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Protest against Brexit as outline deal is reached

Around 50 anti-Brexit demonstrators gathered near the European Council building in Brussels on Thursday as the EU and the UK announced that a Brexit outline deal had been reached.

Turkey

EU chief Sassoli says Turkey operation in Syria is 'an act of war'

Turkey's military incursion into northern Syria is "an act of war", says EU Parliament President David Sassoli, who said the EU must do what is necessary to bring the operation to an end.

United Kingdom

Brexit deal: Here's how EU leaders and UK politicians reacted

European leaders on Thursday welcomed the announcement that a Brexit deal has been reached but reactions from across the Channel suggest the fight to get it passed by parliamentarians will be tough.

Belgium

Watch: Brexit deal agreed but Boris Johnson now faces battle back home

London and Brussels have agreed on a Brexit deal... but it still has to get the backing of British MPs and the European Parliament.

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World News

What we've learnt from the European Union's 2019 Gender Equality Index

"The EU continues its snail’s pace when it comes to gender equality progress", report says

Europe News

The Brief: fallout from Balkan enlargement stalemate

"I would like to make a political comment at least only with what I believe. Let's be very careful with the Balkans. Don't let the Balkans get reBalkanised in the old way things were happening then," EU Commissioner Avramopoulos told reporters

World

Speculation over Brexit deal based on major shift by UK government

There's speculation that the European Union and the UK government may be close to securing a deal over Brexit. Marathon talks went on into the early hours of Wednesday morning. The discussions have centered on the issue of the Irish border and customs.

Luxembourg

France rejects talks with Balkan hopefuls on EU membership

Amelie de Montchalin, France's European affairs minister called the current EU enlargement process "an endless soap opera".

Europe News

EU leaders to discuss climate change budget

At the summit on 17 and 18 October, EU leaders will discuss how to incorporate climate change initiatives into the budget.

Syria

Euroviews. With the US absconding, the EU is facing a day of reckoning over Turkey’s Syria campaign ǀ View

Apart from the immediate disastrous results for the Kurds who have freed their areas from Islamic State (IS) with tremendous sacrifice, the US troops’ pull-out will have vast security implications for Europe as well.

World

Post-referendum relocation: meet the people leaving Britain for the EU

The European Medicine Agencies was one of the first organisations to signal it would leave London following the Brexit vote. It took hundreds of employees with them to Amsterdam.

Economy

Italy considers new 'web tax' on tech giants to raise funds

Amid a crippling economy, Italy is trying to find a new way to boost the economy by taxing internet companies.

Europe News

DUP rejects plan 'as things stand' as EU and UK hail Brexit deal

The UK and the EU say they have reached agreement on a Brexit deal but the British PM has yet to win the support of his parliamentary allies at home.

United Kingdom

Euroviews. Criminal justice is not getting the urgent attention it needs in the Brexit negotiations ǀ View

As the Brexit deadline on 31 October looms, there are still many uncertainties about the effects of the UK leaving the EU without a deal. The effects on criminal justice, however, will be immediate and clear.

United Kingdom

Brexit timeline: What to look out for in a crucial week

The race is on once again to try to secure a revised exit deal, with the EU and UK engaged in intensified talks ahead of an EU summit.

World News

Euroviews. Redefining the EU as more global is our best hope of counteracting great-power competition ǀ View

Europe is recognising that great-power competition is back and that autopilot solutions, or knee-jerk reactions, are no more than the illusion of a plan. The game that Europe loves so much to play, multilateralism, is under threat.

My Europe Series

Talking tough or tough talks

Brexit enters a new urgent phase, while the EU slammed Turkey's offensive in Northern Syria, we round up the week in Brussels and beyond.

United Kingdom

‘Much work needed’ to secure Brexit deal ahead of crucial EU summit

Intensive Brexit talks will continue on Monday after the weekend’s discussions brought no breakthrough between London and Brussels.

United Kingdom

EU citizens without UK settled status to be deported, says minister

More than 1.3 million of the estimated 3.6 million EU citizens residing in Britain have applied to the Settlement Scheme, British government figures show.

Europe News

The Brief: a level-playing field with EU funding

Closing the gap between rich and poor- a great aim of regional development funding. One proposal is to improve the food production system. The urban agriculture model is being tested in the suburbs of Brussels with the goal of creating more sustainable food chains in cities.

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