New EU leaders take office vowing to tackle climate change
December 1, 2019 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — A new team of leaders took office at the helm of the European Union on Sunday, pledging to put the fight against BRUSSELS (AP) — The EU Commission President said Wednesday her ambitious agenda at the head of the European Union’s executive will center on the “existential issue” of battling climate change...New EU Commission chief promises ambitious agenda
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Boris Johnson gets EU Brexit deal; next hurdle is Parliament
October 17, 2019 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's career of disdain for the European Union was a thing of the past on Thursday as he and the bloc's leaders celebrated their long-sought Brexit deal...
Boris Johnson: UK is offering Brexit ‘compromise’ to EU
October 2, 2019 GMTMANCHESTER, England (AP) — The U.K. offered the European Union a proposed last-minute Brexit deal on Wednesday that it said represents a realistic compromise for both sides, as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged the bloc to hold “rapid negotiations towards a solution” after years of wrangling...
The Latest: UK leader will meet with EU’s Juncker on Brexit
September 13, 2019 GMTLONDON (AP) — The Latest on Brexit (all times local):
7:45 p.m.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker will hold talks next week to try to break the Brexit impasse as both sides seek to avert what could be a disastrous "no-deal" departure...
Johnson, Juncker to meet in a bid for a Brexit breakthrough
September 13, 2019 GMTLONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker will hold talks next week to try to break the Brexit impasse as both sides seek to avert what could be a disastrous "no-deal" departure...
Europe pushes World Bank official Georgieva for top IMF job
August 2, 2019 GMTFRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — European governments have decided to put forward World Bank official Kristalina Georgieva from Bulgaria as their candidate to replace Christine Lagarde as head of the Washington-based International Monetary Fund...
EU tells new UK envoy there’s no renegotiating Brexit deal
August 1, 2019 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has told Britain's new Europe adviser that it isn't prepared to renegotiate the Brexit agreement, three months before the country is due to leave the 28-nation bloc...
EU leaders break deadlock, nominate candidates for top posts
July 2, 2019 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — After three days of arduous negotiations, European Union leaders broke a deadlock Tuesday and nominated German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen to become the new president of the bloc's powerful executive arm, the European Commission, one of two women named to top EU posts for the first time...
EU, South American bloc strike long-sought free trade deal
June 29, 2019 GMTBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — South America's Mercosur bloc and the European Union struck a free-trade deal Friday after two decades of negotiations that concluded amid global trade tensions and rising protectionism...
EU rules out reopening Brexit deal whoever replaces May
June 21, 2019 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union insisted Friday that it will not reopen the Brexit withdrawal agreement with the U...
The Latest: EU states against renegotiating Brexit deal
June 21, 2019 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on Britain's scheduled departure from the European Union (all times local):...
EU fails to reach top jobs deal, will try again June 30
June 21, 2019 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders failed to reach a deal early Friday on candidates for a full slate of the bloc's top jobs and announced a special summit for June 30 to try and break the deadlock...
France’s Macron backs Merkel for EU post - if she wants it
June 11, 2019 GMTGENEVA (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says he would support German Chancellor Angela Merkel if she wanted to be the head of the European Union's executive body...
EU divided over top jobs after polls redraw political map
May 29, 2019 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders stood divided Tuesday over who to name to the bloc's top jobs, after elections shredded comfortable old political alliances and raised troubling questions about the future of the European project...
May’s relationship with EU was often rocky
May 24, 2019 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — As British Prime Minister Theresa May announced her departure with a Brexit plan nowhere near success, European Union leaders offered kind words...
EU elections: Weber, in Bulgaria, vows tough migration laws
May 19, 2019 GMTSOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — A leading conservative candidate in next week's European Parliament elections has promised Bulgarians tight measures against illegal migration...
