European Union

UK says time running out for solution in Brexit trade talks

October 25, 2021 Jill Lawless, Associated Press

LONDON — The British government tried Saturday to speed up the pace of talks to resolve post-Brexit trade troubles with the European Union, saying the two sides remain far apart and time is running out […]

UK blames ‘heavy-handed’ EU for Brexit deal problems

October 5, 2021 Jill Lawless, Associated Press

MANCHESTER, England — Britain’s Brexit minister threatened Monday to trigger a contentious break clause in the U.K.’s divorce deal with the European Union — a move that would send the U.K.’s already chilly relations with […]

US, EU agree to further trade and technology talks

October 1, 2021 Matthew Lee, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States and the European Union agreed Wednesday to carry on the work of 10 expert-level panels to explore and recommend solutions to a variety of trade disputes and challenges. During […]

Is it a bluff? Some in Hungary and Poland talk of EU pullout

September 25, 2021 Justin Spike and Vanessa Gera, Associated Press

BUDAPEST, Hungary — When Hungary and Poland joined the European Union in 2004, after decades of Communist domination, their citizens thirsted for Western democratic standards and prosperity. Yet 17 years later, as the EU ramps […]

UK delays post-Brexit border checks, seeks new talks with EU

September 7, 2021 Jill Lawless, Associated Press

LONDON — Britain said Monday it is postponing the start of post-Brexit border checks on goods going to Northern Ireland, as it seeks breathing space in its tense standoff with the European Union over trade […]

EU takes US off safe travel list; backs travel restrictions

August 30, 2021 Samuel Petrequin, Associated Press

BRUSSELS — The European Union recommended Monday that its 27 nations reinstate restrictions on tourists from the U.S. because of rising coronavirus infections there. The decision by the European Council to remove the U.S. from […]

Allies embraced Biden. Did Kabul lay bare “great illusion”?

August 20, 2021 Raf Casert, Associated Press

BRUSSELS — Well before U.S. President Joe Biden took office early this year, the European Union’s foreign policy chief sang his praises and hailed a new era in cooperation. So did almost all of Washington’s […]

Major Adriatic Sea bridge connects coastline in Croatia

July 30, 2021 Associated Press

ZAGREB, Croatia — A major European Union-funded bridge built by a Chinese company has been connected over the Adriatic Sea, linking two swaths of the Croatian coastline that are divided by a small stretch of […]

EU chief rejects renegotiation of Northern Ireland rules in Brexit pact

July 23, 2021 Danica Kirka and Samuel Petrequin, Associated Press

LONDON — The head of the European Union’s executive arm flatly refused Thursday to renegotiate post-Brexit trade rules with the U.K. after Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged the bloc to work with his government to […]

Over 6 million EU citizens apply to settle in post-Brexit UK

July 3, 2021 Pan Pylas, Associated Press

LONDON — More than 6 million European Union citizens applied to settle in the U.K. before the end-June deadline that the British government had imposed as part of the country’s departure from the bloc. In […]