Donald Trump will make Europe a lot less safeUS president’s actions are reversing continent’s move away from arms proliferationFri Oct 26 2018 - 05:00
EU digital tax crusader hopes to sweet-talk IrelandEurope Letter: France’s Bruno Le Maire is mobilising for a cause Dublin is dead againstThu Oct 25 2018 - 01:00
EU gives Italy three weeks to redraft budget or face music‘Excessive debt is an enemy of the people,’ says economic affairs commissionerTue Oct 23 2018 - 15:30
Sharon Donnery in last two for top ECB jobCouncil to meet on Monday week to decide nominationTue Oct 23 2018 - 13:07
EU digital tax discriminates against US companies – senatorsUS committee says tax could almost certainly give rise to double-taxation issuesSun Oct 21 2018 - 12:44
Asia and Europe send strong message to Donald TrumpBrussels summit champions global co-operation in face of US protectionismFri Oct 19 2018 - 17:00
UK’s Brexit transition period may be extendedMerkel and Macron turn up heat on May to find a political solution to impasseFri Oct 19 2018 - 09:36
Next phase of Brexit negotiations will require much sleight of handA better deal may not come, no matter how many extra months are allowed to discuss itFri Oct 19 2018 - 01:00
Ireland will be hugely damaged if UK crashes out of EU - SFDUP and Arlene Foster ‘determined to wreck Belfast Agreement’Thu Oct 18 2018 - 12:09
EU summit on hold as May fails to convince leaders of Brexit progressBritish PM asserts commitment to backstop while Varadkar says time limit unworkableWed Oct 17 2018 - 22:10
Backstop a matter of trust as well as principle, Taoiseach saysLeo Varadkar attending EU summit dinner in Brussels as May comes under pressureWed Oct 17 2018 - 21:15
Some sympathy in EU for extending UK Brexit transition period by a yearSummit consigned to Sisyphean task of rolling huge boulders endlessly uphillWed Oct 17 2018 - 18:50
Poland speeds up contentious court reform in face of EU oppositionEuropean Commission’s Frans Timmermans ‘not optimistic’ Poland will pull backWed Oct 17 2018 - 17:24
Theresa May knows she cannot rely on DUP votes, Michéal Martin saysFianna Fáil leader seeking ‘no election’ assurance from Leo Varadkar before Brexit deal struckWed Oct 17 2018 - 14:14
Brexit: Coveney’s optimism contrasts with Tusk ahead of summitTánaiste ‘confident deal can be done’ as European Council president sounds gloomy noteTue Oct 16 2018 - 17:51
Brexit: Legal argument over scope of article 50 central to difficultiesUnclear if withdrawal agreement can include temporary all-UK customs union in backstopTue Oct 16 2018 - 00:28
Brexit: Theresa May warns against ‘permanent limbo’ of border backstopBackstop promise ‘cannot be time-limited’, Minister for Foreign Affairs insistsMon Oct 15 2018 - 20:27
Britain and EU fail to reach deal ahead of summitBackstop accord elusive for London and Brussels as time-limitation a stumbling blockMon Oct 15 2018 - 10:54
Budapest to ask EU to halt money to NGOs opposed to IsraelEU unlikely to back Hungary’s call to muzzle bodies seeking Israeli boycotts or sanctionsMon Oct 15 2018 - 01:00
Talks between Raab and Barnier fail to lead to Brexit breakthroughDismay in Brussels after UK Brexit secretary’s visit does not resolve Irish backstop issueSun Oct 14 2018 - 19:31
Rich Land, Poor Land: The EU’s wealthiest and neediest membersBulgaria is playing catch-up with western Europe. Super-rich Germany is a different worldSat Oct 13 2018 - 06:00
Shape of backstop begins to emerge as Brexit talks inch forwardAnalysis: Negotiations remain under wraps but Irish backstop deal coming into viewFri Oct 12 2018 - 02:00
EU jobs seem to have lost their lustre for Ireland’s youngEurope Letter: Ireland is severely under-represented among younger officialsThu Oct 11 2018 - 01:00
Welsh first minister fears Brexit ‘fudge’ on Border solutionCarwyn Jones concerned about temporary deal as EU-UK talks intensify in BrusselsWed Oct 10 2018 - 21:52
Irish mussels producer fails in bid to bring European appealCompany says financial losses caused by implementation of an EU regulationTue Oct 9 2018 - 16:03
