BRUSSELS — A major leap in the European Union’s digital policy and a new defense department will be two of the bloc’s top priorities for the next five years, as the new leadership and organization of its 32,000-strong executive arm was unveiled on Tuesday. The incoming president of that executive …
Since the unification of Italy in the late 19th Century, the country has had 58 prime ministers – every one a man. No woman has come close to leading this country. Female politicians in Italy have often been used either as decoration or as tokens of an equality that doesn’t …
“The job of everybody in Parliament” is to deliver Brexit, the PM has said at the end of the G7 summit in France. But Boris Johnson refused to be drawn on whether he would suspend Parliament to stop it preventing a no-deal exit. Mr Johnson’s comments come as MPs from …
BRUSSELS — The first woman ever chosen to be the European Union’s top executive clinched her selection on Tuesday, narrowly winning approval from the European Parliament after her unexpected nomination as a compromise candidate. Ursula von der Leyen of Germany was selected to lead the European Commission and the 32,000-member …
(CNN) Day one of Europe’s brave new future didn’t go terribly well. On Tuesday, new Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) took their seats for the first time since a dramatic set of elections in May shook up the status quo. As the new-look parliament stood for the iconic melody …
EU leaders have put forward their nominations for the bloc’s top jobs, with a woman for the first time proposed as European Commission chief. The surprise choice of German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen to replace Jean-Claude Juncker came after the main front-runners were rejected. IMF chief Christine Lagarde …
Europe: Surprising success, scary fragility. Mario Draghi’s term as president of the European Central Bank ends in October. It has been a tumultuous tenure; among other things, he very clearly saved the euro from collapse in 2012-13, which arguably makes him the greatest central banker of modern times. But I …
For sheer hypocrisy, it’s hard to match the European nations that are refusing responsibility for dozens of their nationals who became jihadist “foreign fighters” over the past five years and are now warehoused in makeshift prisons in northeastern Syria. U.S. officials say about 2,000 foreign fighters from more than 50 …
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron sees himself as Europe’s savior, and this week’s European Parliament elections as a make-or-break moment for the beleaguered European Union. But Macron is no longer the fresh-faced force who marched into a surprising presidential victory to the rhythm of the EU anthem two …
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Romania and Hungary are pushing the EU to make it easier for orchard farmers to distil their own fruit brandy, a traditional practice in east and central Europe that is restricted in the bloc on health grounds. The former communist states, both of which have clashed with …
Theresa May has written to the European Union to request a further delay to Brexit until 30 June. The UK is currently due to leave the EU on 12 April and, as yet, no withdrawal deal has been approved by MPs. The prime minister has proposed that if UK MPs …
ROME — Just three years ago, in country after European country, populist politicians were drawing up plans to follow Britain out the door. The French nationalist party leader spoke of a Frexit. The far-right Dutch leader wanted a vote on Nexit. Some politicians predicted a secessionist contagion. Might there be a …