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Billionaire financier George Soros has said the European Union could break apart in the wake of the new coronavirus pandemic unless the bloc issued perpetual bonds to help weak members such as Italy. The novel coronavirus, which emerged in China last year, has stalled swaths of the global economy while governments have…

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - It took a courtroom of scarlet-robed judges to spur Angela Merkel to make one of her boldest moves in 15 years as German chancellor: propose huge cash handouts to the European Union’s weaker economies. Merkel was already worried about the future of the Union after the coronavirus…

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Visitors were back at the Eiffel Tower in Paris, London’s Houses of Parliament and the Grand Place in Brussels on Monday, not flouting lockdowns but at the reopened Mini-Europe miniature theme park. A worker wearing a protective mask is seen during the reopening of 'mini-Europe' theme park…

By Christian Levaux and Clement RossignolBRUSSELS (Reuters) - Visitors were back at the Eiffel Tower in Paris, London's Houses of Parliament and the Grand Place in Brussels on Monday, not flouting lockdowns but at the reopened Mini-Europe miniature theme park.With many of the European Union's borders closed by the coronavirus…

Western capitals aren’t just worried about the risk of a resurgence in coronavirus cases. Tom McTague May 18, 2020 Shutterstock / The AtlanticWith most European countries confident that they are past the worst of the coronavirus pandemic, their attention is turning to the chance of its resurgence once society returns…

London Markets Published: May 15, 2020 at 9:55 a.m. ET An The latest round of Brexit talks have led to “very little progress”, the U.K.’s chief negotiator David Frost said on Friday Getty Images U.K. stocks gave back earlier gains and the pound slipped on Friday as Brexit concerns and…

British cuisine may not have the best reputation among either the world's culinary elite or self-professed "foodies", but the United Kingdom has long insisted on regulatory standards that outlaw some practices deemed harmful which are carried out by mass producers elsewhere in the world. After concerns that the push for…

View photosIn this May 5, 2020, photo, workers prepare apple trees for soaking ahead of planting at Stocks Farm in Suckley, Worcestershire. Britain’s fruit and vegetable farmers have long worried that the exit from the European Union would keep out the tens of thousands of Eastern European workers who come…

The coronavirus pandemic underlines the need for greater international solidarity, including more cooperation between Britain and the rest of Europe, all 27 European Union ambassadors and high commis… Read More

The European Union will likely keep its external borders shut until June 15, after a recommendation from the European Commission to extend the current Covid-19 travel ban by another 30 days. In a statement on Friday, the Commission said that despite progress in many countries, the coronavirus situation “remains fragile…