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Britain would be 'justified in denying benefits to new EU migrants'

Britain would be justified in denying benefits to new EU migrants working in the country under proposals designed to help persuade Britons to stay in

Europe News

UK-EU talks: Donald Tusk to lay out new reform proposals

President of the European Council Donald Tusk says he will present a proposal for a “new settlement” between the UK and the European Union on

Europe News

UK's Cameron cool on EU's reform offer

A sight of a Union Jack flying in Brussels might be a less regular event if the British Prime Minister’s EU reform drive doesn’t go his way

Ukraine

Court rules EU sanctions against five Ukrainians should be overturned

The EU has suffered a blow over its decision to impose sanctions on five Ukrainians. The General Court of the EU says the men, including ex prime

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Europe News

Pushing back refugee boats would be illegal, says Greek minister

euronews’ Efi Koutsokosta spoke to Greece’s EU affairs minister, Nikos Xydakis, about an EU report that accuses Athens of failing to register

Europe News

Europe running out of time to solve refugee crisis, warns EU's Timmermans

Europe does not have “endless amounts of time” to come up with a solution to the influx of refugees and migrants to the continent, a top EU official

World News

Mapping migrants and refugees across Europe

Winter has not stemmed the flow of people leaving their homes in search of refuge. Regardless of the conditions, with the Syrian civil war

Economy

New EU rules to stop businesses using legal loopholes to pay less tax

The EU is proposing new rules aimed at reducing annual tax losses of up to 70 billion euros from companies like Google, Amazon, Starbucks and Apple using aggressive tax avoidance.

World News

Schengen: Greece responds firmly to EU criticism

"Serious deficiencies" in management of external border controls. Will Athens be suspended?

Europe News

EU auditors slam 'weak' Commission over bailouts

The European Commission’s handling of some bailouts for crisis-hit countries was “generally weak” and inconsistent, according to a new report

World News

'Brexit' could cause difficulties for Northern Ireland

On a visit to London on Monday the Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny told his British counterpart David Cameron, that if Britain leaves the EU it could

Europe News

Greece under pressure to act on refugees

Greece is under pressure to do more to stem the flow of migrants to northern Europe as the EU mulls extending temporary border controls inside its

World News

Video explainer: All you need to know about under-threat Schengen

Here we take a look at Europe’s passport-free Schengen zone, which is facing its biggest ever threat. What is the Schengen zone? It is a zone within

Europe News

Turkey urges EU to honour €3bn refugee cash pledge

Turkey has told the EU to stump up the three billion euros promised by governments to help Ankara stem the flow of migrants to Europe. That deal was

Netherlands

Migrant crisis: EU ministers meet for informal talks in Amsterdam

European interior and justice ministers have been meeting in Amsterdam to discuss the migrant crisis and a common EU border force. The European

My Europe Series

Europe Weekly: EU rattled by refugee crisis

In this edition of Europe Weekly, senior officials warn the EU is running out of time to find a solution to the continent’s refugee crisis; Denmark

Economy

A universal income - what it is and how it works

This week UTalk fields a question from Maya in Brussels who asks: “To fight against precarity and social inequality, some suggest the creation of a

World News

Croatia follows FYROM: new rules limit migrant travel across Balkans

Croatia Croatia is following in the footsteps of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’s (FYROM) and introducing new measures for migrants

Europe News

EU urges VW to compensate European 'dieselgate' customers

The EU executive has called on Volkswagen to compensate European customers affected by the firm’s diesel scandal. VW is offering compensation to tens

Austria

Austria to slash the number of asylum claims it accepts

But what is the response from Germany?