DUP delegation reiterates stance to EU negotiators in BrusselsFoster says party rejects any barrier to trade between Northern Ireland and BritainTue Oct 9 2018 - 15:27
DUP chief signals to EU there can be no barrier to NI-UK tradeFoster clarifies ‘blood red lines’ as fundamental issues that ‘mattered very greatly’Tue Oct 9 2018 - 14:26
Brexit: EU postpones key paper on future UK relationshipMichel Barnier keen that paper reflects evolving UK position on customs union and backstopMon Oct 8 2018 - 16:13
Ireland join three other member states to oppose EU digital tax planIreland, the Czech Republic, Finland and Sweden say tax would contravene bilateral treatiesMon Oct 8 2018 - 05:10
North’s Remainer leaders warn against any DUP veto on backstopHeads of Remainer parties tell Barnier and Verhofstadt of need to mitigate Brexit effectsFri Oct 5 2018 - 15:50
Brexit: Taoiseach says any new trade arrangement must have level playing fieldVaradkar warns of ‘constraints’ on flagged new Brexit backstop proposalsThu Oct 4 2018 - 19:09
Ireland efficient at getting funds, EU auditors findIn 2017 Ireland received €1.5 billion in agriculture subsidies out of its total receipts of €1.8 billionThu Oct 4 2018 - 05:35
Belgium opens up to horrors of its colonial pastEurope Letter: What are museums for? Recasting Belgium’s national narrativeThu Oct 4 2018 - 01:00
Budget battle: Italian populism takes on EU prudenceThe new Italian government’s pledged expansionary budget is a worry for BrusselsWed Oct 3 2018 - 02:00
Brexit: Labour backs ‘no hard Border’, says CorbynParty set to vote down any departure agreement that fails to meet key testsThu Sep 27 2018 - 20:08
The opaque world of MEPs’ expenses is cause for concernEurope Letter: A monthly €4,416 allowance has been heavily criticised by journalistsThu Sep 27 2018 - 01:00
Court blocks request for access to MEPs’ expensesInvestigative journalists, including Gavin Sheridan, had sought access to the dataTue Sep 25 2018 - 11:11
European Commission takes UK and Poland to taskPoland at centre of legal case over judges, while €2.7bn in duties demanded from UKMon Sep 24 2018 - 18:10
EU leaders reject Theresa May’s Brexit proposalsProspect of deal between EU and UK is as far away as ever after fractious EU summit at SalzburgFri Sep 21 2018 - 04:43
EU to step up co-operation with north Africa to combat illegal migrationLeaders discussed Commission proposals to beef up the EU’s border agency, Frontex, with 10,000 border guards to be deployed to assist member states facing crisis migration problemsThu Sep 20 2018 - 18:24
Detailed backstop proposals urgently needed, Varadkar tells MayBrexit is a ‘lose, lose, lose’ damage limitation exercise, Simon Coveney saysThu Sep 20 2018 - 08:40
Stark divisions on future of Irish Border evident at EU summitLeaders gather in Salzburg as Taoiseach outlines preparations for no-deal BrexitThu Sep 20 2018 - 01:00
May trying to strike right note at EU leaders’ travelling roadshowSalzburg summit largely a Brexit stocktaking exercise ahead of OctoberThu Sep 20 2018 - 01:00
EU targets dynamic new relationship with AfricaEurope Letter: Commission talks up continent’s wealth, young people and womenThu Sep 20 2018 - 01:00
Concern as EU leaders expected to extend time for Brexit talksSimon Coveney says efforts should be ‘intensified’ to stick to talks scheduleTue Sep 18 2018 - 20:25
Are prospects for Brexit backstop deal as promising as London suggests?There’s a strong element of glossing over the essential principle of the EU position on Northern IrelandTue Sep 18 2018 - 02:00
Head of North’s civil service warns of no-deal Brexit consequencesDavid Sterling says administrators still being guided by letter from before collapse of executiveMon Sep 17 2018 - 19:20
UK surveillance safeguards inadequate, says rights courtEuropean Court of Human Rights rules on bulk interception and service provider dataThu Sep 13 2018 - 17:23
Crackdown on online terror content not censorship, says EUEU security commissioner tells journalists targeted content is already illegal offlineThu Sep 13 2018 - 16:44
Nightmare scenario for European elections is now on the cardsFracturing of European People’s Party presents opportunity to far-rightThu Sep 13 2018 - 01:00