EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen will champion plans to relaunch Europe’s coronavirus-devastated economy through a green new deal Wednesday, in her annual State of the European Union address. The president of the European Commission, the top official in
Prime Minister Boris Johnson accused the European Union on Monday of threatening to break up the United Kingdom, as he urged lawmakers to back a controversial bill to override parts of the Brexit treaty struck with Brussels only last year.
BEIJING, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) — Leaders of China, Germany and European Union (EU) on Monday agreed to strengthen communication and cooperation to ensure the success of the upcoming series of major political agenda between China and the EU, enhance mutual
European countries have threatened sanctions on Russia over the alleged nerve agent attack on opposition leader Alexei Navalny, but a concerted decision will be tough to reach given the interests at stake. Western governments are united — at least in
EU trade commissioner Phil Hogan, a key figure in Brexit talks and one of the bloc’s most senior officials, resigned on Wednesday, after a week of pressure over a breach of coronavirus guidelines. Hogan, 60, tendered his resignation to European
The European Commission announced Tuesday that it has opened an investigation to assess the proposed acquisition of Fitbit by Google. The probe into the $2.1 billion deal, which was agreed on last November, is taking place because the executive arm of the EU
The 27 European Union governments have reached a breakthrough agreement over the region’s 750 billion euro pandemic recovery fund, following marathon talks in Brussels. European Council President Charles Michel said he believes this deal will be seen as a “pivotal
EU leaders stood at an impasse on Sunday after three days of haggling over a plan to revive economies throttled by the Covid-19 pandemic, but the chairman of their near-record-length summit urged them to make one last push on “mission
European leaders hunkered down on Friday for two days of tortuous negotiations to thrash out the terms of a huge post-coronavirus economic rescue plan. Europe is in the depths of its deepest recession since World War II and the 27
EU leaders meet on Friday for the first face-to-face summit since the coronavirus crisis, with low expectations of a deal on a €750bn (£670bn) post-Covid stimulus package. The main issue is how much of the recovery fund will be handed