While almost everyone in Washington is glued to impeachment developments, Europe has been quietly drifting toward a recession. This is bad news for Christine Lagarde, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, who is now the president of the European Central Bank (ECB). It may also be bad news for the …
Income gaps remain, but cross-border flows are more balanced Since the euro zone was first engulfed by a sovereign-debt crisis a decade ago, northern member states have dished out plenty of strictures. “Greece, but also Spain and Portugal, have to understand that hard work…comes before the siesta,” advised Bild, a German tabloid, in …
President Emmanuel Macron wants to lead, but his lone-wolf act has annoyed European colleagues, undermining his efforts. BRUSSELS — The German government is paralyzed, stuck in a divided “zombie” coalition unable to act and unwilling to die. The Italian government is an accident, another clumsy coalition built in fear of …
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union agreed to delay Brexit until Jan. 31 next year on Monday — just three days before it was due to take place. European Council president Donald Tusk said on Twitter that the EU’s 27 other countries agreed to accept “the UK’s request for a …
Northern Ireland’s border controls and its ability to make trade rules are among the central issues covered in the latest agreement between the E.U. and Britain. The knotty details of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s new Brexit deal with the European Union are contained in 64 pages of revisions to the …
BRUSSELS — Against tough odds, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson hammered out a last-minute compromise Brexit deal with his skeptical, fatigued European counterparts on Thursday, raising the prospect that Britain could finally be out of the European Union by the end of the month. Now for the hardest part: Johnson …
BRUSSELS — The European Union said Friday that talks with Britain to find an amicable divorce deal were back on track, despite huge challenges and a looming end-of-month deadline for Britain to leave the bloc. EU Council President Donald Tusk said he has “received promising signals” from Irish Prime Minister …
EU leaders have pulled apart the UK’s Brexit proposals, accusing Boris Johnson of putting forward untested ideas to solve the Irish border crisis. Chief negotiator Michel Barnier said the EU needed workable solutions “today not tomorrow”. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker told MEPs that while he would “not exclude” a …
A No 10 source says a Brexit deal is “essentially impossible” after a call between the PM and Angela Merkel. Boris Johnson spoke to the German chancellor earlier about the proposals he put forward to the EU – but the source said she made clear a deal based on them …
But António Costa will still head the next government ANTÓNIO COSTA put on a brave face for his victory speech after Portugal’s general election on Sunday. The prime minister’s centre-left Socialist Party (PS) polled almost 37% of the vote to win 106 seats in parliament, 20 more than it did …
BRUSSELS (AP) — Three years later, and it looks like the Brexit tables have turned. Boris Johnson and fellow Brexiteers expected to negotiate the European Union ragged for a deal that gave the U.K. as many advantages of EU membership as possible after the divorce – and as few of …
Boris Johnson has 12 days to set out his Brexit plans to the EU, according to Finland’s prime minister. Antti Rinne said he and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed the UK needed to produce the proposals in writing by the end of September, adding if not, “then it’s over”. Finland …
