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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, speaks with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, as they arrive for an EU Summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

EU leaders commit to working together after President Trump signals that Europe must defend itself

March 6, 2025 at 4:22 p.m.

European Union leaders committed to working together to bolster the continent’s defenses and to free up hundreds of billions of euros for security.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot speaks as part of a panel discussion during the Munich Security Conference at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

European leaders want a say in talks to end Russia’s war in Ukraine. The U.S. is brushing them off

February 17, 2025 at 3:29 p.m.

French President Emmanuel Macron called leaders from key European Union nations and the United Kingdom to his ornate Elysee Palace on Monday for an emergency meeting on how to react...

FILE – Steel on coil cars ahead of transport at the main factory of struggling steel producer thyssenkrupp in Duisburg, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

EU vows countermeasures to US tariffs; bourbon, jeans, peanut butter, motorcycles easy targets

February 11, 2025 at 8:15 a.m.

U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum “will not go unanswered,” European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen vowed on Tuesday, adding that they will trigger tough countermeasures from the 27-nation...

FILE -A view of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, June 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

ICC condemns sanctions by President Donald Trump administration and pledges to continue its work

February 7, 2025 at 8:34 a.m.

The International Criminal Court on Friday called on its member states to stand up against sanctions imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, saying that the move was an attempt to...

Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama, right, speaks with Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban, center, as he arrives for the European Political Community (EPC) Summit at the Puskas Arena in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr Josek)

50 European leaders assess how Trump will affect their fortunes and seek a common stance on Russia

November 7, 2024 at 8:06 a.m.

Around 50 European leaders on Thursday called for a stronger defense posture across the continent that no longer necessitates a fundamental dependence on Washington as they gave a guarded welcome...

Pope Francis is cheered by faithful as he arrives to preside over the Sunday mass in King Baudouin Stadium, in Brussels Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope wraps troubled visit to Belgium by praising victims and demanding abusers be judged

September 29, 2024 at 9:59 a.m.

Pope Francis demanded Sunday that sexually abusive clergy be judged and their bishops stop covering up their crimes as he ended a troubled visit to Belgium by responding to the...

People walk past elections posters for the European elections in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, June 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Far-right gains in European Union deal stunning defeats to France’s Macron and Germany’s Scholz

June 9, 2024 at 4:34 p.m.

Tens of millions across the European Union voted Sunday in EU parliamentary elections in a massive exercise of democracy that is expected to shift the bloc to the right and...

Spain’s Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares Bueno addresses a media conference prior to talks on the Middle East in Brussels, Monday, May 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Relations between EU and Israel plummet as Spain, Ireland prepare to recognize a Palestinian state

May 27, 2024 at 3:45 p.m.

Spain has suggested sanctions should be considered against Israel for its continued attacks in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.

Leeks grow in a field in West Flanders, Belgium, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. After hundreds of tractors disrupted an EU summit in Brussels in early February, farmers plan to return on Monday to be there when farm ministers discuss an emergency item on the agenda; simplification of agricultural rules that some fear could also amount go a weakening of standards. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

EU’s green farming policies threatened by tractor protests

February 25, 2024 at 11:48 a.m.

Farmers are demanding the reversal of some of the most progressive measures in the world to counter climate change and protect biodiversity.

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing street in central London on Jan. 30, 2019, ahead of Prime Minister's Questions. May is pinning her Brexit hopes on fresh talks with EU leaders after winning a mandate from lawmakers to try to renegotiate a deal — even as Brussels insists it will not budge.

The EU said it wasn’t offering anything new on Brexit. Britain asked again. Europe said ‘no’ one more time.

August 22, 2019 at 10:24 a.m.

European Union leaders offered a united chorus of "No" on Wednesday to Britain's belated bid to negotiate changes to the Brexit divorce deal, with one official calling on British lawmakers...

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