The Latest: EU chief rues failure to enter Brexit campaign
May 7, 2019 GMTLONDON (AP) — The Latest on Britain's departure from the European Union (all times local):
AP Interview: Weber warns populists to back a united Europe
April 23, 2019 GMTNEMEA, Greece (AP) — The leading conservative candidate in next month's European Parliament elections says he would like to see Britain stay in the European Union and warned populist parties in Europe that they would have no place in the EU's largest political bloc unless they shared its vision of an "integrated and more ambitious Europe...
China’s Xi sees honors, Airbus deal in state visit to France
March 25, 2019 GMTPARIS (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping received the full honors of a formal reception during a state visit to France on Monday that included attending the signing of a multi-billion dollar deal between European aircraft maker Airbus to China...
The Latest: EU chief says new Brexit deal is ‘best possible’
March 12, 2019 GMTLONDON (AP) — The Latest on talks about Britain's departure from the European Union (all times local):...
UK, EU announce change to Brexit deal ahead of key vote
March 12, 2019 GMTSTRASBOURG, France (AP) — Britain and the European Union emerged from last-minute talks late Monday to announce they had finally removed the biggest roadblock to their Brexit divorce deal, only hours before the U...
Hungary’s leader calls EU parliament critics ‘useful idiots’
March 3, 2019 GMTBERLIN (AP) — Hungary's populist prime minister described members of a European Union political group who want his party expelled as "useful idiots," saying in an interview published Sunday they are playing into the hands of left-wing opponents...
EU Parliament election could upend politics across Europe
February 24, 2019 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker was so stupefied after Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban attacked his migration policies that he publicly muttered "I cannot believe what I read...
UK’s May, EU chief call latest Brexit talks ‘constructive’
February 20, 2019 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — After the resignations of three of her party's lawmakers over Brexit, British Prime Minister Theresa May came away from more talks on preventing the U...
EU, UK to have more Brexit talks but key disagreement intact
February 19, 2019 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Tuesday warned British Prime Minister Theresa May that her trip to EU headquarters to seek an elusive breakthrough in Brexit negotiations stands no chance of success when it comes to her central demand for the divorce deal to be reopened...
EU warns of reduced imports if Trump puts tariffs on cars
February 18, 2019 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union warned U.S. President Donald Trump Monday that the bloc will step back from a commitment to buy more American soybeans and liquid gas if European cars are hit with punitive tariffs...
EU’s Juncker lashes Hungary’s Orban over fake news
December 14, 2018 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker lashed out at the leader of Hungary on Friday for spreading fake news, after EU leaders called for measures to tackle the deliberate spread of disinformation in time for European elections in five months...
The Latest: EU chief says May had no plan for help on Brexit
December 13, 2018 GMTLONDON (AP) — The latest on Brexit (all times local):
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EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker says British Prime Minister Theresa May failed to bring a clear plan for how the European Union should help her get the Brexit deal past her recalcitrant parliament...
UK’s May hits narrowing road for help rescuing Brexit deal
December 11, 2018 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — Prime Minister Theresa May said she found "a shared determination" among some European leaders Tuesday to persuade the British Parliament to accept a proposed Brexit deal, but her continental counterparts insisted any room for revisions was small...
British PM hails Brexit progress, but still no breakthrough
November 21, 2018 GMTLONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May said Wednesday that she has made fresh progress in Brexit talks at a meeting with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, as negotiators try to pin down an agreement that EU leaders can rubber-stamp this weekend...
Top scientists say Brexit could hurt research across Europe
October 23, 2018 GMTLONDON (AP) — Top scientists from around Europe warned Tuesday that Brexit could leave Britain and the European Union "more insular," harming research across the continent, as Prime Minister Theresa May met her divided Cabinet to discuss the state of divorce negotiations.
Brexit deal getting closer, European Commission chief says
October 6, 2018 GMTLONDON (AP) — The chances of Britain and the European Union striking a Brexit deal on their divorce are rising, one of the bloc's leaders said, amid reports the two sides are moving closer on the fraught issue of the Irish border...
Hungary’s leader: EU seeks to undermine border defense tasks
September 17, 2018 GMTBUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary's prime minister claimed Monday that the European Union is seeking to take over the defense of the bloc's external borders from some countries in order to facilitate the entry of migrants...
