European Union leaders meet on Thursday (Feb 18) for what promises to be a tense two-day summit to discuss new terms for Britain's membership of the EU.
Heads of state or government of the European Union (EU) member states are to convene a summit on Feb. 18-19, during which they will seek to agree on a new settlement for Britain within the EU.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday warned against national closing-border solutions and vowed to fight for the joint European Union plan to limit flows of refugees to Europe.
Bavaria, the southern state of Germany, the main entrance to the largest economic power of the European Union (EU) for immigrants coming from the Middle East, has greeted since last summer thousands of hundreds of refugees who fled their homeland conflict.
As the Chinese leadership has conducted a series of high-level visits to several countries since 2015, some European experts say that the Chinese government seems to push on with a more extroverted and confident diplomacy.
Days after Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi declared he wanted his country to join Germany and France as a central decision maker in the European Union (EU), his remarks are resonating with the public even if it is not clear if they will have the desired impact among EU policy players.
The debate held here on Wednesday at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)'s winter session made it clear that the new battle underway in Europe turns around the question of the number and the origins of refugees in a context generally growing more hostile toward migrants.
Senior leaders from several European countries called for "More Europe" as the continent is struggling to cope with multiple crises.
French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Laurent Fabius traveled here on Wednesday to present the conclusions of COP21, over which he presided at the end of 2015, to the European Parliament meeting for its plenary session. He appealed for speedy ratification of the "Paris Agreement."
The stormy debate around the refugee crisis, which reopened here Tuesday at the plenary session of the European Parliament, made clear the stalemate in which the European Union (EU) finds itself, as well as the growing schism between its member states facing a serious threat to the Schengen Zone.
Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo held a meeting with heads of Polish parliamentary clubs on Tuesday, regarding the recent controversies aroused between the country and the European Union (EU).
In a time when the European Union is being severely put to the test, the Netherlands took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union in an attempt to focus on the essentials, create growth and jobs through innovation, and to connect with civil society.
Almost a million migrants are estimated to have arrived on European shores by sea alone in 2015, according to the International Organization for Migration, while the European statistics agency Eurostat has counted 980,000 asylum requests across EU member states so far this year.
The European Union (EU) leaders called for urgent actions to cope with the migrant crisis late Thursday and agreed to adopt position on a controversial border guard package in six months.
New Zealand and the European Union have taken "a critical first step" towards a free trade agreement (FTA) with a commitment to start formal negotiations, Prime Minister John Key said Friday.
European Commission First Vice-President Frans Timmermans and Commissioner Johannes Hahn postponed a tour to Turkey slated on Sunday, on request of the Turkish authorities to respect the nation's three days of mourning after the deadly attacks in Ankara.
Massive demonstrations against the Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP) being negotiated between the European Union (EU) and the United States (US) reveal deep concerns among European citizens about the economic, social, health, environmental and cultural implications of the proposed agreement.
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