On Jan. 31, 2020 at 11 p.m. London time – midnight at EU headquarters in Brussels — the U.K. officially left the bloc after almost five decades of membership that had brought free movement and free trade between Britain and 27 other European countries.

BRUSSELS — Hold your ground. That’s France’s advice for the EU as Brussels mulls ways to placate Donald Trump. The U.S. president has threatened tariffs against the bloc unless it buys more American fossil fuels. And EU officials are keen to engage, even readying a package of potential goodies for Trump.

Over the past decade, the European Union has faced significant challenges in managing its asylum and migration systems.

Common Foreign and Security Policy and the EU Common Security and Defence Policy have been put to a vote at the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament, Armenpress reports. Both reports address Armenia-EU relations,

BRUSSELS — Wojciech Wiewiórowski, the EU's privacy watchdog, has lost the support of lawmakers in the European Parliament's justice committee: conservatives see him as intransigent, while liberals and leftists were put off by mixed messaging.

The European Union cannot rely on the United States to defend it and must increase military spending and security preparedness to deter Russia from targeting more of its neighbors after Ukraine, senior officials have warned.

The next privacy regulator for the EU institutions – the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) – should not come from within the European Commission's ranks, a letter to the European Parliament and European Commission Presidents,

EU car industry faces high energy costs, EV transition, job losses, and US tariff threats. European Commission seeks solutions to boost innovation amid fierce competition from cheaper Asian manufacturers.

Brexit’s impact remains profound as people and businesses in the UK still wrestle with the aftershocks of leaving the EU.

"If we go bankrupt, no one will care about the natural environment in the world anymore," Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said last week in Strasbourg. #EuropeNews

The EU starts a probe January 30 into its troubled automotive industry. Automakers want relief from the existential threat of tightening CO2 rules.

World’s first comprehensive regulation: The European Union Artificial Intelligence Act (“EU AI Act”) entered into force on August 1, 2024.