Brexit: Brussels is in waiting-for-Boris mode, Coveney saysTánaiste says he had been reassured by his meeting with Michel BarnierFri Jul 19 2019 - 22:04
Clare Daly defends hiring Mick Wallace’s son as EU assistantSince 2009, MEPs can no longer employ close relatives for parliamentary rolesThu Jul 18 2019 - 20:18
No rule to prohibit MEPs from hiring family of colleaguesClare Daly has defended hiring son of Mick Wallace as a European Parliament assistantThu Jul 18 2019 - 20:09
Rule of law key focus of European Commission measuresMove aims to complement article 7 as lever against Hungary and Poland interferenceThu Jul 18 2019 - 18:36
Boris Johnson’s kipper claim is a total red herring, says EUTory leadership candidate wrongly blames Brussels for packaging costs imposed on producersThu Jul 18 2019 - 15:00
Von der Leyen acknowledges bitterness over spitzenkandidat demiseEurope Letter: European Commission president hopes to give MEPs new powersWed Jul 17 2019 - 19:17
Ursula von der Leyen elected European Commission presidentGerman conservative – who supports Brexit extension – wins by narrow marginTue Jul 16 2019 - 21:08
New European Commission president backs Brexit extensionUrsula von der Leyen in combative form as she appealed to MEPs to back her agendaTue Jul 16 2019 - 19:53
EU ministers warn Iran of dangers to nuclear dealMinisters also back new sanctions against Turkey over illegal oil drilling off CyprusMon Jul 15 2019 - 20:54
Ursula von der Leyen sets out stall ahead of crunch voteEuropean Commission president-designate on charm offensive in bid to secure top postMon Jul 15 2019 - 01:00
British hopes of fresh Brexit deal shot down in BrusselsTop EU nominee repeats strong support for Border backstop as ‘absolutely necessary’Mon Jul 15 2019 - 00:05
EU appeals to Russia and US to rethink disavowal of nuclear pact‘Given the heightened tensions, we must be careful not to enter path of a new arms race’Sun Jul 14 2019 - 17:01
Ursula von der Leyen makes presence felt courting MEPsEurope Letter: European Commission president-in-waiting sees no change in policy on backstopWed Jul 10 2019 - 22:10
Ireland’s economic outlook ‘clouded in uncertainty’, EU warnsIf Brexit or tax reform don’t undermine growth, economy is at risk of overheatingWed Jul 10 2019 - 10:15
Phil Hogan has played a good hand in BrusselsOutcome of budget negotiations is most substantial legacy of Kilkenny man’s first term as agriculture commissionerWed Jul 10 2019 - 05:00
Libya’s intertwined crises of migrants and civil war rage onAnalysis: There was a dreadful inevitability to the bombing of the Tajoura migrant detention centre that killed more than 55 this weekFri Jul 05 2019 - 17:49
Almost half of young Jewish Europeans experience anti-Semitism – surveyEU not effective in combatting anti-Semitism, say majority surveyed by blocThu Jul 04 2019 - 20:14
Poland and Hungary’s issue is with the EU, not Frans TimmermansEurope Letter: Visegrád Group’s victory in the top jobs race is mainly symbolicThu Jul 04 2019 - 01:00
Italian socialist elected head of European ParliamentFormer journalist David-Maria Sassoli completes key element of EU ‘top jobs’ dealWed Jul 03 2019 - 17:57
EU summit deadlock broken by unexpected nominationGermany’s defence minister advanced as next European Commission president.Wed Jul 03 2019 - 09:19
Charles Michel profile: Youngest Belgian PM since 1845Son of former European Commissioner, Michel is seen as cool-headed and an effective conciliatorWed Jul 03 2019 - 06:45
Von der Leyen meets key gender, party and EPP criteriaGerman defence minister’s nomination by Macron breaks deadlock over top EU jobsTue Jul 02 2019 - 21:27
Varadkar dismisses EU role amid deadlock at ‘top jobs’ summitEU Council meeting to extend into unprecedented third day after efforts to broker dealTue Jul 02 2019 - 08:15
Marathon EU summit on ‘top jobs’ to reconvene amid recriminationsDonald Tusk to put forward new compromise list of possible nominationsMon Jul 01 2019 - 21:24
Who is in the running for the EU's top jobs?Europe Editor Patrick Smyth sets the scene and looks at the runners and ridersMon Jul 01 2019 - 14:40
