France rejected Hungary and Poland’s veto of the EU budget, but now plans to veto an EU deal with Britain. On Dec. 6, when Europe’s attention was focused on the risk of a Polish-Hungarian veto against the EU budget and … Read More
Parliament voted in favor of the NATO option — allowing the country to join the alliance in future. In August, Sweden deployed troops to its Baltic island of Gotland following a security scare triggered by Russian warships | Tom Little/AFP via … Read More
European Union’s negotiator Michel Barnier arrives for a meeting of the representatives of the Governments of the EU Member States, Brussels, December 14, 2020. The EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier has said he still has the firm belief that a … Read More
The U.K., Germany, and France on Monday released a statement calling recent moves by Iran in relation to its nuclear program “deeply worrying” — just as the fate of the 2015 nuclear deal, and the U.S. role in it, remains … Read More
Arancha González Laya said Brexit had demonstrated ‘the illusion of independence.’ Spain’s Foreign Minister Arancha González Laya | Pool photo by Andre Pain/AFP via Getty Images With Brexit negotiators now under orders to turn matters over to their political bosses, … Read More
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey sees itself as a part of Europe, but he has called on the European Union to keep its promises on issues such as Turkey’s membership bid and refugees. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan … Read More
France, Germany, and Italy face major challenges in ICU capacity this winter and will exceed the first peak without further suppression measures. A new report from the Imperial College London COVID-19 Response Team, says the pandemic has placed enormous strain on … Read More
PARIS (Reuters) – The U.S. administration and Europe need to work jointly on addressing actions led by Turkey in the Middle East over the past few months, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told French daily newspaper Le Figaro. “France’s President … Read More
(Reuters) – The European Union is looking into a way of fast-tracking any Brexit deal, a Sky News reporter tweeted on Monday. A Brexit deal is now very likely to be “EU-only” rather than a “mixed” deal, the tweet here said, citing … Read More
French President Emmanuel Macron, right, and Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, left, speak via videoconference shown on a screen in the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium, Nov. 10, 2020. PARIS – After the recent terror attacks in France and Austria, European leaders held … Read More