EU official wants to do away from winter-summer time change
August 31, 2018 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — It could be summer time all year long for countries in the European Union.
The European Commission decided Friday it will push the EU parliament and member states to ditch the system of twice-yearly changes to the time following a citizens' consultation.
Wilbur Ross says U.S. investigation of auto tariffs for Europe will go on despite deal
August 25, 2018 GMTCommerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Thursday the administration's preparations for tariffs on European autos will continue despite President Trump's deal with European Union leaders to suspend any new tariffs.
Trump hails Illinois steel mill as an economic success story
July 27, 2018 GMTGRANITE CITY, Ill. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday trumpeted the renewed success of an Illinois steel mill, pushing back against criticism that his escalating trade disputes are hurting American workers and farmers...
Backing off auto tariffs, US and EU agree to more talks
July 26, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and European leaders pulled back from the brink of a trade war over autos Wednesday and agreed to open talks to tear down trade barriers between the United States and the European Union...
Trump, European Union leaders pull back from trade war
July 26, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and European leaders pulled back from the brink of a trade war over autos Wednesday and agreed to open talks to tear down trade barriers between the United States and the European Union...
The Latest: Trump tweets US, EU ‘love each other!’
July 26, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's trade policy (all times local):
The Latest: Trump suggests no tariffs between US, Europe
July 25, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Trump and trade all times local):
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President Donald Trump says he'll propose to European officials on Wednesday that both sides drop all tariffs, barriers and subsidies...
EU chief urges Belgium to grant citizenship to EU’s UK staff
May 3, 2018 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Thursday appealed to Belgium to grant nationality to Britons who work at the European Union's vast executive arm, as Brexit approaches next year...
UK’s May to seek united stand against Russia at EU summit
March 22, 2018 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May will urge European Union leaders to unite and condemn Russia as they meet Thursday in Brussels...
Trade war? Trump orders big tariffs on steel, aluminum
March 1, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Ordering combative action on foreign trade, President Donald Trump declared Thursday the U...
Brexit deal a much-needed win for UK’s embattled Theresa May
December 8, 2017 GMTLONDON (AP) — Few people will be more relieved at Friday's long-sought U.K.-EU deal on Brexit than British Prime Minister Theresa May...
The Latest: EU lauds Hallyday as cultural bridge builder
December 6, 2017 GMTPARIS (AP) — The Latest on the death of rock icon Johnny Hallyday (all times local):
Future of Irish border remains an obstacle in Brexit talks
December 4, 2017 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and Britain ended a flurry of top-level diplomacy on Monday without a deal on the terms of their divorce, as agreement on how to maintain an open Irish border after Brexit slipped out of the negotiators' grasp...
Ireland seeks momentum on border ahead of key Brexit meeting
December 3, 2017 GMTLONDON (AP) — Ireland's foreign minister said Sunday that he's hopeful Britain's proposals for managing the Irish border after the U...
The Latest: UK treasury chief withdraws inflammatory comment
October 13, 2017 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on the Brexit talks between the European Union and United Kingdom(all times local):...
EU chief says bloc ‘bouncing back’ after crisis-hit decade
September 13, 2017 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is in a healthier economic state than it's been for more than a decade and is ready to move on from Brexit, the bloc's top official said Wednesday...
The Latest: EU chief says his job should go in streamlining
September 13, 2017 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on the "State of the European Union" address by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker (all times local):
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European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is calling for a major shake-up of European Union's institutions that could involve his job becoming redundant.
The Latest: EU says UK blocking progress on budget review
April 29, 2017 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — The latest on the European Union summit dealing with the Brexit negotiations (all times local)
EU puts pen to paper, signs unity pledge on 60th anniversary
March 25, 2017 GMTROME (AP) — With Britain poised to start divorce proceedings, the 27 remaining European Union nations put pen to paper Saturday in Rome to renew their vows for continued unity in the face of crises that are increasingly testing the bonds between members...