Frans Timmermans not nominated for fear of east-west divisionsLikelihood of rapid accord disappears as EPP sinks deal on commission presidentMon Jul 01 2019 - 07:17
Ireland may vote against EU and South American trade dealStrong backlash from farmers concerned about potential European beef import surgeMon Jul 01 2019 - 00:22
Finnish presidency to emphasise climate change and rule of lawHelsinki’s third term at helm of EU likely to have implications for Poland and HungaryFri Jun 28 2019 - 16:29
EU court takes stand for fundamental valuesEurope Letter: Ruling on Polish state interference a reminder of EU principles and lawThu Jun 27 2019 - 01:00
Deconstructing Boris: How Johnson’s Brexit ideas stack upMost of possible PM’s proposed Brexit ‘solution’ is old wine in not very new bottlesTue Jun 25 2019 - 22:17
Summit fails to select EU top-job candidates but clarifies criteriaSpitzenkandidat system dead as member states agree to reconvene on June 30thFri Jun 21 2019 - 22:30
EU summit: ‘Electing a pope is easier,’ says Varadkar as no decision on top jobsEU leaders to meet again on June 30th to seek agreement on who should get top jobsFri Jun 21 2019 - 06:55
Frenzy of networking seeks to square circle of top EU jobsEvery time the positions are to be allocated, politicians raise the credentialsThu Jun 20 2019 - 22:27
EU leaders must reconvene to complete top jobs appointmentsToo many differences make agreements elusive at Brussels summitThu Jun 20 2019 - 21:25
EU’s ‘mapping’ report stresses need for open Irish borderUK’s report on 2017 scoping exercise sets out 142 areas of cross-Border co-operationThu Jun 20 2019 - 20:03
MEPs insist on their role in appointing commission presidentLittle confidence at agreement on selection amid clear blocking minoritiesThu Jun 20 2019 - 18:39
Frictionless Border needed to sustain North-South cooperation, commission saysReport on EU-UK ‘mapping exercise’ notes 147 cross-Border projects linked to Belfast AgreementThu Jun 20 2019 - 13:10
UK has vital Irish Border commitments even in no-deal Brexit, new EU paper saysEU Commission mapping paper shows extent of North-South linksThu Jun 20 2019 - 10:39
Tusk busy sounding out preferences for top EU jobsEurope Letter: broad agreement expected at leaders’ summit, yet some issues have the potential to provoke major rowsThu Jun 20 2019 - 01:00
Brexit: Brussels refuses UK request for separate citizens’ rights dealBarnier warns UK Brexit secretary withdrawal agreement cannot be carved upTue Jun 18 2019 - 18:26
Brexit forces its way on to EU summit agendaUnion leaders feel need to remind UK of stances on withdrawal accord and extensionMon Jun 17 2019 - 17:59
Rockall dispute centres around whether anyone can own isletEurope Letter: Issue could be settled in court but no one is sure which has jurisdictionThu Jun 13 2019 - 01:00
British expats in Ireland quickest to blame London for Brexit woeSurvey of attidues across EU finds few blame Irish Government for UK’s impasse with EUWed Jun 12 2019 - 09:58
Far-right’s results far from startling in European Parliament electionsGood turnout and swing from ultranationalism enhance Europe’s sense of legitimacySun Jun 02 2019 - 17:46
Belgium’s status quo to be tested following far-right surge in electionsEurope Letter: Vlaams Belang’s success raises questions on government formationThu May 30 2019 - 01:00
Albania and North Macedonia may get EU accession talks go-aheadTurkey has continued to move further away from union, commission warnsWed May 29 2019 - 18:42
Row over future European Commission president likely to rumble onOpposition growing to Weber, the European People’s Party ‘spitzenkandidat’Tue May 28 2019 - 22:35
Dublin likely to back Barnier as head of European CommissionEU leaders to meet in Brussels to discuss who should fill key EU rolesTue May 28 2019 - 03:45
Eurosceptic right kept at bay as pan-European democracy comes of ageEPP’s Manfred Weber’s potential presidency hangs in balanceTue May 28 2019 - 01:00
European elections 2019: Voters turn to populists and the GreensFar-right poised to be a disruptive influence in next European ParliamentMon May 27 2019 - 01:00
