June
How Europe could go ‘MEGA’ very soon
With Donald Trump determined to “Make Europe Great Again”, the radical right has the momentum as crucial elections loom.
Trump-backed former boxer wins Poland’s election
Conservative Karol Nawrocki, who has no political experience, won the presidential election, in a major success for the MAGA movement.
May
France accuses enemies of fake news after ‘cocaine bag’ claims
President Emmanuel Macron’s office hit back after a humble tissue became the centre of an online ‘fake news’ meme about European leaders using drugs.
October 2024
Germany ‘reopens old wounds’ with border checks
There are fears for the future of Schengen and the freedom of movement it symbolises – regarded by EU citizens as one of the greatest accomplishments of European unity.
September 2024
Death toll mounts in Central Europe floods
The flooding has swamped parts of Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland and Romania as a low-pressure system crossing the region has unleashed record-high rains.
October 2019
EU grants three-month Brexit 'flextension'
Britain has been granted an extension to its departure from the EU through to January 31, Donald Tusk said on Twitter.
August 2019
World leaders tiptoe around testy Trump after trade tirade
French President Emmanuel Macron puts on the kid gloves to avoid a blow-up at the make-or-break G7 summit.
UK and EU dig in on Brexit as G7 approaches
Britain and the EU have both entrenched their positions as the stand-off over Brexit shows no sign of abating, with the EU dismissing a proposal by Boris Johnson over the Irish backstop.
June 2019
Europeans wrestle over top jobs
A battle over who runs the EU bureaucracy has wider implications, including who will head the ECB and Europe's global approach to economics and markets.