018 - 15:04
Europe Letter: My personal jihadist was a strange fishThe man’s anger showed he had absorbed some of the spirit of Brussels’ alienated young MuslimsThu Mar 15 2018 - 01:00
EU ministers attack commission over ‘unfair’ comments on taxIreland among seven states denying policies undermine integrity of single marketTue Mar 13 2018 - 16:02
Greece on track to exit bailout programme after receiving EU approvalMinisters also press ahead with internal reforms of European Monetary UnionMon Mar 12 2018 - 19:59
Social media firms should self-regulate on fake news, says EU reportReport is part of commission’s consultation process on controlling ‘disinformation’Mon Mar 12 2018 - 18:18
Moves are afoot to review Irish neutralityFine Gael MEPs look for a new definition of what it means in practiceMon Mar 12 2018 - 01:00
Patrick Smyth: Europe’s crisis of social democracyItalian left is the latest casualty in the meltdown of a once-dominant movementSat Mar 10 2018 - 06:00
Clocks in 25 countries to make up for lost timeClocks using national grids went out of sync in January due to dispute between Serbia and KosovoFri Mar 09 2018 - 16:40
UK’s red lines severely limit EU Brexit options - TuskOnly free trade agreement left, adds European Council presidentThu Mar 08 2018 - 01:00
Just like the old days as journalists accuse Jean-Claude Juncker of a cover upEurope Letter: Brussels backlash over Martin Selmayr’s appointmentThu Mar 08 2018 - 01:00
Draft Brexit resolution likely to get strong backing from MEPsResolution insists UK must keep to commitments to ensure there is no harder borderWed Mar 07 2018 - 18:44
Donald Tusk sets out possible framework for Brexit agreementOnly remaining possible model is ‘free trade agreement’, says EUWed Mar 07 2018 - 17:11
European Council links Irish Border commitment with trade deal for UKEurope warns Britain against ‘cherry-picking’ of EU rulesWed Mar 07 2018 - 13:30
DUP tells Barnier current EU proposals on Brexit are unacceptableArlene Foster also highlights alleged rewriting of the scope of North-South bodiesTue Mar 06 2018 - 15:45
Italy may be governed by populist partyEurope concerned at rise of Eurosceptic and anti-immigrant political forcesTue Mar 06 2018 - 01:00
Mattarella stuck in quagmire over creation of Italy’s governmentBoth Five Star and alliance of centre-right and right claim status of largest partyMon Mar 05 2018 - 19:03
Italy faces political gridlock as voters back populist Five Star MovementWidespread anger over poverty, unemployment and migrants hits Democratic PartyMon Mar 05 2018 - 13:18
Brussels gives Theresa May’s Brexit speech a cautious welcome‘Cherry-picking’ will not help Britain’s plans to access the EU market – warns BarnierFri Mar 02 2018 - 18:06
Trump’s says trade wars ‘easy to win’ as EU promises retaliationSeries of early-morning tweets by the president defended his move to impose steep tariffs on steel and aluminium importsFri Mar 02 2018 - 11:09
Brexit: UK’s ‘fallback’ must protect Belfast AgreementPolitical undertakings at the end of phase one talks included safeguards on NorthThu Mar 01 2018 - 17:47
