Juncker's EU vision to focus on security
Juncker will aim to please southern states by talk of investment, and others by talk of deeper security cooperation in his first big speech since the Brexit vote.
Juncker will aim to please southern states by talk of investment, and others by talk of deeper security cooperation in his first big speech since the Brexit vote.
EU-Morocco relations risk hitting another rough patch after a senior lawyer said trade treaties do not apply to Western Sahara, a disputed territory.
Plans to increase transparency at the European Parliament have been postponed, in a move likely to result in weaker proposals when it goes to a vote.
In a leaked letter, the former EU commission chief says protests against his Goldman Sachs job are "baseless and wholly unmerited".
German, Italian, and Polish MEPs top a ranking of the most influential euro-deputies compiled by VoteWatch Europe.
The main reason for declining trust in the EU is not the idleness of its institutions, but constant EU-bashing at national level and flat talk by Brussels.
The Bulgarian government decided Tuesday to keep Unesco head Irina Bokova as Bulgaria's single candidate for UN secretary general. Recent rumours, fuelled by some EU officials, had it that EU budget commissioner Kristalina Georgieva would be chosen as a replacement for Bokova or as a second Bulgarian candidate. The next UN chief, to be named by the end of the year, should be a European, according to informal UN rules.
Liberal leader Guy Verhofstadt wants the Brexit negotiations to come to a conclusion before the next EU elections in 2019.
The European Parliament plenary on Tuesday asked the European Commission "to ensure prompt support and full transparency in assisting the work" of the parliament's inquiry committee into the diesel emissions scandal. The request was included in an interim report by the committee, which was adopted with 618 votes in favour, 26 against, and seven abstentions. Co-rapporteur Gerben-Jan Gebrandy noted that since the text's drafting, the commission "considerably improved its cooperation".
Hungary's foreign minister has hit back at his Luxembourg colleague for calling on the EU to expel Hungary due its retrograde behaviour on migration. “He has long excluded himself from among the politicians who can be taken seriously,” Peter Szijjarto said about Jean Asselborn, calling him a "frivolous character" and "nihilistic", as well as "sermonising, pompous and frustrated". Szijjarto said Hungarians have the right to decide whom to live with.
The bloc wants to help Ukraine fight back on graft through a €16 million programme, which could be launched this Friday.
“You will definitely see some infringement procedures next month,” said commissioner Bienkowska in Strasbourg on Monday.
Thaci government faces revolt over Montenegro deal - the straw that broke the camel's back after years of misrule and economic stagnation.
In the wake of Apple's record-breaking tax bill, EU finance ministers are giving more support to the idea of strengthening corporate tax legislation.
Since August, 505 children have left 14 Turkish-Danish schools said to be linked to Fethullah Guelen's Hizmet movement, which Turkey has blamed for July's failed coup, Danish radio reports. The parents don't want to be labeled as Gulen supporters, school headmasters said. "The [Turkish] conflict has ... tentacles all the way into the Danish schools, and it is a disaster," said Peter Bendix, chairman of the Danish independent school association.
An Italian report triggered by the Volkswagen emissions cheating scandal finds Fiat cars emitting more than double the EU limit. The report was finished in July, but has not been made public.
EU budget commissioner Kristalina Georgieva is increasingly emerging as Europe's top candidate for the prestigious UN secretary general post.
Far-right candidate Norbert Hofer has a narrow lead in polls, but the latest delay could see the numbers lurch either way.
The European Council has adopted a draft EU budget for 2017 of €156.38 billion in commitments and €133.79 billion in payments. This is a 0.9 percent increase in commitments and a 7 percent decrease in payments compared with 2016. Support for poor EU regions will be reduced, while spending to manage migration flows and to stimulate growth will increase.
Dutch police have become the first in the world to employ eagles to take down illegal drones. "It's a low-tech solution to a hi-tech problem," police spokesman Dennis Janus told the BBC. About 100 officers will be trained to work with the eagles, which will be deployed whenever drones are believed to be posing a threat to the public or flying close to airports or sensitive areas.
Foreign minister Jean Asselborn says excluding Hungary at least temporarily is the "the only possibility" to preserve EU values.
British diplomat put forward "intelligent" security plan to a half-empty EP committee, but refused to speculate on Brexit in his three-hour hearing.